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 | XLD | Rip |
| OS | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows | Windows | Mac | Mac | ||
| HTOA | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | |||
| Offset correction | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| C2 pointers used to detect errors | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | yes | |
| C2 pointers used during re-reads | no | no | yes | no | no | no | yes | ||
| Defeat cache | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Support FUA | no | yes | yes | no | no | no | |||
| AccurateRip1 | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| CUEtools db | no | no | no | no | no | no | yes | no | no |
| gap detection | yes | no | no | no | no | yes | yes | ||
| CUE sheet support | yes | no | limited | no | no | yes | yes | yes | |
| log file | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | |
| One track per file | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Image as single file | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | |||
| Metadata lookup | freedb, mb2freedb | freedb, MusicBrainz, AMG, GD3 | freedb, foo_musicbrainz | gracenote, MusicBrainz (Mac-only hack) | AMG | freedb, MusicBrainz | |||
| Cost | free | free | $36 (as listed) | free | free | free | free | free | free |
| License | proprietary, freeware | freeware, shareware | freeware | freeware |
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.