Feature request: option to specify HTOA filename

[tjanas]

For compilation discs of Various Artists, where I use "%tracknumber% - %artist% - %title%" for the filename, CUERipper creates an HTOA with a filename like this: "00 - TrackOneArtist - (HTOA)", where TrackOneArtist is the value of the Artist for track 1. In such scenarios, I find myself having to manually rename the HTOA file and its entry in the cuesheet.

Could the following option be added to the Options->Extraction dialog box: HTOA filename?

[c72578]

@tjanas Thanks for your report. Could you please clarify, why renaming is required (what is wrong with "00 - TrackOneArtist - (HTOA)") and post an example of a renamed HTOA file?

[tjanas]

As an example, I manually renamed "00 - Marilyn Manson - (HTOA)" to "00 - (FLAC)" from my rip of "The Matrix (Music From The Motion Picture)" so that file searching my library doesn't pick up that track if I search for Marilyn Manson.

Currently, the only example I have of a renamed HTOA file is

"00 - (HTOA)"

[c72578]

Thanks for providing the additional details. So, the filename should be e.g. "00 - (HTOA).flac", without metadata info like artist in it.

• Concerning searching the library you could exclude HTOA in the search pattern. Using Windows Explorer, search e.g. for: foo NOT HTOA Or shorter: foo -HTOA
• Just in case you do not need the HTOA file, you could use a different setting: CUETools: Gaps Appended instead of Gaps Appended + HTOA CUERipper: Preserve HTOA: False
• This is the place, where the filename for the HTOA file is defined: https://github.com/gchudov/cuetools.net/blob/ddec34a1ff613fe63522e9a0a48f84f3e3356395/CUETools.Processor/CUESheet.cs#L2256 If this feature is still needed, an additional option to specify the HTOA filename could be considered here.

[tjanas]

I’d like to preserve the HTOA file, just not have the artist from track one as part of its file name.