CDex Alternatives for Linux
CDex is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is fre:ac, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to CDex and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to CDex are Asunder, soundKonverter, Sound Juicer and morituri.
CDex alternatives are mainly CD Rippers but may also be Audio Converters or Video Converters. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of CDex.- Free • Open Source
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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.
fre:ac vs CDex opinions
Works nicely for ripping my CD. CDex is killed by Win10 on my PC and I?did not find why.
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soundKonverter is a frontend to various audio converters.
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Sound Juicer is a CD ripping tool using GTK+ and GStreamer.
morituri is a CD ripper aiming for accuracy over speed. Its features are modeled to compare with Exact Audio Copy on Windows. morituri was created to address the gaps in existing Linux software.
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.2.3, released in July 2014, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
No screenshots yetXCFA is a tool to extract the contens of Audio-CDs and convert musical audio files conversion to FLAC, WAV, OGG, M4A, MPC, MP3, WavPack and many other formats.
No screenshots yetRubyripper is a digital audio extraction algorithm that uses cdparanoia error correcting power and it's own secure ripping algorithm to make sure that a CD rip is done successfully and accurately. It is very similar to and inspired by EAC.
Discontinued
The project has been abandoned on March 2014. Last version, 0.6.2, released on December 2011, can be still downloaded from Google Code.
No screenshots yetGrip is a CD-player/ripper for the Gnome desktop. It has the ripping capabilities of cdparanoia built in, but can also use external rippers (such as cdda2wav).