Ripping CDs with ABCDE

ABCDE is "A better CD encoder". In this video I got over a tool that I like to use a lot for ripping CDs. I don't really go down the rabbit hole in this program but hopefully this will make the software seem more approachable.
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[@Layka-be3bz]

Just getting ready to rip my CD with better quality than my mid 2000s iTunes using self, but everything I was seeing were people using freemium proprietary windows apps. The moment I say you open the command line with your custom prompt I knew I was in the right place. Appreciate the quick overview. You got me what I needed and for anything else I can always read the manpage 😂

[@josemcgomes]

Thanks man, this is way easier to use than what I imagined. I just moved from Windows to Linux. I had to use Ashampoo to rip CDs, in Kubuntu I can just drag and drop (lol) but I don't want the hassle of managing the metadata by hand.

[@TradieTrev]

This is bringing back memories of EAC with LAME encoder. It had some special feature with plex drives to recover audio from really scratched cds.

[@armorgeddon]

EAC's speciality is ignoring the error corrections of the drive's firmware. It's still the best ripper which still has no native Linux alternative.

[@Sk4zZi0uS]

Found your channel recently so I've been flicking through the back catalogue. Comment doesn't related to ABCDE (though I do use it to rip my stuff to flac and ogg) but to something you mentioned at the end... Working in a cinema... Me too. Fun job.

[@5ergius]

6 Jahre später, noch immer aktuell

[@yannisgk]

GREAT VIDEO ARTHUR!!! KEEP UP LIKE DIS!!! :)

[@georgeashmore9420]

Does this still work? MusicBrainz looks to have updated the api and it doesn't seem to work for me

[@HotWeelz.22]

So DvD drives can be used for CD ripping? I'm 19 this is all before my time but i want to learn cuz I've been collecting cds 😂

[@arthurpizza]

Yup! In fact the newer drives often do a better job. 🤘

[@MoreChannelNoise]

Interesting, I have never heard of the opus format! I still have a few music cds that I have been meaning to rip for ages! better do it while I still have a cd/dvd player in my laptop

[@armorgeddon]

Do yourself a favour though & rip to FLAC instead of Opus. Ripping to a lossy format for archiving purposes is wasted time in this day and age in which harddrives are cheap enough to store music in lossless formats.

[@vidneypopples]

Bit of a clunky way of doing it.