RipperX 4 is a graphical audio CD ripper. It is a modern rewrite of the original ripperX application, replacing its ageing architecture with contemporary libraries while retaining its straightforward approach to extracting music from CDs.
The application provides a simple workflow for selecting tracks, retrieving album information and converting audio into digital files. It handles both lossless and lossy encoding, making it suitable for creating archival copies or music files for everyday listening.
RipperX 4 uses GStreamer for audio extraction and encoding rather than managing separate external encoder programs. Its interface focuses on the essential ripping options without requiring users to configure complex audio pipelines.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Rip individual tracks or complete audio CDs.
- Supports MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Opus, AAC and WAV output.
- Reads CD-Text information directly from compatible discs.
- Automatic MusicBrainz metadata lookup with GnuDB fallback.
- Edit album titles, artist names and track information before extraction.
- Automatically writes metadata tags to encoded audio files.
- Configurable encoding quality.
- Customisable directory structures and filename patterns, including presets.
- Optional M3U playlist generation.
- Configurable CD error correction, allowing faster extraction when disabled.
- Warns before overwriting existing files.
- Desktop notification when ripping completes.
- Optionally ejects the CD and opens the destination folder after extraction.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD.
Website: github.com/joske/ripperx4
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Developer: Jos Dehaes
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
RipperX 4 is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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