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roygbiv

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Registered: 2011-05-18

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Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

Do they exist? Is the best option to wine EAC? I used to extract my audio CD's in Windows with EAC to uncompressed, high quality FLAC format. Not, necessary you might think but that's whole another discussion. I don't use Windows on a regular basis anymore, and would like to not depend on it only for ripping software. I read this forum thread but I'm not sure/convinced about what to select. When I start out to rip my CD collection I want to make sure I can depend on the ripping software giving good results. What do you guys use? What are my options and why should I choose it?

Last edited by roygbiv (2011-12-07 15:13:34)

student975

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Registered: 2011-03-05

Posts: 613

Re: Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

cdparanoia

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lolilolicon

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Re: Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

Rubyripper is a frontend for cdparanoia, has both CLI and GUI interfaces, supports vaious output formats and fetches metadata from freedb.

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bohoomil

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Re: Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

abcde + mkcue

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toad

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Re: Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

There are also plenty gui programmes around to fit in with the DE of your choice (if you have one). I use k3b to rip to flac format - works fine.

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student975

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Re: Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

The main idea is to be sure selected frontend uses cdparanoia or cdparanoia-based lib.

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Jelle

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Registered: 2011-01-30

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Re: Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

Rubyripper works great for me.

bangkok_manouel

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Re: Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

https://thomas.apestaart.org/morituri/trac

morituri is a CD ripper aiming for accuracy over speed. Its features are modeled to compare with Exact Audio Copy on Windows.

graysky

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Re: Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

abcde + mkcue

+1 for abcde.  See my github in my sig for an example .abcde.conf

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sultanoswing

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Registered: 2008-07-23

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Re: Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

I haven't checked the other options in detail, but I will say that there still, after all these years, isn't a program that does exactly what EAC does to the same degree of bit-perfect accuracy. Its Secure Mode is still the most accurate ripper available for any platform (sadly, and surprisingly). It remains the Uberstandard.

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Thorsten Reinbold

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Registered: 2011-12-06

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Re: Exact Audio Copy equivalent in Linux?

I would say: if you want secure rips, take RubyRipper. If you want it faster, take abcde. I'm using both tools, abcde with "good" CDs and RubyRipper for the scratched ones.