What linux program do you use to rip CDs (just audio)
I tried fre:ac but got an error from cddb when trying to connect to the database. Looking to rip to both FLAC and to Opus. Ideally with the latest codec updates.
Any recommendations?
thisisawayoflife, I’m using the Whipper docker container mostly successfully.
chagall, (edited ) Is there any additional documentation or forum beyond the github readme
Edit: Is there a cheat-sheet of
whippercommands?
thisisawayoflife, -h for help should list commands, and it’s nested so you can get help for each subcommand. You’ll want to read the Getting Started section.
KickMeElmo, I just use abcde to flac, and if I want any further conversion I use ffmpeg from flac.
cerement, 
abcde
chagall, (edited )
volucris_flagrans, I personally encountered no issues at all with it, for me this just feels like “finished” software
cerement, abcde uses whatever current codecs you have installed, it doesn’t do any of its own encoding
moonsnotreal, 
I’ve never had a problem with
abcde -o flac
psud, I used that (and decoded the acronym as I read it — a better cd encoder)
blotz, 
abcde.einval.com/wiki/ looks good!
bjoern_tantau, 
I usually use grip, but I think that’s not maintained anymore.
Dragging and dropping in KDE usually works as well. It has a built-in ripper, presenting an audio cd as wav, ogg, mp3 or flac files.
DredUnicorn, I have used Asunder before, no complaints
loganb, flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.SoundJuicer
I then run the album through Picard to make sure all the tagging is correct.
fitgse, Cdparanoia to make sure I get a good rip. Then flacenc to convert to flac. Then Picard to tag and organize it.
0x4E4F, 
Wow, I’m bookmarking this comment, good info 👍.
nosansa, cdparanoia has been excellent for more than two decades.
monstoor, I use grip, generally.
cyanarchy, Just ripped a friend’s entire collection using cyanrip. Might be more powerful tools out there but I wanted something from the CLI.
Zachariah, 
If you’re okay using WINE, EAC is the best CD audio ripping software. Here’s a decent setup guide: eacguide.github.io
Don’t use cddb, use the optional CUETools DB plugin that can be installed during the EAC installation.
shnizmuffin, 
This is the correct answer.
ratman150, Also use EAC on Linux with wine.
TheImpressiveX, 
K3b.
StrawberryPigtails, Way back when, I think I was using WinAmp (on XP) and then k3b (when I moved to Linux) to rip and burn cds, but I don’t recall hearing anything about k3b in a couple of years. As for something more recent, I’m afraid I’ve been running Windows lately so I don’t know what available in Linux land.
If you’ve got wine installed you might give Exact Audio Copy a try. It’s what I’ve been using since I started ripping cds again. I don’t know if it work in wine however. I didn’t have any luck ripping cds with WinAmp when I tried recently, though surprisingly, it does still run in Windows 11.
Pherenike, (edited ) 
Asunder CD Ripper is pretty much the only one I’ve ever used and it’s great.
dillekant, Or abcde for command line.
nutsack, what the fuck is a cd
code, 
C Deez nutz
Kbobabob, Low effort
Banzai51, 
Something that can’t be taken away from you by the whims of an artist, studio, or streaming service. Something you can re-rip as audio codexes change.
const_void,
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