Comparison of CD rippers
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Features | Cdparanoia III 10.2 | Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 | dBpoweramp CD Ripper R13.5 | foobar2000 v1.0.3 | ITunes | Windows Media Player | CUETools 2.0.9 |
OS | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows | ||
HTOA | yes | yes | |||||
Offset correction | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||
C2 pointers used to detect errors | |||||||
C2 pointers used during re-reads | |||||||
CUE sheet support | yes | yes | yes | ||||
Defeat cache | |||||||
AccurateRip1 | yes | yes | yes | ||||
CUEtools db | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes |
gap detection | |||||||
log file | yes | yes | |||||
Single tracks files | yes | yes | |||||
One image file | yes | yes | |||||
Freedb | yes | yes | yes | ||||
MusicBrainz | yes | ||||||
Cost | free | free, $24, $36 | free | free | |||
License | proprietary, freeware | freeware, shareware | freeware | freeware | |||
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Notes:
- 1.^ AccurateRip has recently been extended with AccurateRip 2 which will add more security and will account for pressings with different offsets. More information can be found here and here. Currently AccurateRip 2 is only supported by CD Ripper R14 which is in beta testing.