There are exactly fifty billion different audio formats out there and one that causes a lot of confusion for Nero is APE. APE is a lossless format, which prior to FLAC was very popular. The trouble that some people find when they are backing up their CDs is that they run into errors. Perhaps the most common error is a filename mismatch.
The first thing that you need is the relevant NERO plug-in. Once you have downloaded it, you will need to unpack the DLL into C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\AudioPlugins
Your backup should have two files, an APE file and a CUE file. The single APE file contains all of the tracks on the CD. The CUE contains relevant track lengths. The trouble that a lot of people run into is that they find the CUE references a WAV not the APE file that is in their directory. There is a fix and it is very simple. Open the CUE in your favorite text editor and make a single change.
Change the following line, which is right near top of the text file in line 3.
FILE “ABC123.wav” WAV
TO
FILE “ABC123.ape” MP3
The MP3 is not a mistake. For whatever reason, NERO does not recognize the APE in Line 3. Setting it as MP3 is the only thing that works. Once you have done that go into Nero, select “Burn Image,” choose the CUE file that you just edited and hit “Burn.”
Source: Monkeys Audio
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Tags: How-To, Nero
8 responses
Jun 18, 2008 at 9:56 pm
The plugin is not there anymore.
http://www.bitburners.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/nxmyape.zip
And if you write
FILE “ABC123.wav” WAVE
instead of
FILE “ABC123.wav” WAV it’s working also.
Jun 18, 2008 at 9:58 pm
i ment…
FILE “ABC123.ape” WAVE
…
Aug 9, 2008 at 6:05 pm
not for my Nero, it didn’t; but changing WAVE to MP3 worked perfectly! big thanks to whoever posted this!
Aug 17, 2008 at 11:23 pm
install the plug in follow the instructions it’s work …… thanks !!!
FILE “ABC123.wav” WAV
TO
FILE “ABC123.ape” MP3
Sep 30, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Plug-in has moved moved again:
http://www.bitburners.com/software/monkeys-audio-v10037/3822/
If you cannot find it, try searching for it on bitburners.com or through a search engine.
Sep 30, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I tried Nero Express 8 and were successful burning the files with the WAVE tag.
CD played like a charm too
Miles Davis is the best!
Oct 26, 2008 at 11:46 am
Worked great!!!
Thanks for the wisdom.
Nov 29, 2008 at 8:14 am
Iam working with Nero 8.2.8.0. I have a song with .ape extension. I want to burn it on a music cd. I download the nxMyApe.dll version 1.0.0.37 and i put it in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Nero\AudioPlugins\… directory but the Nero open a message box that telle me “One or more files could not be added to a compilation. The selected WMA file(s) are protected and cannot be processed. F:\My music1 - Bebo Valdes - La caridad.ape
Can anyone help me?
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