Basic knowledge of Ape:
1, why to Ape (in short ape is to be able to provide the highest quality music files)
(1) Access to CD files:
In the early years, everyone had a recorder to listen to the music on the tape is good, now there are a large number of CDs and DVDs, sound effect than the tape does not know better to go there. However, the music on the CD is not directly recognized in Windows, can not be directly copied to the hard disk (other formats Windows is recognizable, such as data files, VCD,DVD, etc., but CD can not be directly recognized). So, in order to copy the songs from the CD to the hard drive, need specialized software to realize, this is called grasping the orbit, have a lot of software can realize this function, the most common, everybody thinks the best, is the EAC (EAC.exe) This software, after grasping to kneel out of music is in the form of WAV to remain in the hard disk.
(2) Compression:
When the song on the CD is copied to the hard drive (ie, the catch), this most original file (WAV) is usually very large, such as a CD of music, is about 700M, if you separate it into each song, that each song file size in 20--60m. Such a large file takes up hard disk space and is not suitable for transmission on the Internet. So, you usually compress the original large file. Its compression methods have a variety of, can be divided into two categories, one is no loss of compression, such as using monkeys (Monkey.exe) This software can be implemented, it can be the original music file (WAV file) compressed to the original size of the 50--60%, file format is ape.
Another type of compression is called a loss of compression, the advantage is that the file can be compressed smaller, such as ape file than 1 time times smaller than the common music lossy compression form is MP3. But the disadvantage is that the quality of the sound decline, generally, the smaller the file is compressed, sound quality is worse.
(3) Online delivery:
Obviously, because the online download is limited by the speed of the network, the smaller the file, the easier it is to communicate online. There are also FTP space restrictions, for the lack of funds of the site, they are usually only able to provide MP3 and so on. The sound quality is closest to the original CD if it can be provided in ape form. Others have also burned ape files downloaded from the Internet to CD. However, it is best not to MP3 such a loss of compressed music files to burn, because the music burned out, the effect is not good.
(4) Playback of ape Files:
If you play on your computer's hard drive, you can play it directly after you install Winamp or foobar2000 software.
Especially foobar2000 effect is very good, you from here: Http://foobar2000.hydrogenaudio.org/Download this very small software (choose installer This download, can support various versions of Windows, but also support a variety of sound cards, including AC97 soft sound card, installed on your hard drive, do not need to do any setup, you can directly play Ape format music. All you need to do is double click on the song you want to hear, and you can release the highest quality (closest CD) of music.
Ape Related FAQs FAQ
1. How do I play ape format audio files?
A. Monkey ' s audio installation package with Ape plugin for Winamp, after installation can be Winamp put ape
B. With foorbar2000, this recently very hot player supports the ape format
2. Is it possible for apeimage to make any selections when playing?
Yes, but need the appropriate cue file, the general disc pressed into a ape file are attached to the corresponding cue file, which is recorded in this disc each track start time and other information
Use text editing software to open this cue file, similar to the following
==================
Performer "Matthew Lien"
TITLE "Bleeding Wolves"
FILE "Cdimage.ape" WAVE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ here is the corresponding ape file name, the default is the same directory,
You can add a path, such as "C:\music\cdimage.ape."
You can't get it wrong, or you can't play it properly.
TRACK AUDIO
TITLE "Flying Squirrel Creek"
Performer "Matthew Lien"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
......
==================
A. Foobar can directly import cue file, as long as the information in cue is correct, you can play the song
B. For Winamp, I used the 2. X, it doesn't seem to be able to directly import cue, but there are ways to fix it, ape software monkey ' s audio has a tool MAKEAPL (Setup has set up shortcuts for it in the Start menu),
Can convert cue file into several corresponding APL files each APL corresponds to a track, and Winamp support APL, so everything OK
C. Install a Winamp plug-in called Mp3cue that enables Winamp to support cue files
Note: According to my own experiments, to normal use the plug-in should be added to the Winamp playlist image file, unlike Foobar is added cue file, as long as the directory has the same name cue file, Plug-ins can be recognized, and the third line of cue
FILE "XXXXXX" WAVE
Mp3cue ignores extensions as long as the primary file name and image file are the same.
3. How to convert ape into MP3?
In fact, Monkey ' s audio support external codec, which can be directly completed Ape->mp3 conversion
Of course, make the appropriate settings.
1. Download Lame,copy to the Monkey installation directory external directory (below the relevant links are recommended by the Foreign Authoritative forum lame version of the download address)
2. Run Monkey ' audio, select Convert in the Mode menu
3. Select External->lame->configure in the second button of the toolbar, where you fill in the parameters required for the compression MP3, and recommend that you use
--alt-preset Extreme
(bitrates 220-270 kbit/s--usually averages around 256kbps)
Or
--alt-preset Standard
(bitrates 180-220 kbit/s--usually averages around--Kbps)
To remind, the first parameter compression speed is much slower, the machine is quite time-consuming
4. Select External->lame->lame in the second button of the toolbar, this time you can select the ape file you want to convert, and then click the first button to convert, you can achieve Ape->mp3
4. Does the middle part have the wrong ape file to fix? or ignore it?
If the whole CD is pressed into a ape, there is a corresponding cue file
1. Convert cue to several APL files with MAKEAPL (monkey ' s audio with gadgets)
2. Add these APL in the monkey, you can unzip each track into a separate WAV, of course, contains the wrong part of the track can not be normal decompression
Theoretically, no matter what the ape, as long as you edit the appropriate APL, the wrong part of the set as a separate track, you can maximize the remaining parts
5. How do I burn ape to CDs?
A. Ape->wav->cd
This is the most common method for apeimage and multiple file ape, but it's also the most tedious
B. Burn CDs using EAC
EAC's burning function directly supports the ape format, which is the most convenient way to APE->CD at present.
In the EAC menu Tools->write CD-R opens the EAC's burning function
1. If there is a ready-made cue file is relatively simple, directly import cue file on the line
Note that the path and name of the audio track file in cue must be correct, and the details about cue can refer to question 2
2. If there is no cue file, and the downloaded file is a single ape for each track, it is similar to that of Nero or mp3 file, one file is imported, and the Import command is under the Layout menu (generally recommended, "Append files as new track (Index 1) "), direct drag and drop can also
C. Use ape Plugin for Nero
Installed Ape plugin for Nero, you can just drag and drop it directly in Nero like a WAV, MP3 CD.
Plugin download Address Mausau ' s audio plugins for Nero burning ROM
There are other audio plugins for Nero, common audio formats are available
Install Plug-in method: Unzip the plugin dll to the "... \ahead\shared\audioplugins" directory
Nero version requires 5.5.9.0 above
Note: There is a significant bug in the earlier version of this ape plugin for Nero
If you use Nero to import cue to burn APEIMAGE->CD, it looks as if the burn will work properly, track number and time display. But, play it and carve it out cd--all the tracks are the same as the first track!
If it's multiple ape CDs, no problem, everything's fine.
The latest version of the current (1.0.0.7) I tested has fixed the bug, please go to download the latest version
If your machine is fast enough, it is also a good choice to install this plugin to burn ape->cd directly with Nero.
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