Name

cdparanoia [options] span [outfile] — cdparanoia

Synopsis

/usr/bin stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version

The cdparanoia command reads (rips) audio data from a CD and stores it in WAV files (or other formats: see the manpage). Common uses are:

$ cdparanoia N

Rip track N to a file.

$ cdparanoia -B

Rip all tracks on the CD into separate files.

$ cdparanoia -B 2-4

Rip tracks 2, 3, and 4 into separate files.

$ cdparanoia 2-4

Rip tracks 2, 3, and 4 into a single file.

If you have difficulty accessing your drive, try running cdparanoia -Qvs (“search for CD-ROM drives verbosely”) and look for clues. To convert your WAV files to MP3 format, check out LAME (http://lame.sourceforge.net/) or NotLame (http://www.idiap.ch/~sanders/not_lame/).

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