dgpretzel Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) I wonder if I am doing something incorrectly. I have recorded a local musical performance, and created several wav files, from which I wish to build an audio CD. I created a cue file and manually added Performer and Title information. I saved the cue file (using "OK", and specifying file name and location). Then exited Imgburn. Later, when I wanted to actually burn CDs, I reloaded the cue file (I did this by choosing Tools-->Create Cue, and then used the file selector icon to choose the file I previously saved. It loaded and all the files were listed in the proper order, but all the performer and title metadata (CD-TEXT) were gone. It's quite time consuming to have to manually enter the CD-TEXT every time, since there are dozens of performers. I think I must not be using the proper procedure, and would ask to be set straight. Thank you. Regards, DG Edited March 13, 2011 by dgpretzel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=5555 - this is the guide for creating an Audio CD from music files. Where did you load the .cue file you've created previously? It should be loaded in the Write mode, so that you can burn it to a disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgpretzel Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=5555 - this is the guide for creating an Audio CD from music files. Where did you load the .cue file you've created previously? It should be loaded in the Write mode, so that you can burn it to a disc. Thank you, so much, for your quick and helpful reply. I should have included more information. I do load the cue file from write mode. When it loads, however, the track-specific information is not displayed. All the "Title" and "Performer" fields are blank. I am wondering how to get the cue file to display, with all the information I previously entered when I created it. I want to make some changes. In other words, I am asking how to edit a previously created cue file. In my current example, I did an experiment and burned a CD using the cue file that I previously created-- the one that displays in ImgBurn with empty "Title" and "Performer" fields. Lo and behold, it works fine. All the metadata displays in Windows Media Player (with the CDTEXT plugin). It is exactly what I entered into the cue file when I created it in ImgBurn. It's just that all those track-specific "Title" and "Performer" fields are blank when I open the cue file from within IMGBurn. Summarizing, I'd like to know what I have to do in ImgBurn so I can view an existing cue file (created from within ImgBurn), and edit it. Thank you, once again. Regards, DG (Edited for clarity.) Edited March 14, 2011 by dgpretzel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 ImgBurn doesn't have an edit CUE file function, but since it's just a text file, you can use Notepad to edit it (just don't modify anything other than TITLE and PERFORMER lines). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgpretzel Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 (edited) ImgBurn doesn't have an edit CUE file function, but since it's just a text file, you can use Notepad to edit it (just don't modify anything other than TITLE and PERFORMER lines). Thank you, again. I had preciously created a cue file, and added metadata for each track on the CD. However, I neglected to add "Title" and "Performer" information for the entire disc (globally). I made two new test cue file for a CD with a single track. One had metadata for only the track, and the other had metadata for the whole disc. I examined the resulting file and observed that the global metadata was just two lines in the text file, similar to the lines for the individual track. So, I edited the cue file for the real CD I want to make. I added a "TITLE" and a "PERFORMER" line to the top of the text file. Then, I burned a CD. I watched the log and observed the "Writing Leadin (CD-TEXT)" line, and thought all was good. I played the resulting CD in Windows Media Player (which shows track metadata just fine). It continues to display Album and Performer as Unknown (just as before). Am I still doing something wrong? Thank you. Regards, DG Edited March 14, 2011 by dgpretzel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 It would help if you posted the contents of the CUE file so we can see what you're talking about / what you've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgpretzel Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 It would help if you posted the contents of the CUE file so we can see what you're talking about / what you've done. Most happy to oblige. Here is the cue file, as originally created (the one I wanted to edit to add disc metadata): FILE "Chaconne.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 10:22:22 TRACK 01 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Chaconne (Tomaso Vitali)" PERFORMER "Tugsu Armstrong, violin; Sue Kazama, piano" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Horn Quartet #3.