CDDA paranoia AlternativesCD Rippers and other similar apps like CDDA paranoia

CDDA paranoia is described as 'Audio CD digital audio extraction application cdparanoia. Cdparanoia extracts audio from compact discs directly as data, with no analog step between, and writes the data to a file or pipe in WAV, AIFC, AIFC or raw 16 bit linear PCM' and is a CD Ripper in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to CDDA paranoia for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best CDDA paranoia alternative is fre:ac, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CDDA paranoia are XMedia Recode, Exact Audio Copy, X Lossless Decoder and MediaCoder.

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  1. fre:ac icon
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    fre:ac

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    fre:ac is a free audio converter and CD ripper with support for various formats and codecs. It will convert between MP3, MP4/M4A, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, AAC, WAV, WMA and other formats.

    114 fre:ac alternatives
    Main window converting FLAC files to MP3

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    Dark mode is supported since fre:ac 1.1
    The integrated tag editor
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    fre:ac's configuration dialog

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Audio Conversion
    2.  Media Transcoding
    3.  Multiple tracks at once
    4.  CDDB access
    5.  Batch processing
    6.  Lossless Audio
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  AAC
    9.  ALAC support
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Works Offline
    12.  Portable
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    • fre:ac is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to CDDA paranoia.

    • fre:ac is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CDDA paranoia.

    • fre:ac is Free and Open SourceCDDA paranoia is also Free and Open Source
    • fre:ac is LightweightCDDA paranoia is not according to our users
  2. XMedia Recode icon
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    XMedia Recode

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    XMedia Recode can convert nearly all popular audio and video formats including 3GP, 3GPP, 3GPP2, AAC, AC3, AMR, ASF, AVI, AVISynth, DVD, FLAC, FLV, H.261, H.263, H.264, M4A , M1V, M2V, M4V, Matroska (MKV), MMF, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, TS, TRP, MP2, MP3, MP4, MP4V, MOV, OGG, PSP...

    115 XMedia Recode alternatives
    Format

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Video Size
    Main window
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    Video cutting

    Top XMedia Recode Features

    1.  Audio Conversion
    2.  Video Converter
    3.  Built-in editor
    4.  Batch processing
    5.  Batch conversion
    6.  Support for NVIDIA CUDA acceleration
    7.  Portable
    8.  Support for Intel Quick Sync acceleration
    9.  Color correction
    10.  Cut video
    11.  Built-In ID3 Tag Editor
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  4. Exact Audio Copy icon
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    Exact Audio Copy

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    EAC is used to convert the tracks on standard audio CDs to wav files, which can then be transcoded into formats such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, and FLAC using external encoders.

    48 Exact Audio Copy alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Exact Audio Copy Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    Audio CD in drive
    Extracting Audio Data
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    Encoder Selection
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    Express Rip

    Express Rip CD ripper can convert CD audio to mp3 or wav file formats. Express Rip lets you rip, convert, encode, and decode music and other audio tracks directly to files on your hard drive.

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    X Lossless Decoder

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    X Lossless Decoder (XLD) is a tool for Mac OS X that is able to decode/convert/play various 'lossless' audio files. The supported audio files can be split into some tracks with cue sheet when decoding. It works on Mac OS X 10.3 and later. Supports: (Ogg) FLAC (.flac/.

    32 X Lossless Decoder alternatives
    X Lossless Decoder screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Audio Extraction
    5.  OGG
    6.  Split CUE to tracks
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  7. MediaCoder icon
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    MediaCoder

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    MediaCoder is a free universal batch media transcoder, which nicely integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools into an all-in-one solution. With a flexible and extendable architecture, new codecs and tools are added in constantly as well as supports for new devices.

    174 MediaCoder alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    MediaCoder Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Hardware Accelerated
    3.  Support for Intel Quick Sync acceleration
    4.  Support for NVIDIA CUDA acceleration
    Main window with skin
    Effects in MC
    Discontinued

    The latest version (0.8.65) is from October 2022.

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  8. ffWorks icon
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    ffWorks

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    ffWorks (formerly iFFmpeg) is a graphical front-end for FFmpeg , a command-line tool used to convert multimedia files between formats. The command line instructions can be very hard to master/understand, so ffWorks does all the hard work for...

