Having last year successfully backed up my vinyls, I now want to do
the same with my CDs, of which a have something over 200. Not only
will they then be backed up against, loss, theft, or damage, but also
could be played directly by a media player.

I plan to back up to *.WAV files, and scan the cover artwork.

Currently I'm using WinDAC32 for the ripping. It rips the tracks
fine and is well-configurable as regards the resulting file titles,
etc. The trouble is that is insists on using the database at ...

freedb.freedb.org

.... and this database doesn't have many, perhaps even most, of my CDs
listed. The first two I tried today were missing:

Audience Friends, Friends, Friend
Clannad The Ultimate Collection

Perhaps the 70s progressive rock band Audience not being there is no
surprise, but I would have expected a still relatively well-known band
like Clannad to be covered. This doesn't exactly bode well for the
rest of my collection!

Worse still, WinDAC32 won't even let my update the db with the CD
data.

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?

TIA.
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