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 05:24:52 TRACK 02 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Horn Quartet #3 (Kerry Turner)" PERFORMER "Amy Bibb, Andy Miles, Kristina Paulick, Bill Paulick, horns" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Achieved is the Glorious Work.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 03:15:05 TRACK 03 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Achieved is the Glorious Work (Franz Joseph Haydn/Miller)" PERFORMER "Dem Bones (Jack Hodges, Larry Walsh, Bob Hutton, Ken Truitt, trombones)" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Alexander's Ragtime Band.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 04:19:40 TRACK 04 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin/Gale)" PERFORMER "Dem Bones (Jack Hodges, Larry Walsh, Bob Hutton, Ken Truitt, trombones)" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Serenade.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 05:40:35 TRACK 05 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Serenade (Howard Hanson)" PERFORMER "Sally Schlichting, flute; Mary Watson, piano" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Cantique de Jean Racine.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 05:42:00 TRACK 06 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Faure)" PERFORMER "Jacob Campos, Annina Geizendanner, Amy Lujan, Julie Nielsen, David Russell-Jensen, David Seid, Catherine Wilkins, cellos; Bill Paulick, horn; John Staub, Wilson Valentine, basses" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Deep River.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 03:31:32 TRACK 07 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Deep River (Spiritual)" PERFORMER "Jacob Campos, Annina Geizendanner, Amy Lujan, Julie Nielsen, David Russell-Jensen, David Seid, Catherine Wilkins, cellos; Bill Paulick, horn; John Staub, Wilson Valentine, basses" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, mvt.1.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 10:52:20 TRACK 08 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, mvt.1 (Johannes Brahms)" PERFORMER "Lisa Ibias, violin; Sue Kazama, piano" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "East Wind.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 05:27:43 TRACK 09 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "East Wind (Shulamit Ran)" PERFORMER "Sandy Fortier, flute" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Etude Caprice.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 02:46:32 TRACK 10 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Etude Caprice (Henryk Wieniawski)" PERFORMER "Steve Tada, Ethan Seid, violins" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Western Fanfare.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 03:49:39 TRACK 11 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Western Fanfare (Eric Ewazen)" PERFORMER "JSO Big Brass, Rick Trostel, conductor (Ken Guiher, Kristin Mabry, Richard Nault, Jill Taylor, trumpets; Bill Paulick, Amy Bibb, Andy Miles, Kristina Paulick, Russell Strandtmann, horns; Jack Hodges, Bruce Simonson, Ken Truitt, Larry Walsh, trombones; Maralee Guiher, euphonium; David Grove, tuba; Rich Ritter, Mary Borthwick, Shoshannah Seligman, percussion)" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Fanfare for the Common Man.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 04:02:33 TRACK 12 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Fanfare for the Common Man (Aaron Copland)" PERFORMER "JSO Big Brass, Rick Trostel, conductor (Ken Guiher, Kristin Mabry, Richard Nault, Jill Taylor, trumpets; Bill Paulick, Amy Bibb, Andy Miles, Kristina Paulick, Russell Strandtmann, horns; Jack Hodges, Bruce Simonson, Ken Truitt, Larry Walsh, trombones; Maralee Guiher, euphonium; David Grove, tuba; Rich Ritter, Mary Borthwick, Shoshannah Seligman, percussion)" INDEX 01 00:00:00 Here is the file after my editing: TITLE "Showcase 2011" PERFORMER "Juneau Symphony Orchestra Players" FILE "Chaconne.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 10:22:22 TRACK 01 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Chaconne (Tomaso Vitali)" PERFORMER "Tugsu Armstrong, violin; Sue Kazama, piano" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Horn Quartet #3.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 05:24:52 TRACK 02 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Horn Quartet #3 (Kerry Turner)" PERFORMER "Amy Bibb, Andy Miles, Kristina Paulick, Bill Paulick, horns" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Achieved is the Glorious Work.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 03:15:05 TRACK 03 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Achieved is the Glorious Work (Franz Joseph Haydn/Miller)" PERFORMER "Dem Bones (Jack Hodges, Larry Walsh, Bob Hutton, Ken Truitt, trombones)" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Alexander's Ragtime Band.