Una hoja cue, cue sheet o archivo .cue es un archivo de texto Unicode que especifica cómo se distribuyen las pistas de datos en un disco compacto.
Los archivos cue comúnmente tienen la extensión ".cue", son originalmente usados por el programa CDRWIN para hacer imágenes ISO, y actualmente usados por muchos programas audiovisuales y de grabación de CD, como Nero Burning ROM.
Para un CD audio, la hoja cue puede especificar títulos y autores para el disco, así como los nombres de cada una de las pistas, OGG, MP3, WAV, FLAC, etcétera, y archivos binarios (BIN) son usados generalmente.
Las hojas cue son especialmente usadas para grabar o escuchar discos donde todas las pistas son grabadas en un único archivo que contiene todo el audio, y la hoja cue es la que especifica al reproductor cuándo termina una pista y comienza otra.
Title
- el nombre de la grabación (ejemplo: Live at the Bassment).Performer
- artista o DJ.Filename
- el nombre del archivo específico que contiene el cue sheet al que hace referencia el archivo (ejemplo: liveset.mp3).Track
- el nombre de la pista de audio.Track Times
- el comienzo de la pista, expresado en el formato MM:SS:FR (minutos-segundos-frames).
04:18:12
= minuto 4, 18 segundos, 12 frames.TITLE "Live in Berlin, 1998" PERFORMER "Faithless" FILE "faithless - live in berlin.mp3" MP3 TRACK 01 AUDIO TITLE "Reverence" PERFORMER "Faithless" INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 02 AUDIO TITLE "She's My Baby" PERFORMER "Faithless" INDEX 01 06:42:00 TRACK 03 AUDIO TITLE "Take The Long Way Home" PERFORMER "Faithless" INDEX 01 10:54:00 TRACK 04 AUDIO TITLE "Insomnia" PERFORMER "Faithless" INDEX 01 17:04:00 TRACK 05 AUDIO TITLE "Bring The Family Back" PERFORMER "Faithless" INDEX 01 25:44:00 TRACK 06 AUDIO TITLE "Salva Mea" PERFORMER "Faithless" INDEX 01 30:50:00 TRACK 07 AUDIO TITLE "Dirty Old Man" PERFORMER "Faithless" INDEX 01 38:24:00 TRACK 08 AUDIO TITLE "God Is A DJ" PERFORMER "Faithless" INDEX 01 42:35:00
Otro ejemplo, en el que se hace referencia a varios archivos en formato WAV:
REM GENRE "Game" REM DATE 2019 REM DISCID ******** REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.3" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" TITLE "PROMARE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK" REM COMPOSER "" REM DISCNUMBER 1 REM TOTALDISCS 1 FILE "1-01 Inferno.flac" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO TITLE "Inferno" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900521 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-02 PRO--MARE.flac" WAVE TRACK 02 AUDIO TITLE "PRO//MARE" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900522 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-03 GAL-OTHY-MOS.flac" WAVE TRACK 03 AUDIO TITLE "GAL-OTHY-MOS" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900523 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-04 Λsʜᴇs.flac" WAVE TRACK 04 AUDIO TITLE ".s..s" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900524 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 05 AUDIO TITLE "WORLDBIGFLAMEUP" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900525 INDEX 00 02:20:11 FILE "1-05 WORLDBIGFLAMEUP.flac" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-06 PROMARETHEME.flac" WAVE TRACK 06 AUDIO TITLE "PROMARETHEME" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900526 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-07 BangBangBUR!...n.flac" WAVE TRACK 07 AUDIO TITLE "BangBangBUR!...n?" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900527 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-08 NEXUS.flac" WAVE TRACK 08 AUDIO TITLE "NEXUS" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900528 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-09 BAR2tsuSH.flac" WAVE TRACK 09 AUDIO TITLE "BAR2tsuSH" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900529 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-10 DeusPRO召す.flac" WAVE TRACK 10 AUDIO TITLE "DeusPRO.." PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900530 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-11 fanFAREpiZZA.flac" WAVE TRACK 11 AUDIO TITLE "fanFAREpiZZA" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900531 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-12 Λsʜᴇs ~RETURNS~.flac" WAVE TRACK 12 AUDIO TITLE ".s..s ~RETURNS~" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900532 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 13 AUDIO TITLE "..ING-RES9" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900533 INDEX 00 02:23:18 FILE "1-13 燃焼ING-RES9.flac" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-14 BAR2NG4女14yoN.flac" WAVE TRACK 14 AUDIO TITLE "BAR2NG4.14yoN" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900534 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-15 904SITE.flac" WAVE TRACK 15 AUDIO TITLE "904SITE" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900535 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-16 REG-GIRT.flac" WAVE TRACK 16 AUDIO TITLE "REG-GIRT" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900536 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-17 RE-0.flac" WAVE TRACK 17 AUDIO TITLE "RE:0" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900537 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-18 PIROMARE.flac" WAVE TRACK 18 AUDIO TITLE "PIROMARE" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900538 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-19 Gallant Ones.flac" WAVE TRACK 19 AUDIO TITLE "Gallant Ones" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900539 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "1-20 stRE-0ings.flac" WAVE TRACK 20 AUDIO TITLE "stRE:0ings" PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900540 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 21 AUDIO TITLE ".-YO!." PERFORMER "Hiroyuki Sawano" REM COMPOSER "" ISRC JPE301900541 INDEX 00 02:24:22
Un ejemplo en caso de discos de datos:
FILE "ImagenCD.bin" BINARY TRACK 01 MODE1/2352 INDEX 01 00:00:00