[NBLUG/talk] High-quality CD ripping

[Bob Blick]

> As far as I can tell, cdparanoia completely lacks the ability to rip via
> an IDE controller, so that a frontend such as Grip or KaudioCreator will
> not help.  So what I need is a program that *can* rip audio CD's via an
> IDE controller.

While there are some CDROM drives that cannot do direct audio extraction,
in general they can and cdparanoia can do it.

Cheerful regards,

Bob