How to Burn an APE Image with Nero

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 (nxMyAPE.dll). 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