ripperX Review

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ripperX is a GTK CD ripper that supports album information imports from the CDDB.

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Pros

Pro
FLAC encoding

Pro
Simple to configure and execute

Pro
Encodes CDs

Pro
Configure interface allows easy tuning of output quality

Enables access to some of the more advanced features like scratch repair or FLAC compression level.

Pro
Can easily be patched to work with www.gnudb.org (after freedb having gone offline)

Recompile ripperx v2.80 with patch from here.

Cons

Con
No choice of file type

This is only for Ubuntu.

Con
No alternative to freedb

With freedb going offline, there's no clear way to get cddb info.

Con
No unicode support

Con
It does not encode CD

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ripperX Review

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Pros

Pro FLAC encoding

Pro Simple to configure and execute

Pro Encodes CDs

Pro Configure interface allows easy tuning of output quality

Pro Can easily be patched to work with www.gnudb.org (after freedb having gone offline)

Cons

Con No choice of file type

Con No alternative to freedb

Con No unicode support

Con It does not encode CD

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