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ABCDE vs Rubyripper
When comparing ABCDE vs Rubyripper, the Slant community recommends ABCDE for most people. In the question“What are the best CD rippers for UNIX-like systems?” ABCDE is ranked 4th while Rubyripper is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose ABCDE is:
Very easy to use.
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LicenseGNU General Public License (GPL), version 3
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Pros
Pro Command-line tool with prompts
Very easy to use.
Pro easy customization via text configuration file
Pro Allows submitting of new CDDB data, even if data exists for matching CDs
Pro Audio files post-processing option.
Pro Graphical user interface
Your only option for a secure ripper with a GUI as of 2019.
Pro Good innovative error detection(/correction) mechanism
(On top of its cdparanoia backend.)
Cons
Con No GUI
If you need a Graphical interface then this isn't the tool you are looking for.
Con Ripping takes at least two times as long as some quick-and-dirty burst-mode ripper
...but for a bit-identical copy of your audio CD you were expecting that, right?
Con Usually not present in default software repositories of your favorite Linux distribution
(as of 2019)
Con No support for AccurateRip or similar service
(For verification of rips against results of other people.)