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Top ffWorks Features

    1.  Video Converter
    2.  Hardware Accelerated
    3.  Merge video files
    4.  Audio Conversion
    5.  Support for 4K
    6.  Lossless Audio
    7.  HEVC
    8.  Batch Editing
    9.  Chroma Key / Green Screen
    10.  FFMPEG support
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Supports H265 Codec
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    • ffWorks is the most popular commercial alternative to CDDA paranoia.

    • ffWorks is Paid and ProprietaryCDDA paranoia is Free and Open Source
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    LameXP

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    LameXP is an Audio Encoder Front-End, a graphical user-interface for a number of audio encoders. It was developed to support a huge number of input formats. File formats are detected reliably using MediaInfo.

    49 LameXP alternatives
    LameXP screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Portable
    6.  Optimization
    7.  Conversion Rate Optimization
    8.  Batch conversion
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  11. CDex icon
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    CDex

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    CDex is a CD-Ripper, extracting digital audio data from an Audio CD. The application supports many Audio encoders, including WAV, MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, VQF, Musepack, APE, and many others.

    34 CDex alternatives
    The main CDex window

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    CDex Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Portable
    4.  Multiple languages
    Extraction interface with Audio CD information
    The setup screen for your CD-ROM
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    Several languages are supported
    Bundleware

    The installer contains adwares. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

    Discontinued

    The latest version (2.24) is from 2020.

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    dBpoweramp

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    dBpoweramp contains a multitude of audio tools in one: CD Ripper, Music Converter, ID Tag Editor and Windows audio shell enhancements. Preloaded with mp3 & Wave codecs, practically every audio codec can be installed from Codec Central, as well as Utility Codecs (perform...

    87 dBpoweramp alternatives
    CD Ripper

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    dBpoweramp Features

    1.  CD Burner
    2.  Artwork
    3.  Normalize Volume
    Music Converter
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    Zamzar

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    Online file converter, providing easy to use file conversion and compression for hundreds of different file formats. Includes support for document, video, image, audio, CAD and more. Also offers a desktop app and powerful API for developers.

    111 Zamzar alternatives
    Easy to use 3 step tool for converting files.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Convert files from your local computer or cloud storage such as Google Drive.
    Secure inbox to manage your converted files.
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    Support for hundreds of different formats - document, video, image, audio and more.

    Zamzar Features

    1.  Ebook Conversion
    2.  PDF compression
    3.  Image to text
    4.  Convert PDF to Word document
    5.  REST API
    6.  Video file conversion
    7.  Export to PDF
    8.  File conversion
    9.  Support for Amazon S3
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    • Zamzar is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to CDDA paranoia.

    • Zamzar is Freemium and ProprietaryCDDA paranoia is Free and Open Source
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    TAudioConverter

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    TAudioConverter is a multithreaded audio converter and extractor. It can convert almost any audio format to aac, ac3, mp3, flac, wav, ogg, opus, mpc, ape, tta, tak, wma, alac, wavpack. It can also extract audio streams from video files and encode them.

    70 TAudioConverter alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Settings Window
    Encoding Window
    +1
    CD Ripper

    TAudioConverter Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  AAC
    4.  Support for Multiple threads
    5.  OGG
    Discontinued

    The official website and the SourceForge page are no longer available. Last version, 0.9.9, released in June 2015, can be still downloaded from Fosshub

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  15. Pazera Free Audio Extractor icon
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    Pazera Free Audio Extractor

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    Free application that converts audio files to MP3, AAC, AC3, E-AC3, WMA, FLAC, M4A, OGG, Opus, WavPack, AIFF, MKA or WAV format. Moreover, the program allows extraction of audio tracks from video files without loss of sound quality.

    64 Pazera Free Audio Extractor alternatives
    Pazera Free Audio Extractor screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine

    Pazera Free Audio Extractor Features

    1.  Audio Extraction
    2.  Multiple languages
    Pazera Free Audio Extractor screenshot 1
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    Pazera Free Audio Extractor screenshot 3
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