---
name: "cdda2ogg"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cdrtools"
version: "3.02a09-6"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cdda2ogg"
---

# cdda2ogg(1)

extract CD audio tracks and encode them

## NAME

cdda2ogg, cdda2mp3 - extract CD audio tracks and encode them

## SYNOPSIS

**cdda2ogg** \[ *options* \]\[ **dev=***device* \] \[*file prefix*\] \[*ogg opts*\]

**cdda2mp3** \[ *options* \]\[ **dev=***device* \] \[*file prefix*\] \[*lame opts*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**cdda2ogg** is a script that uses the **cdda2wav** command to extract all audio tracks with the **cdda2wav** command and encode them using the [**oggenc**(1)](/oggenc/1.md) **Ogg Vorbis** encoder.

**cdda2mp3** is a script that uses the **cdda2wav** command to extract all audio tracks with the **cdda2wav** command and encode them using the [**lame**(1)](/lame/1.md) **MP3** encoder.

There is no CDDB support yet.

## OPTIONS

- **-help**

  print a short online usage message and exit.

- **dev=***device*

  The device to read the data from. If there is only one CD-ROM drive in the system, the  **dev=** option may be omitted. For possible values of the  *device* parameter, see the [**cdrecord**(1)](/cdrecord/1.md) man page.

- **-\***

  Any other option beginning with a '-' sign is passed to the **cdda2wav** program.

Any other option past the **file prefix** argument and beginning with a '-' sign is passed to the encoder program.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The following environment variables may be used to change the behavior of the **cdda2ogg** and the **cdda2mp3** command:

- **CDDA2WAV**

  Defines the command to extract WAV data from the CD. The default value is **cdda2wav**.

- **CDDA2WAV\_OPTS**

  Defines the options passed to the CDDA program while extracting from the CD. The default value is **-H -q**.

- **MP\_CODER**

  The encoder program used to compress the audio data. The default value is **oggenc** for  **cdda2ogg** and **lame** for  **cdda2mp3**.

- **MP\_OPTIONS**

  Options passed to the encoder program. The default is empty.

- **FILEPREFIX**

  The base filename part of the resulting audio files. The default file name is **$TRACK-$FILEPREFIX.ogg** for **cdda2ogg** and **$TRACK-$FILEPREFIX.mp3** for **cdda2mp3** if no  *file prefix* argument was given on the command line.

## FILES

If the following files are present, then the scripts source them to set up local defaults:

- **/etc/default/cdda2ogg**

  To set up default values for **cdda2ogg**.

- **/etc/default/cdda2mp3**

  To set up default values for **cdda2mp3**.

The content may be set up to modify environment variables or to set up local defaults.

## SEE ALSO

[**cdda2wav**(1)](/cdda2wav/1.md), [**cdrecord**(1)](/cdrecord/1.md), [**oggenc**(1)](/oggenc/1.md), [**lame**(1)](/lame/1.md).

## NOTES

If a CD contains a hidden audio track before track 1, a file name with track number 00 is created with the content of the hidden track.

The program [**oggenc**(1)](/oggenc/1.md) is part of the **vorbis-tools** project See **http://www.vorbis.com** for more information.

The program [**lame**(1)](/lame/1.md) is part of the **lame** project. See **http://lame.sourceforge.net/** for more information.

## AUTHOR

The first versions of the scripts have been based on a news article by Tom Kludy.