---
name: "crip"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "crip"
version: "3.9-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/crip"
---

# crip(1)

a terminal-based ripper/encoder/tagger tool

## NAME

crip - a terminal-based ripper/encoder/tagger tool

## SYNOPSIS

**crip** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**crip** is a terminal-based ripper/encoder/tagger tool for creating Ogg Vorbis/FLAC files under UNIX/Linux.

## OPTIONS

**-h**, **--help** Print help and exit.

**-v**, **--version** Print version of crip and exit.

**-e codec** Encode to vorbis or flac (default = vorbis).

**-s media** Specify the source media (default = CD).

**-g genre** Specify the music genre (default = classical).

**-q \[on/off\]** Classical-stype questioning (default = off).

**-m \[on/off\]** Map european to american-only chars (default = off).

**-t \[on/off\]** Trim leading/tailing silence (default = off).

**-n \[on/off\]** Normalize the audio (default = off).

**-V voltresh** Volume threshold for normalizing (default = 1.078) (only used when normalizing is enabled).

**-r \[on/off\]** Remove files after encoding (default = on).

**-E editor** Editor to use (default = sensible-editor).

**-u \[on/off/both\]** Use editor to name the files (default = on) (as opposed to the command-line).

**-o flags** Flags to pass to oggenc (default = '-q 4').

**-f flags** Flags to pass to flac (default = '--best --replay-gain').

**-c flags** Flags to pass to cdparanoia (default = '-v -z').

**-d device** CDrom device to read from (default = /dev/cdrom).

**-w \[on/off\]** Skip the ripping (makes empty .wav files) (default = off) (useful if you already have the .wav files to encode).

**-p \[on/off\]** Prompt to continue after ripping (default = off) (useful pause to edit .wav files before encoding).

**-x \[on/off\]** Eject CD when done ripping (default = off)

## SEE ALSO

[**oggenc**(1)](/oggenc/1.md) [**flac**(1)](/flac/1.md) [**cdparanoia**(1)](/cdparanoia/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Florian Ragwitz \<florian.ragwitz@s2004.tu-chemnitz.de\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).