cuebreakpoints

Extract breakpoints from a CUE sheet

$ cuebreakpoints [file.cue]

$ cuebreakpoints --input-format samples [file.cue]

$ cuebreakpoints --prepend-gaps [file.cue]

$ cuebreakpoints --append-gaps [file.cue]

$ cuebreakpoints [file.cue] | shnsplit -o flac [file.wav]

cuebreakpoints [options] file.cue

cuebreakpoints reads a CUE sheet file and outputs the track split points in a format suitable for audio splitting tools like shnsplit. CUE sheets describe how an audio CD is divided into tracks, including exact frame positions.
The output is a list of timestamps in mm:ss.ff format (minutes:seconds.frames at 75 fps) representing where each track begins. This information is piped to splitting tools to divide a single audio file into individual tracks.
Gap handling options control how the silence between tracks is distributed. Different ripping/encoding workflows may require gaps prepended, appended, or split between adjacent tracks.

--input-format format

Input time format: cue (default) or samples.

Prepend track gaps to each track.

Append gaps to previous track (except track 1 pregap).

Split gaps between tracks.

Display help.

Display version.

CUE sheet must match the audio file exactly (sample-accurate). Incorrect CUE files produce wrong splits. Only works with single-file images; multi-file CUEs don't need splitting. The cuetools package must be installed.

cuebreakpoints is part of cuetools, a set of utilities for working with CUE sheets created by Svend Sorensen. The tools were developed in the mid-2000s to help process CD images, particularly for converting single-file rips (common with Exact Audio Copy) into individual tracks while preserving accurate metadata.

cuetag(1), cueprint(1), shnsplit(1), flac(1)