Provided by: ripit_3.9.0-2ubuntu1_all 
NAME:
ripit - Perl script to create flac, ogg, mp3, m4a (aac), als (mp4), mpc, wv or other files from an audio
CD.
SYNOPSIS:
ripit [options]
DESCRIPTION:
This Perl script makes it a lot easier to create compressed sound files from an audio CD. RipIT supports
Flac, Lame, Oggenc, Faac, mp4als, Musepack, Wavpack and ffmpeg. Artist and song titles are retrieved
either with the CDDB_get.pm from freedb.org or using WebService::MusicBrainz.pm from MusicBrainz.org.
It is possible to submit and edit CDDB entries at freedb.org, submission of MusicBrainz data need a
login. Hidden tracks and ghost songs are detected and split into chunks of sound, a toc, cue or inf
files permit to burn the WAV files with text and no gaps in DAO mode. Several encoder formats and
qualities can be used in the same run (even the same encoder) and encoded into different directories.
Distributed ripping and launch of more than one encoder process in the same time is possible.
Several manipulations on tags are supported, e.g. adding coverart, detection of Various Artists style at
different levels or album gain; external commands can be launched before and after ripping / encoding is
done with all CDDB information, e.g. to ensure presence of coverart, calculation of md5sums and
playlistfiles can be done.
VERSION:
RipIT Version 3.9.0
OPTIONS:
[track_selection]
Tracks to rip from. If not specified, all tracks will be ripped. Specify a single track by using
a single number, or a selection of tracks using numbers separated by commas or hyphens, e. g.
2,6,10, or 3,5,7-9. Using a number followed by a comma or hyphen will rip from that track to the
end of the CD i. e. 3,5- rips track 3 and from track 5 to the last one. Default: not set.
--merge ordered list of comma separated intervals
Place a hyphen (-) or a plus (+) between first and last track number to be merged. Omitting the
last number will merge all subsequent tracks. Separate several intervals with commas. Default:
not set.
-I, --span start-endtime
Define an interval to be ripped when using cdda2wav or cdparanoia. The hyphen is mandatory. The
format of start and end-time is according to cdparanoia hh:mm:ss.ff in
hours/minutes/seconds/frames, but precision is set to seconds, i. e. frames will be ignored. Zero
fields need not be specified and the value of seconds may be larger than 60. When using cdda2wav
this option translates the values to the -o and -d options of cdda2wav. When using option merge,
endtime is related to the last track in the selection. Default: not set.
-o, --outputdir dir
Where the sound should go. If not set, $HOME will be used. Default: not set.
-d, --device cddevice
Path of audio CD device, default: /dev/cdrom.
--scsidevice cddevice
Device name for special devices if the non ripping commands (except eject commands) shall be
executed on a different device node. This might be useful for some old SCSI devices. If not set
the cddevice of option --device will be used. Default: not set
-r, --ripper number
CD ripper to use, 0 - dagrab, 1 - cdparanoia, 2 - cdda2wav, 3 - tosha, 4 - cdd. Because cdparanoia
and dagrab are the only rippers in this list that immediately fail on data tracks, RipIT can
create an error.log if problems are encountered and continues to rip and encode without endless
looping! Please use dagrab or cdparanoia, otherwise RipIT might hang while waiting for data
tracks. Default: 1 - cdparanoia.
--ripopt options
User definable options for specific ripper. Quote them if necessary. Default: not set.
--nicerip number
Set niceness of ripping process, default: 0.
-Z, --disable-paranoia [number]
When using dagrab, the number of retries will be set to 3, with cdparanoia this option is equal to
the -Z option of cdparanoia. The number can be set to 0 (paranoia on), to 1 (paranoia off) or to
2 to switch paranoia off if a track fails or gets a timeout. RipIT will retry that failed track
without paranoia or give up. Ripping will then continue with paranoia on. Default: 0 ‐ off, i. e.
use paranoia mode.
