CD ripper

CD ripper

A CD ripper, CD grabber or CD extractor is a piece of software designed to extract or "rip" raw digital audio (in format commonly called CDDA) from a compact disc to a file or other output.

Introduction

As an intermediate step, some ripping programs save the extracted audio in a lossless (but possibly compressed format) such as WAV, FLAC, or even raw PCM audio.

The extracted audio can then be encoded with a lossy codec like MP3, Vorbis, WMA or AAC. The encoded files are more compact and are suitable for playback on digital audio players. They may also be played back in a media player program on a computer.

Most ripping programs will assist in tagging the encoded files with metadata. The MP3 file format, for example, allows tags with title, artist, album and track number information. Some will try to identify the disc being ripped by looking up network services like AMG's LASSO, FreeDB, Gracenote's CDDB, GD3 [http://www.getdigitaldata.com] or MusicBrainz, or attempt text extraction if CD-Text has been stored.

Some all-in-one ripping programs can simplify the entire process by ripping and burning the audio to disc in one step, possibly re-encoding the audio on-the-fly in the process.

The first CD ripper for Unix systems was cdda2wav, now considered superseded by cdparanoia.

The Jargon File entry for "rip" notes that the term originated in Amiga slang, where it referred to the extraction of multimedia content from program data.

Front-ends (or all-in-one programs)

BSD and Linux

* Asunder
* Brasero
* Grip
* K3B
* Sound Juicer

Mac OS

* iTunes
* Max (ripping software)


=Windows=

* Audiograbber
* Audio Transcoder [http://www.audio-transcoder.com]
* BonkEnc
* CDex
* dBpoweramp
* Easy CD-DA Extractor
* Exact Audio Copy (EAC)
* foobar2000
* iTunes
* Jack! The Knife
* MediaMonkey
* Musicmatch Jukebox
* Ripstation Micro Freeware [http://www.ripstationmicro.com]
* Spider Player
* Winamp
* Windows Media Player

Back-ends

Applications

* Cdda2wav
* cdparanoia

Software aiming to provide an accurate/secure rip

Some CD ripping software is specifically intended to provide an especially accurate or "secure" rip.

* CDex
* Cdda2wav
* cdparanoia
* dBpoweramp
* foobar2000
* Exact Audio Copy
* Jack! The Knife
* rubyripper [http://code.google.com/p/rubyripper/]

ee also

* Ripping
* DVD ripper
* Hard disk recorder
* DVD Converter

External links

* [http://jargon.watson-net.com/jargon.asp?w=rip Jargon File entry for "rip"]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ripper — may refer to:* Jack the Ripper, a pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London in the latter half of 1888 * The Yorkshire Ripper, the serial… …   Wikipedia

  • Ripper (racquet) — Ripper is a racquetball racquet. It is labeled with the word titanium, the slogan Crushing power , the registered trademarks Wilson , as well as the U.S.Pat.No.6,935,975 . [US patent|6935975] According to the online United States Patent and… …   Wikipedia

  • Ripper — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Rudolph Carl von Ripper (1905–1960), surrealistischer Maler und Illustrator Ripper bezeichnet: Jack the Ripper, das Pseudonym eines vermutlichen Serienmörders eine Software zum Kopieren von Musik oder… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ripper — [ ripɶr ] n. m. • 1946; mot angl., de to rip « couper, arracher » ♦ Anglic. Techn. Engin de travaux publics, muni de dents métalliques pour défoncer les terrains durs. Recomm. offic. rippeur. ● ripper nom masculin (anglais to rip, arracher)… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ripper Crew — Background information Also known as The Chicago Rippers The Ripper Crew Born United States Killings Number of victims: 18 …   Wikipedia

  • Ripper 2: Letter from Within — Ripper 2 est un film d horreur britannique réalisé par Jonas Quastel et Lloyd A. Simandl, sorti en 2004. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution …   Wikipédia en Français

  • ripper — (n.) 1610s, agent noun from RIP (Cf. rip) (v.). Meaning killer who mutilates his victims (1890) is from Jack the Ripper, notorious London murderer, whose nickname contains a pun on ripper in sense of tool for ripping old slates, etc. (1823) and… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Ripper act — Rip per act or Ripper bill Rip per bill An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials. [Polit. Cant, U. S.] [Webster 1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ripper bill — Ripper act Rip per act or Ripper bill Rip per bill An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials. [Polit. Cant, U. S.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ripper — Rip per, n. 1. One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool. [1913 Webster] 2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [Slang.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ripper (hot dog) — Ripper is the slang term for a type of hot dog that is popular in New Jersey. The hot dog is deep fried in oil until the casing bursts, or rips. [Schumer, Fran. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE7DE1239F937A15756C0A96E958260… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”