---
name: "whipper"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "whipper"
version: "0.10.0-9"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/whipper"
---

# whipper(1)

A CD ripping utility focusing on accuracy over speed

## Name

whipper - A CD ripping utility focusing on accuracy over speed

## Synopsis

```
whipper [subcommand]
whipper [-R] [-v] [-h] [-e {never failure success always}]
```

## Description

```
whipper is a CD ripping utility focusing on accuracy over speed that
supports multiple features. As such, whipper:
```

```

```

```
* Detects correct read offset (in samples)
* Detects whether ripped media is a CD-R
* Has ability to defeat cache of drives
* Performs Test & Copy rips
* Verifies rip accuracy using the AccurateRip database
* Uses MusicBrainz for metadata lookup
* Supports reading the pre-emphasis flag embedded into some CDs (and
correctly tags the resulting rip)
* Detects and rips non digitally silent Hidden Track One Audio (HTOA)
* Provides batch ripping capabilities
* Provides templates for file and directory naming
* Supports lossless encoding of ripped audio tracks (FLAC)
* Allows extensibility through external logger plugins
```

## Options

```
-h | --help
Show this help message and exit
```

```
-e | --eject  never failure success always
When to eject disc (default: success)
```

```
-c | --drive-auto-close True False
Whether to auto close the drive's tray before reading a CD
(default: True)
```

```
-R | --record
Record API requests for playback
```

```
-v | --version
Show version information
```

## Subcommands

**whipper** gives you a tree of subcommands to work with, namely:

```

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```
* accurip
* cd
* drive
* image
* mblookup
* offset
```

```
For more details on these subcommands, see their respective man pages.
```

## Bugs

```
Bugs can be reported to your distribution's bug tracker or upstream
at <https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper/issues>.
```

## See Also

[whipper-accurip(1)](/whipper-accurip/1.md), [whipper-cd(1)](/whipper-cd/1.md), [whipper-drive(1)](/whipper-drive/1.md), [whipper-image(1)](/whipper-image/1.md), [whipper-mblookup(1)](/whipper-mblookup/1.md), [whipper-offset(1)](/whipper-offset/1.md)

## Author

Louis-Philippe Véronneau