Comparison of CD rippers
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| Features | Cdparanoiaa | Exact Audio Copy | dBpoweramp CD Ripper | foobar2000 | ITunes | Windows Media Player | CUETools | XLD | Rip | MusicBee |
| Data acquisition | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One track per file | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Image as single file | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | |||
| CUE sheet generation | yesb | limited, more in beta | limited | no | no | yesc | yes | yes | limited | |
| gap detection | yes | in beta | no | no | no | yes | yes | no | ||
| Offset correction | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| HTOA | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | |||
| C2 pointers | no | initial pass | initial pass, on re-reads | no | no | no | initial pass | initial pass, on re-reads | initial pass | |
| Defeat cache | over-reading | over-reading, FUA | over-reading, FUA | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Additional features | ||||||||||
| AccurateRipd | no | yes | yesd | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| AccurateRip checking across pressings/offsetsd | in betad | yes | ||||||||
| CUEtools db | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no |
| log file | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | |
| Metadata | no | freedb, MusicBrainz (through mb2freedb), CD-Text | freedb, MusicBrainz, AMG, GD3, SonataDB, CD-Text, PerfectMeta™e | freedb, MusicBrainz (plugin), Discogs (plugin), CD-Text | gracenote, MusicBrainz (Mac-only hack), CD-Text | AMG, CD-Text (plugin) | freedb, MusicBrainz | freedb, MusicBrainz | freedb, MusicBrainz | freedb, MusicBrainz, CD-Text |
| Download Album Art | with REACT | yes | with Discogs (plugin) | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Cost | free | free | $36 (as listed) | free | free | free | free | free | free | free |
| License | GPL | proprietary, freeware | freeware, shareware | freeware | proprietary, freeware | proprietary, freeware | GPL | GPL | proprietary, freeware | |
| OS | Windows, Mac OS/X, Linux/BSD | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows, Mac | Windows | Windows | Mac | Mac | Windows |
Notes:
- ^a Cdparanoia is one of many frontends to the Paranoia library, libparanoia. Additional features not directly related to the ripping process might be supported in other frontends. See Cdparanoia.
- ^b A number of different types CUE sheet types are available.
- ^c The EAC-style "Multiple WAV Files With Gaps (Noncompliant)" type will be used in single track mode.
- ^d AccurateRip has recently been extended with AccurateRip 2 which will theoretically 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.
- ^e dBpoweramp is unique in being able to compare metadata from several sources automatically to eliminate erroneous data.