--ghost
Analyze each wav for gaps and split it into chunks if gaps are detected and/or try to trim lead-
in/out. This may override option merge. Delete blank tracks if only silence ("zero bytes") are
found. Experimental! Default: off.
--extend seconds
When using option --ghost and only if a chunk of sound is detected, enlarge chunk by amount of
seconds at end if possible, or track may be trimmed if value is small (e.g. 0.3), use with
caution. Default: 2.0.
--prepend seconds
When using option --ghost and only if a chunk of sound is detected, enlarge chunk by amount of
seconds at beginning, if possible, or track may be trimmed if value is small (e.g. 0.3), use with
caution. Default: 2.0.
-c, --coder number
Encoder(s) to use, 0 - Lame (for mp3), 1 - Oggenc, 2 - Flac, 3 - Faac, 4 - mp4als, 5 - Musepack, 6
- Wavpack, 7 - ffmpeg, a comma separated list, or as an array. The same encoder may be stated more
than once, but different output-directories must be specified stating the --ditemplate for each
encoder or using the $quality parameter in option --dirtemplate or --tracktemplate. See below.
Default: 0.
--faacopt Faac-options
Pass other options to the encoder. If the same encoder has been stated more than once, use a comma
separated list. Quote them with double quotes if needed; default: not set.
--flacopt Flac-options
Pass other options to the encoder. If the same encoder has been stated more than once, use a comma
separated list. Quote them with double quotes if needed; default: not set.
--lameopt Lame-options
Pass other options to the encoder. If the same encoder has been stated more than once, use a comma
separated list. Quote them with double quotes if needed; default: not set.
--museopt Musepack-options
Pass other options to the encoder. If the same encoder has been stated more than once, use a comma
separated list. Quote them with double quotes if needed; default: not set.
--musenc Musepack-encoder
Choose Musepack encoder to be used, either mpcenc or mppenc for older versions; default: mpcenc.
--mp4opt Mp4als-options
Pass other options to the encoder. Option -MP4 of encoder mp4als is mandatory to enable tagging of
sound files. Use the appropriate options to alter compression level and speed. If the same encoder
has been stated more than once, use a comma separated list. Quote them with double quotes if
needed; default: not set.
--oggencopt Oggenc-options
Pass other options to the encoder. If the same encoder has been stated more than once, use a comma
separated list. Quote them with double quotes if needed; default: not set.
--wavpackopt Wavpack-options
Pass other options to the encoder. If the same encoder has been stated more than once, use a comma
separated list. Quote them with double quotes if needed; default: not set.
--ffmpegopt ffmpeg-options
Pass other options to the encoder. If the ffmpeg has been stated more than once, use a comma
separated list. Quote them with double quotes if needed; default: not set.
--ffmpegsuffix ffmpeg-suffix
The suffix of the formats to be encoded. If ffmpeg has been stated more than once, use a comma
separated list. Quote them with double quotes if needed; default: not set.
-q, --quality quality
A comma separated list of values or the word "off", passed in the same order as the list of
encoders! If no encoders passed, follow the order of the config file! Quality for oggenc: (1-10),
highest = 10; compression level for Flac: (0-8), lowest compression = 0; quality for Lame in vbr
mode: (0-9), best quality = 0; or quality for Faac: (10-500), highest = 500; mp4als seems not to
accept any compression level, set to zero; quality for Musepack: (0-10), best quality = 10;
default: 5,3,5,100,0,5. Wavpack and ffmpeg have no quality switch, use encoder options instead.
The value "off" turns option quality off.
E. g. --coder 2,0,1,3 --quality 3,4,5,300 sets compression level for Flac to 3, Lame-quality to 4,
Oggenc-quality to 5 and Faac quality to 300.
-v, --vbrmode mode
Variable bitrate, only used with Lame, mode is new or old, see the Lame manpage. The Lame-option
quality will be changed to -V instead of -q if vbr-mode is used; default: not set.