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 04:19:40 TRACK 04 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin/Gale)" PERFORMER "Dem Bones (Jack Hodges, Larry Walsh, Bob Hutton, Ken Truitt, trombones)" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Serenade.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 05:40:35 TRACK 05 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Serenade (Howard Hanson)" PERFORMER "Sally Schlichting, flute; Mary Watson, piano" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Cantique de Jean Racine.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 05:42:00 TRACK 06 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Cantique de Jean Racine (Gabriel Faure)" PERFORMER "Jacob Campos, Annina Geizendanner, Amy Lujan, Julie Nielsen, David Russell-Jensen, David Seid, Catherine Wilkins, cellos; Bill Paulick, horn; John Staub, Wilson Valentine, basses" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Deep River.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 03:31:32 TRACK 07 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Deep River (Spiritual)" PERFORMER "Jacob Campos, Annina Geizendanner, Amy Lujan, Julie Nielsen, David Russell-Jensen, David Seid, Catherine Wilkins, cellos; Bill Paulick, horn; John Staub, Wilson Valentine, basses" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, mvt.1.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 10:52:20 TRACK 08 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, mvt.1 (Johannes Brahms)" PERFORMER "Lisa Ibias, violin; Sue Kazama, piano" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "East Wind.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 05:27:43 TRACK 09 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "East Wind (Shulamit Ran)" PERFORMER "Sandy Fortier, flute" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Etude Caprice.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 02:46:32 TRACK 10 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Etude Caprice (Henryk Wieniawski)" PERFORMER "Steve Tada, Ethan Seid, violins" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Western Fanfare.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 03:49:39 TRACK 11 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Western Fanfare (Eric Ewazen)" PERFORMER "JSO Big Brass, Rick Trostel, conductor (Ken Guiher, Kristin Mabry, Richard Nault, Jill Taylor, trumpets; Bill Paulick, Amy Bibb, Andy Miles, Kristina Paulick, Russell Strandtmann, horns; Jack Hodges, Bruce Simonson, Ken Truitt, Larry Walsh, trombones; Maralee Guiher, euphonium; David Grove, tuba; Rich Ritter, Mary Borthwick, Shoshannah Seligman, percussion)" INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "Fanfare for the Common Man.wav" WAVE REM FILE-DECODED-SIZE 04:02:33 TRACK 12 AUDIO PREGAP 00:02:00 TITLE "Fanfare for the Common Man (Aaron Copland)" PERFORMER "JSO Big Brass, Rick Trostel, conductor (Ken Guiher, Kristin Mabry, Richard Nault, Jill Taylor, trumpets; Bill Paulick, Amy Bibb, Andy Miles, Kristina Paulick, Russell Strandtmann, horns; Jack Hodges, Bruce Simonson, Ken Truitt, Larry Walsh, trombones; Maralee Guiher, euphonium; David Grove, tuba; Rich Ritter, Mary Borthwick, Shoshannah Seligman, percussion)" INDEX 01 00:00:00 Note the only difference is the first two lines. The resulting CDs display identically in WIndows Media Player. (No disc metadata). I would be happy to supply any additional information that you would like. Thank you. Regards, DG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 If you go into Read mode with that disc in the drive and click the little button with a picture of a disc and a question mark on it (in the 'Source' box), what does it say? Does the window that pops up list the correct CD-TEXT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgpretzel Posted March 14, 2011 Author Share Posted March 14, 2011 If you go into Read mode with that disc in the drive and click the little button with a picture of a disc and a question mark on it (in the 'Source' box), what does it say? Does the window that pops up list the correct CD-TEXT? Yes, the CD-TEXT is correct. Interesting that the Volume is now named as pretty much a concatenation of PERFORMER and TITLE of the whole disc. I conclude that the CD-TEXT metadata, as implemented by ImgBurn, is correct. It is the plugin for Windows Media Player that fails to recognize some of it. Thank you, "LIGHTNING UK" and "mmalves", for all your kind assistance. Regards, DG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 That's not a real volume label, it's just what I use - and yes, it's made up from the disc's performer and title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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