Cdparanoia
CD ripping software
title: "Cdparanoia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["linux-cd-ripping-software", "console-cd-ripping-software", "xiph.org-projects", "software-using-the-gnu-general-public-license"] description: "CD ripping software" topic_path: "technology/operating-systems" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cdparanoia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary CD ripping software ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | cdparanoia |
| latest release version | III 10.2 |
| latest release date | September 11, 2008 |
| operating system | Linux |
| genre | CD ripper |
| license | GNU General Public License |
| website | xiph.org/paranoia |
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| name = cdparanoia | logo = | screenshot = | caption = | author = | developer = | released = | latest release version = III 10.2 | latest release date = September 11, 2008 | latest preview version = | latest preview date = | operating system = Linux | platform = | genre = CD ripper | license = GNU General Public License | website = xiph.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.
libparanoia is a portable and platform-independent library which was made from important components from the Linux/gcc-only program cdparanoia. Libparanoia is part of the cdrtools suite.
Design
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. A live output shows the progress and status denoted by emoticons. 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 and Sound Juicer.
Status indicators
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
Notes
References
- Emms, Steve. (2023-10-19). "cdparanoia - extracts audio from compact discs directly as data".
- Oxer, Jonathan. (2006-06-14). "Ubuntu Hacks: Tips & Tools for Exploring, Using, and Tuning Linux". "O'Reilly Media, Inc.".
- Siever, Ellen. (2009-09-19). "Linux in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference". "O'Reilly Media, Inc.".
- Rankin, Kyle. (2006). "Linux Multimedia Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming Images, Audio, and Video". "O'Reilly Media, Inc.".
- Serrano, Matt. (2009-01-06). "Audio Archiving Guide: Part 2 – CD Ripping – Techgage".
- Garrison, Justin. (2010-06-23). "Rip Audio CDs in Linux with Sound Juicer".
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