CUETools Changelog

CUETools 2.2.6 (2024-06-28)

• Update MAC_SDK from 10.37 to 10.74
• EACPlugin: Allow coverart search to be stopped
• Fix C2 mode for further drives:

  LG GH24NSD5, LITEON DH-20A4P

• Preserve encoding of localized EAC log files
• Add setting for UTF-8-BOM

  settings.txt: WriteUTF8BOM

  The setting is enabled by default, to preserve previous behavior

• CUETools, Correct filenames: Support UTF-8
• CUERipper: Fix incorrect TOC entry of first track
• CUERipper: Add setting to force ReadCDCommand

  settings.txt: 0 (ReadCdBEh), 1 (ReadCdD8h), 2 (Unknown/AutoDetect)

  Default: 2

• Add WavPack 5.7.0 encoder multithreading support
• Update WavPack from 5.6.0 to 5.7.0
• Avoid short HTOA files
• CUERipper: Detect too large album art earlier

CUETools 2.2.5 (2023-12-23)

• Update MAC_SDK from 9.04 to 10.37
• FFmpeg plugin: Update FFmpeg.AutoGen from 6.0.0.2 to 6.1.0
• FFmpeg plugin: Fix decoding flac using ffmpeg.dll plugin
• Fix APE encoding under 32-bit
• CUETools: Preserve settings for builtin formats
• FFmpeg plugin: Allow decoding aiff using ffmpeg.dll
• Fix C2 mode for further drives: MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868, HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH10LS30, HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS51
• CUETools: Avoid applying offset twice
• Update libFLAC from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3

CUETools 2.2.4 (2023-06-10)

• CUERipper: Allow editing Metadata using F2
• CUETools, CUERipper: Add setting to always write UTF-8 CUE sheet

  settings.txt: AlwaysWriteUTF8CUEFile

  CUETools GUI: CUETools - Advanced Settings - CUETools - General

  The setting is disabled by default, to preserve previous behavior

• FFmpeg plugin: Update FFmpeg.AutoGen from 4.3.0.3 to 6.0.0.2
• FFmpeg plugin: Allow tta decoding using ffmpeg.dll
• CUETools, CUERipper: Add setting for creating CUE file in Tracks Mode

  settings.txt: CreateCUEFileInTracksMode

  CUETools GUI: CUETools - Advanced Settings - CUETools - General

  The setting is enabled by default

• libFLAC: Fix unable to retrieve metadata (32-bit)
• libFLAC: Fix arithmetic overflow under 32-bit
• APE: Fix exception when decoding very small files

CUETools 2.2.3 (2023-01-28)

• Update MAC_SDK from 4.33 to 9.04
• CUETools.ALACEnc.exe: Add check for StereoMethod
• Show complete MACLib version string in settings
• CUETools: Copy basic tags TRACKNUMBER and TRACKTOTAL
• Update WavPack from 5.4.0 to 5.6.0
• CUETools: Add script to only verify when a rip log is present
• CUETools: Improvements to XLD and EAC log parsing
• CUETools: Fix encoding single selected album twice
• CUETools.Flake: Disable variable blocksize modes
• Update libFLAC from 1.3.4 to 1.4.2
• FFmpeg plugin: Update FFmpeg.AutoGen from 4.1.0.4 to 4.3.0.3
• FFmpeg plugin: Fix Audio file length is unknown
• Fix C2 mode for further drives: PLDS DU-8A5LH, iHAS324 F
• Update taglib-sharp to 2.3.0.0
• CUETools: Fix tta decoding exception
• CUERipper: Add setting for C2ErrorMode.

  A ComboBox has been added, which allows to select the C2ErrorMode for each drive, if required.

  The default setting is Auto, which preserves the behavior of CUERipper.

