I’ve tried using Grip and other GUI CD ripping tools. They are much too complicated and unpleasant to use. I found a great command line tool for ripping CDs: abcde, A Better CD Encoder. You can easily rip to flac, ogg, or mp3 format - even all at the same time. It queries the CDDB database, and is easily configured from a single - well commented - file. It’s available in most of the Linux distros, or you can install it from source. If you need a full featured, yet easy to use ripper, look no further than abcde.

Once installed, insert and mount a CD; type abcde -o mp3; abcde will prompt you to confirm the CDDB settings, and you’re done.

Posted Friday 18 January 2008 in linux.  Bookmark on del.icio.us   TrackBack URI