Sound Juicer is a graphical audio CD extractor designed for the GNOME desktop. It uses GTK and GStreamer to read recordings from compact discs and convert them into audio files.
The application places an emphasis on simplicity. Its interface displays the tracks available on an inserted CD, allowing users to check album information and choose which recordings they want to extract.
Sound Juicer can also play audio directly from a CD, making it possible to preview recordings without first copying them to a computer. This makes it particularly suitable for users who want to digitise a music collection without configuring separate extraction and encoding applications.
Its reliance on GStreamer provides flexibility in the available audio formats, although the precise selection depends on the codecs installed on the system.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Extracts audio tracks from compact discs to files stored on a computer.
- Supports Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, MP3, and other formats through GStreamer plugins.
- Integrated CD playback for previewing recordings before extraction.
- Automatically retrieves album and track information from MusicBrainz.
- Allows manual editing of artist, album, genre, and track information.
- Select or deselect individual tracks to control which recordings are extracted.
- Configurable encoding profiles for choosing the output audio format.
- Customisable destination directory for extracted recordings.
- Supports directory structures and filename patterns based on album and track metadata.
- Handles compilation albums containing recordings by different artists.
- Automatically detects available optical drives.
- Supports selecting a particular CD drive when multiple devices are available.
- Populates supported audio tags using retrieved metadata.
- GTK interface designed to integrate with the GNOME desktop.
- Internationalisation support with translations into numerous languages.
Website: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sound-juicer
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Developer: Ross Burton
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Sound Juicer is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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