-b, --bitrate rate
Encode "mp3" at this bitrate for Lame. If option --vbrmode used, bitrate is equal to the -b
option, so one might want to set it "off"; or set if "off" if all options are passed to --lameopt!
Default: 128.
-B, --maxrate rate
maxrate (Bitrate) for Lame using --vbrmode is equal to the -B option in Lame or the -M option in
Oggenc, default: 0.
-S, --preset mode
Use the preset switch when encoding with Lame. Combined with option --vbrmode new the preset fast
will be used. Use --vbrmode old not to use fast VBR. Mode is one of: insane (320 kbps @ CBR),
extreme (256 kbps), standard (192 kbps) or medium (160 kbps) or any other valid bitrate. Default:
off.
-W, --chars [list]
Exclude special characters in file names and path. The argument is optional. The argument accepts
a list of any characters. One might escape the characters or use double quotes to pass them on the
command line. The argument also accepts the words NTFS, HFS or off. Following characters will be
erased, if no argument stated or the word NTFS is passed: |\:*?$ plus blanks and periods at
beginning and end of file names and directories. When using the word HFS, only colons will be
purged plus blanks and periods at beginning of file names and directories. Pass the word "off" as
argument to set the option off again. Default: off.
--comment comment
Specify a comment for the comment-tag for Lame, Faac and Musepack, or the description-tag for
Oggenc and Flac. The special comment cddbid or discid will place the cddbid (used by freedb) or
the discid (used for MusicBrainz) into the comment. Default: not set.
-g, --genre genre
Specify (and override CDDB) genre, must be a valid ID3-genre if using Lame, can (but shouldn't) be
anything if using other encoders, default: not set.
-y, --year year
Specify (and override CDDB) the year of year-tag for Lame, Faac and Musepack, or the date-tag for
Oggenc and Flac. Default: not set.
--coverart number
a comma separated list of numbers (if several encoders are used) according to option --coder with
values 0 (no) or 1 (yes), default 0.
--coverpath path
Path to the coverart picture to be included in the metadata of the sound files. The picture must
be present or e.g. acquired using the --precmd option. Default: not set.
--mp3tags FRAME=tag
Additional tags to be added to the mp3 file(s) if encoder does not support the frame or if some
unofficial FRAMEs shall be used (e.g. a compilation tag set to 1: TCMP=1). More than one --mp3tags
can be used if several tags shall be added. Default: not set.
--vatag number
Analyze tracknames for "various artists" style and split the metadata in case one of the
delimeters (colon, hyphen, slash or parenthesis) are found. Use unpair numbers for the scheme
"artist ? tracktitle" and pair numbers in the opposite case. The artist will be compared to the
argument of option --vastring (see below). If the artist must be like --vastring and each track
have a delimeter, use 1 (2), if the artist must be like --vastring while only some tracks contain
the delimeter, use 3 (4), if no restrictions apply for the artist but all tracknames must have a
delimeter, use 5 (6) and finally, if only a few tracks contain a delimeter to be used as splitting
point, set --vatag to 7 (8). Default: not set.
--vastring string
A string (regular expression) that defines the "various artists" style, e.g. Varios|VA. Default:
\bVA\b|Variou*s|Various\sArtists
-D, --dirtemplate '"foo parameters"'
Use single and double quotes to pass the parameters of the templates! Allowed are any legal
characters, slashes for multi-level directories and following parameters: $album, $artist,
$iletter, $genre, $quality, $suffix, $trackname, $tracknum, $year and $trackno; example: '"$suffix
$quality/my_snd_dir/$iletter/$artist/$year ‐ $album"'. The parameter $iletter is the initial
letter of the artist name; $trackno is the total number of tracks of the release, this might be
helpful to distinguish different releases with exactly the same name; $quality is needed, if one
wants to encode the same format at different qualities in the same run. Note that $quality
reflects the encoder options and not the arguments of option --quality which might be set to
"off". Or state different dirtemplates: the option is an array, so one can use several different
dirtemplates in the same order as the encoders. If less dirtemplates than encoders are stated,
the last dirtemplate will be used for subsequent encoders and the wav-directory, see EXAMPLES
below. Default: '"$artist - $album"'.
