Comparison of CD rippers
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| Features | Cdparanoia[1] | Exact Audio Copy | dBpoweramp CD Ripper | foobar2000 | ITunes | Windows Media Player | CUETools | XLD | Rip | MusicBee |
| Ripping process | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 support | yes[2] | limited, more in beta | limited | no | no | yes[3] | 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 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 | over-reading | over-reading, FUA | over-reading, FUA | yes | yes | yes | ||||
| Post processing etc. | ||||||||||
| AccurateRip[4] | no | yes | yes[5] | 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, MusicBrainz (through mb2freedb) | freedb, MusicBrainz, AMG, GD3, SonataDB | freedb, MusicBrainz (plugin) | gracenote, MusicBrainz (Mac-only hack) | AMG | freedb, MusicBrainz | freedb, MusicBrainz | freedb, MusicBrainz | freedb, MusicBrainz |
| Compare Meta-Data from multiple sources | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no | no | ||
| Download Album Art (natively) | no | yes | no | 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:
- 1.^ 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.
- 2.^ A number of different types CUE sheet types are available.
- 3.^ The EAC-style "Multiple WAV Files With Gaps (Noncompliant)" type will be used in single track mode.
- 4.^ 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.