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When comparing k3b vs ripperX, the Slant community recommends ripperX for most people. In the question“What are the best CD rippers for UNIX-like systems?” ripperX is ranked 1st while k3b is ranked 3rd.
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Pros
Pro Enhanced CD device handling
Pro DVD copy support
Pro Creating eMovix CDs
Pro Creating mixed-mode CDs
Pro Creating Video CDs
Pro Creating audio cds
Pro Creating data CDs
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 DVD copy (no video transcoding yet)
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.