---
name: "ripperX"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ripperx"
version: "2.8.0-4+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ripperX"
---

# ripperX(1)

graphical (GTK) frontend for ripping and OGG/FLAC/MP3 encoding CD tracks

## NAME

ripperX — graphical (GTK) frontend for ripping and OGG/FLAC/MP3 encoding CD tracks

## SYNOPSIS

**ripperX**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the  **ripperX** command. It was written for the **Debian GNU/Linux** distribution  because the program originally did not have a manual page.

**ripperX** is an X-based program that uses    **cdparanoia** to convert (a.k.a. "rip") CD audio tracks to  WAV files, and then calls the Vorbis/Ogg encoder  **oggenc** to convert the WAV to an OGG file.   It can also call **flac** to perform loss-less compression   on the WAV file, resulting in a FLAC file.  If you have an MP3 encoder installed such as **toolame**, **lame** or **bladeenc**, it can convert the WAV into a MP3 file instead.

Besides a nice GUI interface, **ripperX** also  supports CDDB queries to retrieve song and album information, progress  meters, and pausing while ripping.

## OPTIONS

This program takes no command line arguments.  After starting the  application, select the *Config* button and cycle through  the tabs to learn what options are configurable.

Because Vorbis/Ogg typically uses variable bit rates, there is not a direct  correlation between the bitrate selected for encoding and the rate used by  **oggenc**.  The bitrates selected in the MP3 tab of the Configuration  dialog are passed to **oggenc** with the *-b* switch.  Enabling or disabling VBR when using Vorbis/Ogg has no effect on the encoding process.

The FLAC encoding currently does not accept any bitrate arguments,   so any bitrate you specify in the config dialog will be ignored for this type of encoding.

## SEE ALSO

cdparanoia (1).

oggenc (1).

flac (1).

toolame (1).

Documentation in /usr/share/doc/ripperx/

## BUGS

Many, to be sure...  Please report them as you find them!

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by tony mancill tmancill@debian.org for  the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).