CDex - freeware CD/Ripper music encoder

posted by ClifNotes, Aug 2006, Permalink

There are many programs that you can use to rip CD's into other formats. For instance, MusicMatch, Real Player, and Windows Media Player will all do this for you. I don't like those. They are too big, too flashy, and way too commercial. They seem to constantly connect to the internet behind your back, or in your face, for updates or other "enhanced" features. This type of activity bogs your system down.

CDex does this one thing, does it well, and doesn't bug you to download more stuff, or buy more stuff. Get it, use it, then forget it until you need it again.


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Quote from the website
What's CDex?
CDex is a CD/Ripper music encoder. CDex can extract the data directly (digital) from an Audio CD, which is generally called a CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. The resulting audio file can be a plain WAV file (useful for making compilation audio CDs) or the ripped audio data can be compressed using an audio encoder. Many encoders are supported, to name a few:

Lame MP3 encoder
Internal MP2 encoder
APE lossles audio format
Ogg Vorbis encoder
The Windows MP3 encoder (Fraunhofer MP3 encoder)
NTT VQF encoder
FAAC encoder
Windows WMA8 encoder

In addition, WAV files on the hard drive can be converted to a Compressed Audio File (and visa versa). CDex also supports many audio file tag formats like the ID3V1 and ID3V2 tags, which can be automatically inserted as part of the ripping process.
Feature List
Direct recording of multiple tracks
Read / store album information from/to the cdplayer.ini file
Read / store album information from/to a local and/or remote CD Database (CDDB)
Support CD-Text (if your CD-drive supports it)
Advanced jitter correction (based on the cd-paranoia ripping library)
Indicates track progress and jitter control
Normalization of audio signal
Supports many CD-Drive from many manufacters
Conversion of external WAV files
Support for M3U and PLS play list files
Best of all, it's free (GPL license, source code available at www.sourceforge.net)
Serveral languages are supported
System Requirements
Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
Adaptec's ASPI manager (should be included in Windows 95 & 98), Take a look at the FAQ page where to get some ASPI drivers.
CD-ROM which is capable of extracting digital audio (IDE-ATAPI or SCSI drive)
And finally, lot's of free disc space to record to your CDs ;-)

CDex website
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