• CUETools Settings: Enable Insert and Delete key for Decoders
• CUETools Settings: Fix removing of Encoders or Decoders

CUETools 2.2.2 (2022-06-02)

• CUETools.exe /<profile>: Enable CTDB verification
• CUETools.ARCUE.exe: Add option to specify offset
• CUETools, CUERipper: Make sure output template contains extension .cue
• CUETools.Ripper.Console.exe: Prevent overwriting
• Fix C2 mode for further drives: Slimtype - DVD A DU8AESH, ASUS DRW-24F1ST d, PIONEER BD-RW BDR-XD05
• CUETools: Use first album art in batch mode
• Add flac.exe to Encoders
• Update libFLAC to 1.3.4
• Update taglib-sharp (2.2.0.0 with current fixes in main branch)
• Update UnRAR DLLs to version 6.11

CUETools 2.2.1 (2022-02-12)

• CUERipper: Fix index error when 1st track is data track
• CUETools, CUERipper: Add freedb site address setting. This setting can also be used to disable retrieving freedb metadata entries.
• taglib-sharp: Fix width and height of album art in flac tags
• CUERipper: Save metadata before Exit
• CUETools: Consider the Album Art search option "None"
• CUETools: Fix CTDB.FetchFile Exception, if "Verify using CTDB" is disabled
• CUERipper: Add a blank entry to the metadata selection drop-down list
• CUERipper: Save metadata before Eject
• Fix C2 mode for HL-DT-ST BD-RE BU40N

CUETools 2.2.0 (2022-01-08)

• EACPlugin: Use TLS 1.2 for coverart download
• CUERipper: Add options "Eject after rip" and "Disable eject disc"
• Update taglib-sharp to 2.2.0.0 (plus fixes in main branch). This fixes writing tags to m4a or opus files
• Command line tools: Add info about stdin
• CUETools: Support UTF-8 encoding when reading cuesheets
• CUETools: Fix reading of ANSI m3u files
• CUETools: Fix writing of tags for CD-Singles
• CUETools: Add XLD and Whipper support for LOG CRC column in AccurateRip log
• CUETools, CUERipper: Update Opus icon and add it to CUERipper
• CUETools: Fix CUEConfigAdvanced copy constructor. This fixes creating new profiles
• Fix C2 error mode for two Pioneer drives (DVR-S21, BDR-XD07U)

CUETools 2.1.9 (2021-05-01)

• Codecs: Update WavPack to 5.4.0
• Update Russian translation
• EACPlugin: Add Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• Allow three dots at the end of album titles
• Update UnRAR DLLs to version 6.01
• Fix C2 error mode for selected drives (LG GH24NSD1, ASUS DRW-24D5MT)
• Codecs: Update libmp3lame plugin dlls to 3.100
• Codecs: Update libFLAC to 1.3.3 git 27c6157. This fixes an issue with compression efficiency, depending on CPU type.
• CUERipper: Add access key shortcuts, update TabIndex
• CUETools: Add and update access key shortcuts
• CUETools: Add tooltips to frmChoice buttons

CUETools 2.1.8 (HotFix 1, 2021-02-28)

• [CUETools.Codecs.FLACCL] Fix constructor

CUETools 2.1.8 (2021-02-21)

• CUETools: Support tabs for indentation in cue sheets
• CUETools: Preserve EAC log file encoding
• CUERipper: Save metadata before UpdateDrive(s)
• CUETools.CTDB: Fix CD-Extra data track info in detailed log
• CUETools: Allow more than 32 album art images
• CUETools.CDImage: Prevent exception on non-standard CUE sheet with more than 99 tracks
• CUETools: Update UnRAR DLLs, add support for newer RAR files using RAR5 format
• CUERipper: Write FLAGS only once to cue sheet
• CUETools: Update offset entry, improve entering negative offsets
• CUETools.Ripper.Console: Replace invalid filename characters in ripped tracks
• CUETools.FLACCL.cmd: print Hz after SampleRate
• CUETools: Fix link in German About dialog
• CUETools: now using .NET Framework 4.7
• CUETools: Cut'n'paste metadata fields
• CUETools: Crop, rotate and trim album art
• CUETools.Codecs: Implement padding support for mp3 files
• CUETools.Codecs: Add ffmpeg plugin
• CUETools.Codecs.libwavpack: Switch to using libwavpack 5.1.0
• CUETools.Codecs.APE: Update MAC_SDK to 4.33
• Switch from freedb.org to gnudb.org
• Update German translation
• Various bug fixes

CUETools 2.1.7 (2018-03-12)

• CUETools: now using .NET Framework 4
• CUETools: support for opusenc
• CUETools.Codecs.ALAC: several bugfixes
• CUETools.Codecs.libFLAC: updated to FLAC 1.3.2 and now using dll
• CUETools.CTDB: prebuilt XML serialization to avoid launching csc.exe process

Dec 09 2014: CUETools 2.1.6:

