.APE audio format questions

[GeV]

It would appear that many .APE files have several audio files combined into one. Is there any way
of dividing them up? I just downloaded some music files but they are combined into 1 .APE file.
The total length is several hours. How is one able to listen to a particular one of the group? And
why would anyone use such a format when OGG and FLAC are so popular?

 

[Jim]

It would appear that many .APE files have several audio files combined into one. Is there any way
of dividing them up? I just downloaded some music files but they are combined into 1 .APE file.
The total length is several hours. How is one able to listen to a particular one of the group? And
why would anyone use such a format when OGG and FLAC are so popular?

Google ?

 

[Paul]

It would appear that many .APE files have several audio files combined into one. Is there any way
of dividing them up? I just downloaded some music files but they are combined into 1 .APE file.
The total length is several hours. How is one able to listen to a particular one of the group? And
why would anyone use such a format when OGG and FLAC are so popular?

You could start here for some background.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey's_Audio

Their website.

http://www.monkeysaudio.com/

Good luck,
Paul

 

[ju.c]

Use this popular program to extract your music tracks.

"CUE Splitter is a freeware tool that split a single
big audio track, mostly an album or a compilation,
into the relative individual audio tracks, using
information contained in the associated "CUE" file."

Medieval CUE Splitter 1.2 MB (Freeware)
http://www.medieval.it/content/view/28/70/

Excellent Tutorial
http://www.chinesealbumart.com/2008/06/converting-ape-file-to-mp3-format.html


PS: APE is mostly used in Asia, FLAC in North America.
(I'm from Canada and I much prefer APE. Popular does not mean best! MP3, for example)


ju.c