Cdparanoia

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cdparanoia
Stable release
III 10.2 / September 11, 2008
Repository
Operating systemLinux
TypeCD ripper
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitexiph.org/paranoia

cdparanoia is a command-line compact disc ripper for Unix-like operating systems and BeOS developed by Xiph.org. It is designed to be a minimalistic CD ripper which would compensate for sub-par hardware to produce an accurate rip.[1]

libparanoia is a portable and platform-independent library which was made from important components from from the Linux/gcc-only program cdparanoia. Libparanoia is part of the cdrtools suite.

Design

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libparanoia is the foundation of the project and does most of the work; the application cdparanoia is its frontend. (The current stable release of the library is Paranoia III.) cdparanoia is by design slow and thorough in ripping every bit from a CD, with the maximum number of default passes or reads being 20.[2] A live output shows the progress and status denoted by emoticons.[3][4] It can save the audio from discs as WAV, AIFF, AIFF-C, or raw format files.

Several programs provide a graphical frontend to cdparanoia itself, among them RubyRipper[5] and Sound Juicer.[6]

Status indicators

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One of the quirks of cdparanoia, in keeping with its minimalist design, is that the ripping status is indicated with an emoticon. 

:-)        Normal operation, low/no jitter
:-|        Normal operation, considerable jitter
:-/        Read drift
:-P        Unreported loss of streaming in atomic read operation
8-|        Finding read problems at same point during re-read; hard to correct
:-0        SCSI/ATAPI transport error
:-(        Scratch detected
;-(        Gave up trying to perform a correction
8-X        Aborted read due to known, uncorrectable error
:^D        Finished extracting

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Emms, Steve (2023-10-19). "cdparanoia - extracts audio from compact discs directly as data". LinuxLinks. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  2. ^ Oxer, Jonathan; Rankin, Kyle; Childers, Bill (2006-06-14). Ubuntu Hacks: Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". p. 125. ISBN 978-0-596-55146-9.
  3. ^ Siever, Ellen; Figgins, Stephen; Love, Robert; Robbins, Arnold (2009-09-19). Linux in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". p. 69. ISBN 978-1-4493-7920-9.
  4. ^ Rankin, Kyle (2006). Linux Multimedia Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming Images, Audio, and Video. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". p. 67. ISBN 978-0-596-10076-6.
  5. ^ Serrano, Matt (2009-01-06). "Audio Archiving Guide: Part 2 – CD Ripping – Techgage". TechGage. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  6. ^ Garrison, Justin (2010-06-23). "Rip Audio CDs in Linux with Sound Juicer". How-To Geek. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
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