• CUETools: Fixed issue with setting profiles
• CUETools: FLAC encoder optimized using new window functions by ktf
• CUETools: libFLAC updated to 1.3.1
• CUETools: fixed a bug where external decoders would not start

04.07.2013: CUETools 2.1.5:

• CUETools: added support for CDTOC tag to help determine pre-gap and data track info
• CUETools: added button for easier access to encoder settings
• CUETools: support for non-subset FLAC modes disabled by default
• CUETools: built-in managed encoders (libFlake, libALAC, etc) renamed to 'cuetools' for simplicity
• CUETools: CUETools FLAC decoder optimized; verification now works around 50% faster when not limited by I/O
• CUETools: to simplify the interface, removed lossyWAV support; encoder was outdated anyway
• CUETools: added support for WMA lossless as input and both WMA lossless and lossy as output
• CUETools: cleaned up encoder/decoder pages in advanced settings
• CUETools: treat batch jobs with only 1 album as non-batch, i.e. allow interactive UI, such as repair dialog
• CUETools: use TRACKTOTAL, DISCTOTAL, ALBUMARTIST tags instead of old style fb2k TOTALTRACKS, TOTALDISCS, ALBUM ARTIST
• CUETools: CTDB verification can be enabled during encoding
• CUETools: CTDB verification results can be saved as tags
• CUETools: libFLAC updated to 1.3.0
• CUETools: removed reference to the CSScriptLibrary
• CUERipper: right-click on the album art shows an enlarged fragment of it
• CUERipper: clicking through all available cover art selects 'no cover art'
• CUERipper: hovering over album art shows album art URL
• CUERipper: track quality is correctly reported in EAC-style log
• CUERipper: Test & Copy now works for drives that fail gap-detection
• CUERipper: remember chosen format & offset between restarts
• CUERipper: track comments saved as tags
• CUERipper: disc load/eject button
• CUETools.Converter: added support for encoding to lossy formats
• CUETools.Converter: added support multi-channel audio
• CUETools.Converter: added support for stdin/stdout
• CUETools.Converter: added support for different compression levels
• ArCueDotNet.exe: added CTDB support
• FLACCL: hi-res audio support
• FLACCL: Intel HD Graphics support
• Various bug fixes

16.04.2012: CUETools 2.1.4:

• CTDB 2.0: now ignoring pregap in parity calculations
• CTDB 2.0: popular CDs can have twice larger correction files
• CTDB 2.0: confidence values no longer include AccurateRip data
• CTDB 2.0: simplified (per-track) verification log
• CTDB 2.0: faster verification process with less network traffic
• CUERipper: support for some older drives, like PLEXTOR W1210A
• CUERipper: support for cover art
• CUERipper: main window resizable
• CUERipper: real test&copy mode
• CUERipper: options dialog
• Tagging: support for release date, release country, disc subtitle, label, catalog number, comment
• Local DB: can now refresh folder, removing missing files from database and adding new files.
• Codecs: LAME encoder updated to use libmp3lame.dll, which is now included in CUETools download (version 3.98.4)
• Various bug fixes

14.06.2011: CUETools 2.1.2:

• 2.1.2a: hotfix for bug in metadata editor which was ignoring edits
• 2.1.2a: hotfix for batchlog reporting discs with silent tracks as inaccurate
• AccurateRip v2 support (without cross-pressing verification)
• EAC CTDB plugin
• CTDB now supports musicbrainz Next Generation Schema (NGS) metadata. Old musicbrainz library removed. New musicbrainz NGS metadata can now be used in filename templates, including %discname%, %label%, %releasedate%, %country%, %releasedateandlabel%, %discnumberandname%
• CTDB submissions are now based on the same data that was used when verifying, so 'submit' script was removed, and data is submitted after verification, after showing confirmation dialog
• CTDB verification is now much faster
• Local DB: option to purge records
• Local DB: now shown in the same window as folder browser
• metadata editing window size is now saved in settings
• CUERipper now sends CD barcode and rip quality when submitting
• support for wierd CDs with two data tracks before audio

07.03.2011: CUETools 2.1.1:

