Convert single FLAC file into several tracks?

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  1. Gravity

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    I've got a single FLAC file of an entire album. How do I change that to several tracks instead? Or, make a cuesheet that will open it as several tracks?
     
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    Open the file in an editor such as Audacity, find the track start/stop points and split them into individual files. Then use software such as mp3tag to assign tags manually as needed.
     
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    If you have a cue sheet you can use CueTools to split it. It can also do verification with AccurateRip and use whatever encoder you choose.
    http://cue.tools/wiki/CUETools
     
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    Can you get the file recognized as an album and get the metadata downloaded, like in Foobar or some other software? If you can, then you just get Foobar to automatically break the file up into tracks and convert to whatever format (even back to FLAC) as it splits the album.

    If you cannot get the file to be recognized as an album (select all tracks, get metadata from FreeDB), then you will have to do what k4rstar suggested. Pretty much all the ways I can think of require you manually figure out the track's start and end times.
     
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    Haven't done it for a while, so can't give details, but, in Audacity you can create a special kind of track where you can mark the start and end points and even enter titles. You can then export the whole lot, into separate files, with tags that you can specify to apply to all or individual tracks.

    I used to find Cool-Edit Pro perfectly intuitive; Audacity, not nearly so much, but I went Linux. The quirks of how Audacity does things are worth struggling with for this feature. In the end, it works well.
     
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    I've pulled the audio from a concert DVD and split it into individual tracks to make an album before. Easily done with Audacity and any music player (as long as it can edit medatada) of your choice.
     
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    I use Medieval CUE Splitter for cue sheets.
     
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    If you already use Foobar it makes the process very simple.

    You just need to download a FLAC encoder, then navigate to the album (with a .CUE file hopefully, or else search online). Foobar2000 will 'populate' track list for you, then just highlight them all, right click, select convert.

    Else if you want to manually create a cue sheet you just need to open a new text file, fill in with the correct track timings, and save as album.cue

    The following is from Nightwish Once for e.g., so just adapt as needed.

    (INDEX 01 marks the start of the track and is required, INDEX 00 marks the pregap and is optional)
    Code:
    PERFORMER "Nightwish"
    TITLE "Once"
    FILE "Nightwish - Once.flac" WAVE
      TRACK 01 AUDIO
        TITLE "Dark Chest of Wonders"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 01 00:00:00
      TRACK 02 AUDIO
        TITLE "Wish I Had An Angel"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 04:28:50
        INDEX 01 04:30:50
      TRACK 03 AUDIO
        TITLE "Nemo"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 08:36:52
        INDEX 01 08:38:52
      TRACK 04 AUDIO
        TITLE "Planet Hell"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 13:14:61
        INDEX 01 13:16:61
      TRACK 05 AUDIO
        TITLE "Greek Mary's Blood"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 17:55:49
        INDEX 01 17:57:49
      TRACK 06 AUDIO
        TITLE "The Siren"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 26:27:07
        INDEX 01 26:29:07
      TRACK 07 AUDIO
        TITLE "Dead Gardens"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 31:14:22
        INDEX 01 31:16:22
      TRACK 08 AUDIO
        TITLE "Romanticide"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 35:44:31
        INDEX 01 35:46:31
      TRACK 09 AUDIO
        TITLE "Ghost Love Score"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 40:44:43
        INDEX 01 40:46:43
      TRACK 10 AUDIO
        TITLE "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 50:48:50
        INDEX 01 50:50:50
      TRACK 11 AUDIO
        TITLE "Higher Than Hope"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 54:49:17
        INDEX 01 54:51:17
      TRACK 12 AUDIO
        TITLE "White Night Fantasy"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 60:29:20
        INDEX 01 60:31:20
      TRACK 13 AUDIO
        TITLE "Live To Tell The Tale"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 64:35:25
        INDEX 01 64:37:25
      TRACK 14 AUDIO
        TITLE "Symphony of Destruction"
        PERFORMER "Nightwish"
        INDEX 00 69:36:08
        INDEX 01 69:38:08
    
     
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