-T, --tracktemplate '"foo parameters"'
See above. The tracktemplate is not an array, only one can be stated. Default: '"$tracknum
$trackname"'.
--trackoffset number
Give a trackoffset to be added to the $tracknum variable (see above). Default: 0.
--sshlist list
Comma separated list of remote machines where RipIT should encode. The output path must be the
same for all machines. Specify the login (login@machine) only if not the same for the remote
machine. Else just state the machine names. See EXAMPLES for more information, default: not set.
--scp If the file system can not be accessed on the remote machines, scp (copy) the WAV files to the
remote machines, default: off.
--local
Only used with option --sshlist; if all encoding shall be done on remote machines, use --nolocal,
default: on.
--mb Access MusicBrainz DB via WebService::MusicBrainz module instead of the http protocol (see below).
One needs the discid calculation perl module or command to be installed and in the path. Negate to
switch option off again. A non interacitve freedb lookup will be done to retrieve a genre.
Default: off.
--mbname login
Give the users MusicBrainz login name to submitt ISRCs to the database. Saved in plain when using
a config, default not set.
--mbpass password
Give the users MusicBrainz password to submitt ISRCs to the database. Saved in plain when using a
config, default not set.
--isrc number
Enable ISRC detection with number = 1 (using icedax) and submission to MusicBrainz; default: 0
-C, --cddbserver server
CDDB server, either freedb.org, freedb2.org or musicbrainz.org. Default freedb.org. Note, the
full address is "mirror".freedb.org, i. e. default is freedb.freedb.org. Exception: freedb2.org
and musicbrainz.org have no mirrors, their full addresses are: freedb2.org and
freedb.musicbrainz.org on port 80 (see transfer mode).
-t, --transfer mode
Transfer mode, cddb or http, will set default port to 8880 or 80 (for http), default: cddb. Note:
use http mode with CDDB servers freedb2.org or musicbrainz.org.
-m, --mirror mirror
Choose "freedb" or one of the possible freedb mirrors, default: freedb. For more information check
the webpage www.freedb.org. There is no list of mirrors available these days. This option might
be obsolete as freedb uses random servers, but the default setting is mandatory.
-L, --protocol level
CDDB protocol level for CDDB query. Level = 6 supports UTF-8 and level = 5 not. Use level = 5 to
suppress UTF-8. Cf. option --utftag below. Default: 6.
-P, --proxy address
The http proxy to use when accessing the cddb server. The CDDB protocol must be http! Default: not
set.
-n, --nice number
Set niceness of encoding process, default: 0.
-a, --archive
Read and save CDDB files in $HOME/.cddb/"category" directory, where the "category" is one of the
11 CDDB categories. Default: off.
-e, --eject
Ejects the CD when finished, if hardware supports it. Use --noeject to switch it off. Default:
off.
--ejectcmd command
Command to be used for ejection or loading of CD tray. Should be specified within FreeBSD even if
option --eject is not used to enable RipIT to load the CD tray. One does not need to mention the
words close or eject or options like -t, RipIT does it. Default: eject.
--ejectopt options
Options for ejection command to be used for ejection or loading of CD tray. Default: the path to
the CD device.
--halt Powers off the machine when finished if configuration supports it, default: off.
-s, --submission
Specify --nosubmission if the computer is offline and the created file cddb.toc shall be saved in
the home directory instead of being submitted. With option --archive it will also be saved in the
$HOME/.cddb directory. Note: it is really easy to resubmit incomplete CDDB entries! One can
confirm each existing field with Enter and add a missing genre or year. The purpose of this option
is also to permit the user to edit the CDDB data for the own filenames & tags and not to overwrite
the original CDDB entry! Default: on.
