What is a .CUE file?
A CUE sheet describes the track layout of a CD image, paired with a BIN file.
- Did you know
- Cue sheets map out where each track sits inside a disc image.
- The CUE sheet was invented by Jeff Arnold of Goldenhawk for his CDRWIN disc-burning software.
- Track positions are written as minutes, seconds and frames, with seventy-five frames packed into every second.
- A .CUE file is plain text, so you can open and edit it in any text editor.
- What Analyser reads
- Inspect virtual-machine descriptors (VMware .vmx, VirtualBox .vbox, OVF/OVA), disc images (Nero .nrg, Alcohol .mds/.mdf, CloneCD), embedded firmware (Intel HEX, Motorola S-record, UF2, ELF/AXF, Device Tree Blobs, U-Boot uImage), partition tables (MBR/GPT with GUIDs), Linux filesystem superblocks (ext2/3/4, SquashFS, cramfs, romfs) and Windows imaging (WIM/ESD) - reading headers directly, no upload.
- Depth of analysis
- .CUE is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .CUE file
- Drag a .CUE file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.