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Add to SafariWhen comparing ripperX vs Rubyripper, 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 Rubyripper is ranked 10th.
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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.
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 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
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.)
