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**CDex**

Easy to use GUI ripper
Developer(s)	Georgy Berdyshev
Release information
Initial release	2000; 24 years ago
Stable release	2.20 (July 18, 2019)
Preview release
Compatibility
Operating system	Windows
Additional information
Use	Digital Audio Extraction
License	Proprietary / Adware
Website	http://cdex.mu/

CDex can extract data directly (digital) from an Audio CD, which is generally called a CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. The resulting audio file can be a plain WAV file (useful for making compilation audio CDs) or the ripped audio data can be compressed using an audio encoder. Many encoders are supported.

CDex was originally released as free software under the terms of the GPL. However, as of version 1.70, the source code is no longer available and the installation is bundled with adware like OpenCandy.

Features

Easy to use interface
Media File Player
Create PLS and M3U playlist files
Advanced jitter correction
Supports the cdparanoia software extraction libraries
Support for many file formats/audio encoders (WAV, MP3, (Ogg) Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, APE, etc.)
Support for ID3 V.1 and V.2 tags
Support for normalization of audio files
Support for transcoding of compressed audio files
Support for Cuesheets (limited)
Support for libmusicbrainz tagging
Support for freeCDDB
Support for recording from the analog input line
Support for on the fly encoding

Known Bugs

Intermediate problems with the Win2K and WinXP ASPI layer drivers. It is recommended that you install wnaspi32 drivers if you are having problems running CDex.

CDex Guides

These are some guides to get setup and running with CDex:

External links

CDex official website
CDex full paranoia versus EAC secure mode (by Pio2001)
Jason Antony's Guide to Using CDex

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-{{Infobox Software
+{{Software Infobox
-| name = CDex
+| name                 = CDex
-| screenshot =
+| logo                 =
-| caption = Easy to use GUI ripper
+| screenshot           = [[image:Cdex-screenshot.PNG|250px]]
-| maintainer = Albert L. Faber
+| caption              = Easy to use GUI ripper
-| stable_release = 1.50
+| developer            = Georgy Berdyshev
-| preview_release = 1.70
+| released             = {{start date and age|2000}}
-| operating_system = Windows
+| stable_release       = 2.20
-| use = Digital Audio Extraction
+| stable_release_date  = 2019-07-18
-| license = GPL
+| preview_release      =
-| website = http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
+| preview_release_date =
+| preview_release_ref  =
+| operating_system     = Windows
+| use                  = Digital Audio Extraction
+| license              = Proprietary / Adware
+| website              = http://cdex.mu/
 }}
+'''CDex''' can extract data directly (digital) from an Audio CD, which is generally called a CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. The resulting audio file can be a plain WAV file (useful for making compilation audio CDs) or the ripped audio data can be compressed using an audio encoder. Many encoders are supported.
-=Introduction=
+CDex was originally released as free software under the terms of the GPL. However, as of version 1.70, the source code is no longer available and the installation is bundled with adware like OpenCandy.
-What is CDex? CDex is entirely open source, as per the GPL Terms. It can extract the data directly (digital) from an Audio CD, which is generally called a CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. The resulting audio file can be a plain WAV file (useful for making compilation audio CDs) or the ripped audio data can be compressed using an audio encoder. Many encoders are supported:
-==Features==
+== Features ==
 * Easy to use interface
 * Media File Player
 * Create PLS and M3U playlist files
 * Advanced jitter correction
-* Supports the [http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/index.html cdparanoia] software extraction libraries
+* Supports the [[cdparanoia]] software extraction libraries
-* Support for many file formats/audio encoders (WAV, [[MP3]], [[Ogg_Vorbis|Ogg Vorbis]], AAC, [[Monkey%27s_Audio|APE]], etc)
+* Support for many file formats/audio encoders ([[WAV]], [[MP3]], (Ogg) [[Vorbis]], [[Free Lossless Audio Codec|FLAC]], [[Advanced Audio Coding|AAC]], [[Monkey%27s_Audio|APE]], etc.)
 * Support for ID3 V.1 and V.2 tags
 * Support for normalization of audio files
 * Support for transcoding of compressed audio files
-* Support for CUE sheets
+* Support for [[Cuesheet]]s (limited)
-* Support for CDDB
+* Support for libmusicbrainz tagging
+* Support for freeCDDB
 * Support for recording from the analog input line
+* Support for on the fly encoding
-==Screenshots==
+== Known Bugs ==
-* [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/screenshot1.html Main window] this is a screenshot of CDex main application window.
-* [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/screenshot2.html CD-ROM window] this is a screenshot of the CDex CD-ROM configuration settings.
-==Known Bugs==
 * Intermediate problems with the Win2K and WinXP ASPI layer drivers. It is recommended that you install [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/download/nt_wnaspi32.zip wnaspi32] drivers if you are having problems running CDex.
-=Development API=
+== CDex Guides ==
+These are some guides to get setup and running with CDex:
-==Getting Involved==
-In order to boost the development of CDex, Albert L. Faber is looking for developers who are willing to help improve the CDex open source project (like improving the ripping library, make it run on Linux or Mac OS/X etc). If you are interested, please send him an e-mail with a short description with your skills and what you would like to work on, including small contributions, etc.
-==External links==
+* [[CDex Drive Configuration]]
+* [[CDex and FLAC]]
-* [http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ CDex official website]
+== External links ==
+* [http://cdex.mu/ CDex official website]
 * [[EAC_Vs_CDex_SecureMode | CDex full paranoia versus EAC secure mode]] (by Pio2001)
 * [http://www.users.on.net/~alexanderino/cdex/ Jason Antony's Guide to Using CDex]
+[[Category:CD Rippers]]