International Standard Recording Code

w:International Standard Recording Code

Songs on recent CDs and also songs obtained digitally (e.g. via iTunes) can be identified by their ISRC.

Recent CDs contain the ISRC and can be read with software. The following cue sheet was generated from a Canaro CD: http://x.tango.info/cue/00724354169229.cue

It starts with

REM GENRE Tango
REM DATE 2002
REM DISCID FC0D3214
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.95b4"
CATALOG 0724354169229
PERFORMER "Francisco Canaro Y Su Orquesta"
TITLE "Sus Éxitos Con Ernesto Famá - Reliquias"
FILE "Range.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Famá / Tormenta"
    PERFORMER "Francisco Canaro Y Su Orquesta"
    <b>ISRC ARF040200386</b>
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Famá / Mala Suerte"
    PERFORMER "Francisco Canaro Y Su Orquesta"
    <b>ISRC ARF043900001</b>
    INDEX 00 02:34:02
    INDEX 01 02:37:47

read from CD with EAC

(EAC = http://www.exactaudiocopy.com)

1. Download, install, configure, and run EAC.
2. Press F9 then go to Tools tab
3. Check the "Retrieve UPC / ISRC codes in CUE sheet generation"
4. Load a cd in EAC
5. Press Alt+S to generate the CUE sheet