-M, --mail address
Users return email address, needed for submitting an entry to freedb.org. Default: not set.
-p, --playlist number
Create the m3u playlist file, or use --playlist 0. For filenames without full path use --playlist
2. Default is full path for filenames. Default 1 - on.
-A, --book number
Create an audiobook file, i. e. merge all tracks into one sinlge file, option --ghost will be
switched off and file suffix will be m4b instead of m4a. Make sure to use encoder faac, ripit will
not check for the encoder used. The installed version must support the -w option to write tags. A
chapter file will be written for chapter marks. Default: off.
-i, --interaction
Specify --nointeraction if ripit shall take the first CDDB entry found and rip without any
questioning. Default: on.
--lcd Use lcdproc to display status, default: not set.
--lcdhost
Specify the lcdproc host, default: localhost.
--lcdport
Specify the lcdport, default: 13666.
--infolog file
Log operations (system calls, file/directory creation) to file given with full path; default: not
set.
-l, --lowercase
Lowercase filenames, default: off.
-u, --underscore
Use underscores (_) instead of spaces in filenames, default: off.
--uppercasefirst
Uppercase first letter of each word in filenames and tags. Use this option if the CDDB entry is
uppercase only. Default: off.
-U, --utftag
Keep Lame-tags in UTF-8 or decode them (but not the filenames) from UTF-8 to ISO8859-1. Applies
only to mp3 (Lame). May be useful for tags with special characters and if mp3-player doesn't
support Unicode. Using Musepack one might want to pass the Musepack option --unicode to option
museopt. Default: off.
--rip Rip the CD, to be used as --norip if wav-files are present. Used for debugging. Default: not set.
--encode
Do encode the wavs. If only the wav-files shall be created, prevent encoding with --noencode (and
use option --wav, see below). Default: on.
-w, --wav
Keep the wav files after encoding instead of deleting them, default: off.
-N, --normalize
Normalizes the wave-files to a given dB-value (default: -12dB). Default: off.
This is useful when encoding
* for hardware or software that doesn't support the replaygain‐feature
* to audio formats without replaygain capabilities.
--normcmd
Command to use for normalizing, default: normalize.
-z, --normopt
Options to pass to normalize. Possible values:
-a -nndB : Normalize to -nn dB, default is -12dB,
Value range: All values <= 0dB
Example : normalize -a -20dB *.wav
-b : Batch mode ‐ loudness differences between
individual tracks of a CD are maintained
-m : Mix mode ‐ all track are normalized to the
same loudness
-v : Verbose operation
-q : Quiet operation
For further options see normalize documentation (http://normalize.nongnu.org). Please note that
normalizing to a high dB value, e.g. -6dB or less will lead to severe compression of the audio
signal, thus losing sound quality. Keeping the default value of -12dB is recommended.
Default: -b Option v (q) will be set according to verbosity chosen.
--cdtoc number
Number n = 1 to create a toc file to burn the wavs with CD-Text using cdrdao or cdrecord. Default:
off.
--inf number
Number n = 1 to create inf files to burn the wavs with CD-Text using wodim or cdrecord. Default:
off.
--cdcue number
Number n = 1 or 2 to create cue sheets to burn the wavs with CD-Text. The cue sheets will be
copied to the other file formats. Number 1 will swith option --ghost on to eliminate chunks of
silence. Number 2 is experimental but does not switch option --ghost on and may be used if number
1 fails. Default: off.
-h, --help
Print this and exit.
-V, --version
Print version and exit.
-x, --verbose number
Run silent (do not output comments, status etc.) (n = 0), with minimal output (n = 1), normal
without encoder messages (n = 2), normal (n = 3), verbose (n = 4), extremely verbose (n = 5).
Default 3.
--config
Read parameters from config file or specify --noconfig to prevent reading it. A local config file
in $HOME/.ripit/ will have higher priority, only if the local file does not exist, ripit will try
to read /etc/ripit/config. Default: on.
