Features:
- * Fetches album info from a cddb server and automatically inserts the Artist, Album, Title, and Genre information for all tracks.
* Put's the output files into a subdirectory named for the album, inside another subdirectory named for the artist.
* Automatically names all the tracks based on the above info.
* Rips to wav and mp3, flac if flac is installed, or ogg if oggenc is installed (part of VorbisTools).
* Unlike PBcdripper it pipes cdparanoia right into the encoder without outputting a wav first. Saves a bit of space and time.
* Completely graphical with progress bars rather than terminal screens.
There is an included preferences tool which allows you to set up some basic options, but for the most part everything is kept extremely simple. My inspiration was SoundJuicer, clean as possible without a bunch of confusing options on the main window. But there is a little bit of a tradeoff probably when compared with PBcdripper, in terms of the total nuimber of options (PBcdripper can do a bit more, gpRip focuses on the basics). Also there are a few things which are unfinished like output to a single track, or extra meta comments in the files. I tested it pretty thoroughly before uploading though, with all four formats, and got flawless results each time.
To do the cddb lookups the program requires the cdstatus binary, which I'm putting up here with it. This is only 46K so very little impact.
I'll be out of pocket a lot starting a few days from now, taking the family on an extended camping trip. So if you have any questions or comments best to get them in soon.
Nathan