ape files with unicode tags and filesnames in winamp

[oYx]

i have some ape cd images with chinese unicode tags and filenames. when i load the cuesheet (cue player 0.57c) for each, winamp's playlist editor shows a whole list of tracks named similarly as "-AD-2D" or something, skips through every track and doesn't play any of them.

if i run the ape image directly, it plays in winamp, but the tag appears as "???" for every field. however, hitting "alt + 3" brings up the tag window with the characters shown correctly.

after trying for hours, i have to assume cue player is not working right. also, something is broken when it comes to unicode-tagged ape files when loaded in winamp.

the kicker is that after those hours, i tried the above in foobar, and everything worked! but i really like the media library feature of winamp, especially now with album art, so it's no questions i want to stick with winamp.

unicode-tagged flac files appear in winamp with proper characters, but i can't have apl with flac (or at least i can't find how to) when i just want to run a single track off the image.

i also prefer it if the cuesheet is external and it keeps all the cd text.

is anybody in a similar predicament and found a way to all the above?

[DJ Egg]

The 3rd-party Monkeys Audio plugin (in_ape.dll) is the one that doesn't support unicode and needs updating...

[oYx]

pity. i think ape is a great format, but its updates seem to have ceased for too long.

i know this is not exactly the right forum, but since we're at it, is there an equivalent of apl for flac images?

can't wait for native cue support in winamp too. lol. dead horse topic, eh?

[J_Darnley]

What do you mean by "an equivalent of apl for flac images"? FLAC does support embedded images (see docs on METADATA_BLOCK_PICTURE (http://flac.sourceforge.net/format.html#metadata_block_picture) if you really want to know). I don't think that Winamp supports reading these yet because... Nevermind, I just made a test file with an embedded picture and Winamp does show it!

Sorry, what was your question?

[oYx]

sorry, i should have been clearer. :)

i meant flac images as in the cd image file, as in audio data. with ape files, you can create apl files from a cuesheet, so that each apl file plays one track off the image file.

there seems to be a workaround to 'hack' apl files to work with flac, and i assume that's only good for foobar. just wondering if there is anything solely for flac right now.

[DJ Egg]

So you tried using FLAC + CuePlayer with .cue file (not .apl)?

[oYx]

english cue + flac/ape + cueplayer = works

cue with unicode chinese cd text + flac/ape + cueplayer = nothing

the apl (written out by foobar) for flac works in foobar too. doesn't work in winamp because of the third-party ape plugin.

[myMusik]

Perhaps you can try the Medieval Cue Splitter (http://www.medieval.it/content/view/28/70/), it divides the flac file acording to the cue sheet - is not the same that the apl but you keep the same compression.

(sory for my english)


Bay

[oYx]

i'm on a mac now. really miss winamp, but getting used to itunes too.

[Erazer]

21-st century, and I still cant add unicode cue file to winamp... I don't have words :)))))))))