RIP AlternativesCD Rippers and other similar apps like RIP

RIP is described as 'An application for accurate CD audio extraction' and is a CD Ripper in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to RIP for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best RIP alternative is fre:ac, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like RIP are File Converter, Exact Audio Copy, Format Factory and X Lossless Decoder.

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  1. fre:ac icon
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    fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various formats and codecs. It will convert between MP3, MP4/M4A, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, AAC, WAV, WMA and other formats.

    115 fre:ac alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • PortableApps.com
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    • Haiku
     
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    • fre:ac is Free and Open SourceRIP is also Free and Open Source
    • fre:ac is LightweightRIP is not according to our users
  2. Exact Audio Copy icon
     193 likes

    EAC is used to convert the tracks on standard audio CDs to wav files, which can then be transcoded into formats such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, and FLAC using external encoders.

    48 Exact Audio Copy alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  3. Format Factory icon
     222 likes

    Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter and ripper offering video, audio, and image conversion. It rips DVDs and CDs, handles PDF and archives, supports diverse formats, and includes a screen recorder. Optimized for various devices and easy to use.

    267 Format Factory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Warning

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    • Windows
     
  4. X Lossless Decoder (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.3 and later. Supports: (Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.

    31 X Lossless Decoder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  5. dBpoweramp icon
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    dBpoweramp contains a multitude of audio tools in one: CD Ripper, Music Converter, ID Tag Editor and Windows audio shell enhancements. Preloaded with mp3 & Wave codecs, practically every audio codec can be installed from Codec Central, as well as Utility Codecs (perform...

    79 dBpoweramp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  6. CDex icon
     66 likes

    CDex is a CD-Ripper, extracting digital audio data from an Audio CD. The application supports many Audio encoders, including WAV, MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, VQF, Musepack, APE, and many others.

    34 CDex alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Bundleware
    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  7. abcde icon
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    Grab an entire CD and compress it to Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, AAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. CUERipper icon
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    CUERipper is a utility for extracting digital audio from CDs, an open-source alternative to EAC.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  9. QWinFF icon
     17 likes

    QWinFF is a GUI for FFmpeg, a powerful command-line media converter. FFmpeg can read audio and video files in various formats and convert them into other formats. QWinFF provides an intuitive graphical interface and a rich set of presets to help you use ffmpeg easily without...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Haiku
     
  10. soundKonverter icon
     19 likes

    soundKonverter is a frontend to various audio converters. The key features are: Audio conversion. En-/decoding. Replay Gain. CD ripping. It is extendable by plugins and supports many backends. It supports reading and writing tags for many formats, so the tags are preserved when c.

    72 soundKonverter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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