In article , Java Jive
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Meanwhile, the data for both the above IS held at the now-no-longer-free
CDDB database for which I have long held a developer ID (which is how I
know).

Can anyone suggest a Windows for preference, or failing that perhaps
Linux, ripping program which:

!! Like WinDAC32, absolutely must allow ripping to wave files without
altering content.

!! Like WinDAC32, allows configuration of how the resulting files are
named, and saved in sub-directories.

++ Preferably allows me to use the CDDB database as well as the freedb
one.

+- Failing that, at least allows me to update the freedb database so
that I only have to set up the details once?

I don't know if it would suit, but someone mentioned 'abcde' to me a while
ago in a similar context. This seems to be a script system that uses
elements you can pick-and-mix.

Personally, I just use cdparanoia and then sox along with my own editing
tools. However my main interest in CD ripping has been home-recorded discs
which won't be on any 'database'.

As a BTW, I wonder if *any* ripping software can detect and process 'HDCD'
discs. I've continued to look into HDCD and it seems quite a murky area in
practice.

Slainte,

Jim

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