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	MusicBee
Ripping process
One track per file	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Image as single file		yes	no	yes	no	no	yes			yes
CUE sheet support		yes	no	limited	no	no	yes	yes	yes	limited
gap detection		yes	no	no	no	no	yes		yes	no
Offset correction	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	yes	yes	yes
HTOA		yes	no	no	no	no	yes			no
C2 pointers used to detect errors	no	yes	yes	no	no	no		yes	yes	yes
C2 pointers used during re-reads	no	no	yes	no	no	no			yes	no
Defeat cache	yes	yes	yes					yes	yes	yes
Support FUA	no	yes	yes	no	no	no				no
Post processing etc.
AccurateRip	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no	yes	yes	yes	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 lookup	no	freedb, mb2freedb	freedb, MusicBrainz, AMG, GD3	freedb, MusicBrainz (plugin)	gracenote, MusicBrainz (Mac-only hack)	AMG	freedb, MusicBrainz		freedb, MusicBrainz	freedb, MusicBrainz
Cost	free	free	$36 (as listed)	free	free	free	free	free	free	free
License	GPL	proprietary, freeware	freeware, shareware	freeware	proprietary, freeware	proprietary, freeware	freeware	GPL		proprietary, freeware
OS	Windows, Mac OS/X, Linux/BSD	Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows, Mac	Windows	Windows	Mac	Mac	Windows

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.

2.^2 Cdparanoia is the backend of a number of rippers. Additional features not directly related to the ripping process might be supported in these frontends. See Cdparanoia.