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 > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
