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Grim Ripper

Published by The Grim Ripper Developers

Create audio files from CDs

Open sourceGPL-2.0-only

Highlights

  • Extracts the tracks of an audio CD into files on disk.
  • Concerned with ripping rather than library management or playback.
  • Assumes a Linux system with an optical drive; no other platform is listed.
  • Distributed under GPL-2.0-only by The Grim Ripper Developers.

About this application

Grim Ripper reads audio compact discs and turns their contents into files on disk. The task is the familiar one of ripping: the disc is read track by track, and the result is a set of audio files that can be kept in a local collection instead of playing from the physical medium each time.

Its scope is narrow. The entry describes CD extraction rather than general media management or playback, and lists Linux as the platform, so the assumed setup is an optical drive attached to a Linux machine; users of other operating systems will not find a build here. The project is credited to The Grim Ripper Developers and licensed GPL-2.0-only.

Which output formats and encoders it offers, and whether it consults any track-name database, are not stated in the information at hand. Those points should be confirmed in the project's own documentation.

Linux

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