What is ALBW

The purpose of ALBW (AlbumWrap) files are to allow a person to download an entire Album in a single location, while also allowing the person to "extract" the individual tracks after download. After being wrapped, these files typically have a "_ALBW" notation in the file name.

Have you ever searched for all the tracks from one album? It can be hard to find one person that has every track, Then its a matter of getting in their queue and hoping you get all of them. AlbumWrap archives solve this program by allowing people to "wrap" an entire album into one file, but it still provides relevant information such as title, author, bit rate, and album length in searches and downloads.

Extracting ALBW With AlbumWrap Extractor

AlbumWrap Extractor [Download] This is the default tool to extract made by the creator of the AlbumWrap concept. It is easy to use and free. The features arent overly impressive, but you can list, rename, and even preview the MP3s in an archive. More than adquate most of the time, and easy to use. The only problems most of you will have is when you come across a corrupt file.

Extracting ALBW With Alba Extractor

Alba Extractor's [Download] - primary purpose is to open incomplete or corrupted ALBW files. While it will not always bring the results you desire, Alba Extractor has proven vital for me to be able to recover most (if not all) of an ALBW file that was going to be useless as one file.

For those ALBW files that refuse to split

Unfortunately, there are people that either make really poor ALBW files, and there are people who label entire Albums that are actually just one long MP3 as a ALBW files. For this, you will need a splitter.

mp3DirectCut [Download] is an audio editor and recorder for MP3s. It allows you to cut, copy, paste or change the volume with no need to re-encode the file. Allowing you an easy, painless and fast solution to your problem. Just cut the MP3s and be on your way!