Re: CD ripping

On Thu, Jun 4, 2026 at 10:03 PM Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

> Which program do you use for ripping a music cd?
>
> It seems like I've got lots of choices:
>
> $ apt search paranoia
> abcde/stable 2.9.3-1 all
>   A Better CD Encoder
>
> cd-paranoia/stable 10.2+2.0.2-1+b1 amd64
>   audio CD reading utility which includes extra data verification features
>
> cdparanoia/stable 3.10.2+debian-14+b1 amd64
>   audio extraction tool for sampling CDs
>
> jack/stable 4~git20241202.3410dc1-2 all
>   Rip and encode CDs with one command
>
> libcdio-paranoia-dev/stable 10.2+2.0.2-1+b1 amd64
>   library to read digital audio CDs with error correction (development
> files)
>
> libcdio-paranoia2t64/stable,now 10.2+2.0.2-1+b1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
>   library to read digital audio CDs with error correction
>
> libcdio-utils/stable 2.2.0-4.1~deb13u1 amd64
>   sample applications based on the CDIO libraries
>
> libcdparanoia-dev/stable 3.10.2+debian-14+b1 amd64
>   audio extraction tool for sampling CDs (development)
>
> libcdparanoia0/stable,now 3.10.2+debian-14+b1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
>   audio extraction tool for sampling CDs (library)
>
> liblwpx-paranoidagent-perl/stable 1.12-3 all
>   "paranoid" subclass of LWP::UserAgent
>
> libpapi7.1t64/stable 7.1.0-5+b1 amd64
>   PAPI runtime (shared libraries)
>
> ripit/stable 4.0.0~rc20161009-1 all
>   Textbased audio CD ripper
>
> ripperx/stable 2.8.0-4+b1 amd64
>   GTK-based audio CD ripper/encoder
>
> ruby-paranoia/stable 3.0.0-1 all
>   re-implementation of acts_as_paranoid for Rails 3
>
> yaret/stable 2.1.0-6 all
>   console tool to turn CDs into encoded music
>
> Which one is the best?
>

If you are using GNOME then:
sound-juicer/stable 3.40.0-3 amd64
GNOME CD Ripper

If you are using KDE then:
k3b/stable 25.04.0-1 amd64
Sophisticated CD/DVD burning application

 I personally use Sound Converter
soundconverter/stable 4.0.6-2 all
 GNOME application to convert audio files into other formats


>
> On windows the choice was easy.. Exact Audio Copy (EAC) + LAME
> I found instructions for running EAC with WINE.  Is that better than any
> 'native' app?
>
> Thanks
> Lee
>
>

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