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First post, by jhuns

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I am new to cue/bin files and am trying to figure out how they work. I made this cue file from scratch based on other people's cue files I found online. This is an example of my cue file:

FILE "RTZ.iso" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track01.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    INDEX 02 00:00:00
FILE "Track02.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    INDEX 03 00:00:00
FILE "Track03.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    INDEX 04 00:00:00

Both the RTZ.cue and RTZ.iso are saved in C:\RTZ, along with all of the audio tracks. I am trying to mount using the following command:

imgmount d "C:\RTZ\RTZ.cue" -t iso -fs iso

and I get the error message:

Could not load image file: c:\rtz\rtz.cue
MSCDEX: Failure: Path not valid.

I know for sure that rtz.cue is in the file specified, and mounting rtz.iso from the same folder works just fine. Is there a step I am missing to make my cue file work? Or did I did I mess up in creating my cue file?

Reply 1 of 14, by MiniMax

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I have never used an -fs option with imgmount. Maybe try without it?

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Reply 2 of 14, by jhuns

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MiniMax wrote:

I have never used an -fs option with imgmount. Maybe try without it?

I have tried with and without -fs option. I just used it because that is what the wiki says.

Reply 3 of 14, by Qbix

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try this mount c c:\rtz
c:
imgmount d rtz.cue -t iso
z:
mount -u c
mount c whatIwant_forC

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Reply 4 of 14, by jhuns

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Qbix wrote:

try this mount c c:\rtz
c:
imgmount d rtz.cue -t iso

I got the same error message. It still says "Path not valid" but I KNOW for sure that rtz.cue is there, I have checked it a million times. Does it have something to do with what is actually inside of my cue file? The file rtz.iso is in the same folder as rtz.cue, so I shouldn't need to specify a directory in my .cue file should I?

Reply 5 of 14, by wd

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Type "dir" right before you're mounting the image and post the output,
and type "type rtz.cue" after that and post the (shortened) output please.

Reply 6 of 14, by jhuns

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wd wrote:

Type "dir" right before you're mounting the image and post the output,
and type "type rtz.cue" after that and post the (shortened) output please.

This is after "dir"

Directory of C:\.
.              <DIR>           
..             <DIR>           
DRIVERS        <DIR>           
ISO            <DIR>           
CDPLAY   EXE             21,561
CUE      TXT              1,694
DIR      TXT                  0
GAME     001             91,062
INSTALL  DAT             20,837
INSTALL  EXE             93,520
ITXT     TXT              8,386
MADECD   EXE            143,440
MECH2    BAT                122
READ     ME              10,011
RSCARRY  BAT                154
RTZ      BAT                105
RTZ      CFG                 47
RTZ      CUE              1,694
RTZ      GRP              1,389
RTZ      ICO                766
RTZ      ISO        144,048,128
RTZ      PIF                545
RTZCD    DAT            536,064
SAMPLE   AD               5,248
SAMPLE   OPL              5,248
SIMON    BAT                 38
TESTCD   EXE             10,384
TRACK01  MP3            288,053
TRACK02  MP3            245,839
TRACK03  MP3          1,025,751
TRACK04  MP3            584,386

This is my rtz.cue file displayed via "type rtz.cue" (with the last 21 tracks left off):

FILE "RTZ.iso" BINARY
  TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
FILE "Track01.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    INDEX 02 00:00:00
FILE "Track02.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    INDEX 03 00:00:00
FILE "Track03.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    INDEX 04 00:00:00
FILE "Track04.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    INDEX 05 00:00:00

Reply 7 of 14, by Dominus

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could there be a upper/lower case problem with the track names? To narrow it down, copy your rtz.cue to test.cue and then edit test.cue with notepad and remove

FILE "Track01.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    INDEX 02 00:00:00
FILE "Track02.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    INDEX 03 00:00:00
FILE "Track03.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    INDEX 04 00:00:00
FILE "Track04.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    INDEX 05 00:00:00

and imgmount test.cue...

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Reply 8 of 14, by jhuns

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Thank you Dominus! The file that should have been named "Track05.mp3" was named "Track 05.mp3" and I overlooked the space.

As a side note, the image loaded this way, but the music never played during the game. I converted my .mp3 files to .ogg files, and it worked just fine. I don't know why the mp3's didn't work, but I am just happy that I got the music working.

Thanks everyone.

Reply 9 of 14, by Dominus

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The file that should have been named "Track05.mp3" was named "Track 05.mp3"

Interesting, since a Track05.mp3 doesn't show up on both the cuesheet you posted and the file list...

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Reply 10 of 14, by Norton Commander

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That CUE file is for redbook CD Audio. The tracks have to be uncompressed PCM 16bit 44KHz audio files (WAV or similar) which explains why MP3, WMA etc. won't work.

Reply 11 of 14, by gidierre

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Dominus wrote:

Interesting, since a Track05.mp3 doesn't show up on both the cuesheet you posted and the file list...

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Reply 12 of 14, by jhuns

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Dominus wrote:

Interesting, since a Track05.mp3 doesn't show up on both the cuesheet you posted and the file list...

That's because the cuesheet had twenty-six tracks, so I shortened it. When wd told me to post them both, he asked for the shortened output.

Reply 13 of 14, by Dominus

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I see and sincerly apologize for the hinted at accusation 😀
(I really read over both you and wd talking about a much longer cue sheet, but rereading I find that 😀)

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Reply 14 of 14, by gidierre

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yeah, me too, jhuns:
sorry for LOLling 😦
no offense intended

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