Hey hey, I have been using Sound Juicer on my Ubuntu 24 / KDE 5 PC and it works, but it doesn’t handle the tags for my MP3 files very nicely. I’ve also used abcde, at the terminal, and that can be better but it takes a lot finessing at the CLI to get the result I want.
Is there a better CD ripper application that will run on Ubuntu and can make setting the MP3 tags dead simple?
Thanks for any ideas!
Edit: Fixed a typo
ETA: Asunder looks good, does what I need and works well on my PC. Thanks for everyone’s ideas and help!
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Have you tried Picard? For tagging under Linux there’s hardly a better easier app
Yes, thanks but my library is OK now, I am looking for something to both rip and tag my new CDs as I rip them - in one step if possible.
I use EAC but no idea if it’s available for Linux… I think it’s open source so seems like it should be, but can’t be arsed to Google it right now…
Are the kids not using cdparanoia these days?
Have you tried Audex? It’s a KDE CD rippper.
Without a doubt your best solution is https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper
I’ve been buying and ripping CDs lately, because some things are simply not available for streaming, and I want FLAC level quality anyway.
My workflow is as follows: Asunder for ripping, then Picard to label and include the cover art.
Thanks. Am I right in seeing that the only install option for Asunder is to download the tar.bz2 file, extract it and then use make to build it? I have not done that before.
It depends on which distro you’re using, but most have Asunder packaged, and you can use Picard as a Flatpak if you can’t find it natively packaged, IIRC.
Thanks! Yah, just installed it with apt and it’s brilliant - simple, but everything I need.
I used cdparanoia for ripping CDs. This worked especially well with CDs with issues like scratches or early attempts to make CDs “rip-proof”.
Rubyripper is what I used back in the day.