• Local Database for verification results and metadata
• FlaCuda replaced with FLACCL, which uses OpenCL instead of CUDA.
• CUERipper: was still sometimes locking drives it didn't need to
• ArCueDotNet: was trying to search for cover art which it doesn't need
• Added 'Silent track' diagnostics in AR log
• LAME.dll: settings were ignored
• libwavpack: settings were ignored (MD5Sum & extra mode)
• workarounds for various Mono bugs
• Path formatting: %discnumber% produces two-digit numbers if %totaldiscs% > 9
• Overwrite dialog: list files, 'remember the choice' option
• Doesn't abort on broken Artwork files
• Better locates files in some complicated cases, e.g. when only some tracks have tracknumber tags
• Folder browser now sorts contents, because OS didn't do it when browsing external drives etc

18.05.2010: CUETools 2.0.9:

• filename corrector now sorts tracks not alpabetically, but by tracknumber tag or numbers in filenames
• .m3u file can now be used as input
• fixed a bug which caused an exception after processing a rip with CTDB enabled and pregap specified manually or via log
• added metadata cache
• Fixed a bug with cue sheets saved in ANSI instead of utf8
• custom proxy settings support
• silent tracks are considered accurately ripped if absent in AR
• CTDB now accepts rips with AR confidence >= 2
• when batch log is updated it's now scrolled to the end, not to the beginning
• attempting to abbreviate artist/album names when generating a path to avoid 'Path too long' exceptions
• verification log cosmetic changes
• CUERipper: no longer locks unused drives
• CUERipper: hopefully fixed problem with window size on multidesktop systems with Matrox drivers
• CUERipper: freedb submission
• CUERipper: puts his own name and version in EAC-style log

26.04.2010: CUETools 2.0.8:

• Fixed bug in libALAC decoder which sometimes caused it to abort with error messages like "invalid frame".
• libALAC decoder now ignores strange encoding of certain mpeg atoms produced by some software, that caused it to abort with messages like "decoding failed".
• Fixed bug in libALAC encoder which produced files non-compatible with iPod - thanks to prefab and neovibe for testing
• Fixed bug in libFlake encoder which caused data corruption when using variable block size (compression level 11) - thanks to Ipsum for bringing this to my attention
• Fixed bug in peak level measurement in verification log: it now produces exactly the same values as EAC
• AR verification speedup for albums with many short tracks
• CTDB verification speedup
• mp3 encoding is now a bit faster when using lame_enc.dll instead of lame.exe; Download lame_enc.dll and put it into corresponding "plugins (Win32)"/"plugins (x64)" folder
• Support for external encoders which don't support pipes (such as iTunesEncode): if you use %I in encoder parameters, temporary file is created
• If log file name doesn't match cue file name, but it contains the same TOC as a cue sheet, it is used automatically

CUETools 2.0.5 - CUETools 2.0.7:

• I tried to add proxy support - for now just a checkbox to use system proxy settings from IE, which is on by default.
• Verification should be much faster now.
• When verifying CRC32 against EAC log file, it's now possible to verify it even after offset correction.
• Codec support libraries are now plugins, which means CUETools can function without them. You can delete unwanted plugins to save space. But if you delete all the plugin directories, CUETools will support only WAV.
• 'New' encoders added: libFlake is a pure managed (.NET) flac encoder/decoder, which probably compresses faster/better than libFLAC. FlaCuda is a FLAC encoder which utilizes the power of your NVIDIA GPU to compress fast. libALAC encodes/decodes Apple Lossless (m4a) files without iTunes. I posted all of them previously as separate command-line applications.
• There are no x86 and x64 versions of CUETools now, most of CUETools is processor independent .NET code. Processor dependent plugins are placed in "plugins (win32)" and "plugins (x64)" directories.
• I moved from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2008, sorry folks, you might need to install yet another MS redistributable (most likely it's already installed): x86 version, x64 version. If you don't see libFLAC in the list of flac encoders, that means you need this redistributable. Although you can just use libFlake instead, which doesn't require it.
• You might want to check out the updated CUERipper, if it works for your CD Drive. As always, it comes with CUETools, look for CUERipper.exe in the same directory. I'd like to argue that it can provide more accurate rips than EAC, but of course we need much more testing to prove it.

