What's the use of cue files?

CUE refers to the auxiliary file or label file of the CD image (mirror image), which is compiled according to the text file format. It plays an important role in burning CD image files.

It can instruct the burning software what format to burn, what content to burn, where to start, where to end, what information to attach and so on. With the cue file, not only can the preparation for burning be reduced to improve the burning efficiency, but also the accuracy of burning can be guaranteed.

Extended data

In the cue file of music images, you may also encounter the following instructions, which are optional.

ISRC instruction: for example, ISRC CNF 12023350 1, which is the abbreviation of ISRC code. It consists of 5 characters and 7 Arabic numerals, and ISRC (International Standard Record Code Number) is an international standard code.

It consists of five parts: country code, publisher code, recording year code, recording code and recording project code. The ISRC code of each album is never repeated. The above example is the eighth episode of the mobile song "True Love Still" published by China Pacific Audio & Video Company, and its ISRC code is: CN-F 12-02-355-00/A.J6, in which the first episode,

FLAGS instruction: it is the symbol of channel, which is used to express information such as digital copyright protection and channel type.

For example: FLAGS DCP 4CH PRE SCMS= digital copy license, 4CH=4 channels, PRE = pre-emphasis, SCMS = continuous copy management system. FLAGS instructions are rare.

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