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Re:Whipper: Accurate Audio CD Ripping by catseyechandra on Saturday January 14, 2023 @09:05AM (#34380389)
For audio geek who wants a high quality audio extraction from their CD collection
Re:Whipper: Accurate Audio CD Ripping by haunter on Saturday January 14, 2023 @10:29AM (#34381015)
Thank you Chat GPT
Re:Whipper: Accurate Audio CD Ripping by wyager on Saturday January 14, 2023 @10:50AM (#34381183)
I have noticed a lot of super low-effort comments like this recently. They typically don't even write as well as current-gen chatbots.
Re:Whipper: Accurate Audio CD Ripping by amacneil on Saturday January 14, 2023 @10:55AM (#34381236)
Fyi this is just the OP adding a description
Re:Whipper: Accurate Audio CD Ripping by lern_too_spel on Saturday January 14, 2023 @10:46AM (#34381159)
Why would I use this over abcde, another cdparanoia frontend that is packaged for every major distro?
Re:Whipper: Accurate Audio CD Ripping by thebrid on Saturday January 14, 2023 @11:02AM (#34381280)
My understanding is whipper is more paranoid than abcde. whipper does a couple things to ensure a perfect rip:

* Rips tracks twice and ensures the checksums match (retrying if they do not)

* Compares the track checksums against the AccurateRip database

I think this gives much more confidence that the result is correct. The tags seem a lot more detailed with whipper too.

Re:Whipper: Accurate Audio CD Ripping by rsync on Saturday January 14, 2023 @02:39PM (#34383383)
What I appreciated most about 'abcde' was that just prior to the rip it would open up the CDDB output in 'vim' and allow quick and easy edits to what are, sometimes, horrific titling and track entries ...

It's a very nice workflow and avoids a lot of cleanup ...

Re:Whipper: Accurate Audio CD Ripping by SinePost on Saturday January 14, 2023 @11:01AM (#34381264)
I second this question. I've used both before; the user experience is basically the same, and there's no audible difference between the two.