08.08.2009: CUETools 2.0.4a:

If you are getting an error loading CUETools.Codecs.TTA, you need to install this update

• Another try to make a decent UI
• AccurateRip log made a bit more tidy (good offsets first, no 'as in pressing(s)' spam)
• Configurable log file and album art filename templates
• Experimental profiles system

24.06.2009: CUETools 2.0.3:

• File browser can now be turned off
• After the job is done, log is shown in the same window (in place of file browser).
• Improved templates for output path generation, using fb2k syntax
• Compression level selected in the main window

01.05.2009: CUETools 2.0.2a experimental:

• Drag'n'dropping huge lists of files to FileSystem tree now works much faster.
• File formats/encoders are now a lot more configurable. New presets for popular command-line encoders.
• When 'Allow multiple instances' option is off, and CUETools is busy, attempting to run it again now produces a proper error message.
• 'Create CUE Sheet' action now not only creates dummy .cue sheets, but also extracts embedded .cue sheets
• Pressing F5 in filesystem tree now refreshes it
• Window size and position is now saved
• Filename corrector now can save results to a different file, and can change extensions without locating files.
• Correct AR tags are now written when converting with non-zero offset
• ACCURATERIPID tag no longer written when writeArTagsOnConvert option is off
• More options to configure tagging
• More options to configure AR log (log verbosity, log file extension, etc)
• Advanced users can slightly modify program's behavior using custom scripts (a-la plugins)
• 'fix offset' option is now an example of a custom script.

CUETools 1.9.5a

• Pregap can now be read from log/freedb or set from interface
• ALAC decoding length mismatches fixed
• Problem with single-track albums fixed
• Added an option to disable assembler optimizations in flac
• Support for user-defined external commandline codecs with templates for tak/ogg/mp3
• Better support for zip archives, which previously worked only with flac/wav files
• More reliable tag handling, using taglib-sharp. Album art tags are now preserved.
• ALAC decoder bug fixed
• CRC comparison for older EAC logs is now supported
• Two verify modes: first is AccurateRip only and second is AccurateRip+EAC CRCs.

CUETools 1.9.4a

• %Y format character for output path - date of album release. For example, custom format "C:\Music\%D\%Y - %C\%D - %C.cue" produces the output like this: "C:\Music\Pink Floyd\1995 - Pulse\Pink Floyd - Pulse.cue"
• Fixed crash on source files that contain zero length tags
• Fixed a glitch in filename corrector - it sometimes didn't replace underscores with spaces.
• Fixed a bug when a broken cue sheet was created if artist, title or genre contained comma character.
• Added .zip archive support
• Added support for cue sheets which start with data track (mixed mode or "playstation type" cds)
• 'Convert and verify' mode is back.
• MusicBrainz/freedb lookup for missing tags
• .log file selection dialog, if it's filename doesn't match .cue file name
• option to extract EAC log tag to file
• added verification date to .accrip logs
• Better RAR archive support: .log files are extracted; filename corrector hopefuly works; if archive contains several .cue sheets, you can select one.
• TTA support
• German localization by tuxman
• option to overwrite CUE sheet tags (PERFORMER, TITLE), replacing them with audio file tags.
• More tags written to file-per-track images (GENRE, DATE, ALBUM, ALBUM ARTIST, TOTALTRACKS)
• CUETools now comes with CUERipper, very experimental but confirmed to work well on modern Pioneer drives. If you encounter ripping problems, please try CUETools.ConsoleRipper, which is a little more verbose, and send me it's console output.

CUETools 1.9.3 update 1

• LossyWAV support
• hdcd decoding to 16 bit lossyWAV
• hdcd detection, analyzis and decoding to 24 bit by Christopher Key
• ALAC (Apple Lossless .m4a) input supported
• RAR archive input supported
• input can be a directory with audio files and no cue sheet
• fixed PartialContent error when reading huge AccurateRip entries
• added an option to store md5 checksum in wavpack output (like wavpack -m)
• added an option to output m3u files when producing gaps appended output
• added an option to output cue file even when producing album image with embedded cuesheet
• added an option to automaticly detect and remove extra 4206 samples, added by some erroneous flac coders.
• added an option to reduce process priority to idle
• pause button becomes resume button when paused
• fixed bug in filename corrector - input files were sorted alphabeticaly, even if only file extension was changed.

CUETools 1.9.1 .. 1.9.2 Update 8:

• AccurateRip database support with automatic offset correction (with permission from Mr Spoon)
• Monkey's Audio (.ape) input/output support
• Embedded cue sheets support
• Tags are preserved
• Basic command line support
• CUE Sheet Creator option, which autogenerates cue sheets for folders with audio tracks.
• Better support for different cue sheet encodings
• Unicode filenames support
• x64 build
• Console version for AccurateRip verification: ArCueDotNet.exe
• russian localization
• Minor bug fixes and interface improvements