Split one flac/ape (+ cue) file into separate tracks
You may have backupped your music CDs using a single flac file instead of a file for each track. In case you need to split the cd-flac, do this (instruction for Debian/Ubuntu): Install the needed software. sudo apt-get install cuetools ffmpeg flac shntool In case the source file is one unsplitted ape file, you can convert it to flac first. ffmpeg -i sample.ape sample.flac In case the cue file is not a separate file, but included in the flac file itself, split them. metaflac --show-tag=CUESHEET sample.flac | grep -v ^CUESHEET > sample.cue (NB: The regular syntax is metaflac --export-cuesheet-to=sample.cue sample.flac, however often the cue file in embedded in a tag instead of the cuesheet block). ...