--save Add parameters passed on command line to an existing config file. This does not overwrite other
existing settings. Options of an existing config file will be adopted and the old file saved as
config.old. Default: off.
--savenew
Save all parameters passed on command line to a new config file, backup an existing file to
config.old. Creates a default config file if no options are passed on command line. Default: off.
--loop value
Continue ripping and encoding as soon as the previous CD finished. This option forces ejection
(--eject). The value is either 0 for normal use or 1 for standard looping. Experimental value 2
migth be used to force immediate restart of ripping process. This will spoil the output, this
will show the prompt although a child process is running (waiting for a new CD) and must be
terminated manually. Default: off.
--quitnodb value
Give up CD if no CDDB entry found. Useful if option --loop or --nointeraction are on. Default
behaviour is to let operator enter data or to use default artist, album and track names. Possible
values: 0 - off, 1 - on, default: off
--resume
Resume a previously started session. Default: off.
-O, --overwrite argument
Default behaviour of Ripit is not to overwrite existing directories, a suffix will be added if
directory name exists. Use option overwrite to prevent this and either overwrite a previous rip
(y) or force Ripit to quit (q) or even eject the disc (e). If ejection is chosen, the disc will be
ejected even if option --eject has not been switched on. Default: off (n)
--dpermission number
Change the directory permission to number. Default: 0755.
--fpermission number
Change the file permission to number. Default: 0644.
--md5sum
Create a MD5-sum file for each type of sound files.
--threads number
Comma separated list of numbers giving maximum of allowed encoders to run at the same time. In
conjunction with option sshlist the number for the local machine is mandatory and must be stated
first. Default: 1.
-X, --execmd command
State a command to be executed when ripit finshed. The same variables as in the dirtemplate can be
stated. When using MusicBrainz one can try to use $cd{asin} to get the ASIN. Make sure to escape
the command if needed. Default: not set.
--precmd command
State a command to be executed before ripping started. The same variables as in the dirtemplate
can be stated. When using MusicBrainz one can try to use $cd{asin} to get the ASIN. Make sure to
escape the command if needed. Can be used to execute a script to retrieve coverart. Default: not
set.
EXAMPLES
To specify a CD device, type
ripit --device /dev/sr1
To specify the output directory, type
ripit --outputdir /foo/paths/
To rip and encode a special track selection, type
ripit 1,3-6,8-11
To use several encoders in the same run, type
ripit --coder 1,0,2 --quality 3,5,6
To use Lame with variable bitrate (VBR), type
ripit --vbrmode new --bitrate 0
Note, one should reset the --bitrate to 0 (zero) if the -b option of Lame is not desired. According to
VBR mode in Lame, use "new" or "old".
It is recommended to use the preset switches for Lame, (see Lame man-page) and specify fast encoding with
--vbrmode new (use --vbrmode old to switch off the fast encoding)
ripit --preset extreme --vbrmode new
To pass options related to the encoder use the according encoder option switch: e.g. to use the managed
mode with oggenc:
ripit -c 1 --oggencopt "--managed -b 192 -M 224 -m 96" --quality "off"
Normalize your wave-files prior to encoding:
ripit --normalize
Normalize your files to -18dB using "mix mode" (see normalize documentation)
ripit --normalize --normopt "-m -a -18dB"
To define a directory template where the sound files should go, type
ripit --dirtemplate '"$artist - $year"'
To create 2 directory levels, as used in other environments, type
ripit --dirtemplate '"$artist/$album"'
To save a config file in ~/home/.ripit/ with options: to use Lame and Oggenc, don't create a m3u file,
archive the CDDB entry files in ~/.cddb/"category"/ and to eject CD when done, type
ripit --coder 0,1 --playlist 0 --archive --eject --save
To do the job without any interaction, type
ripit --nointeraction
To use a network for encoding, make sure that the output paths are equal on all machines!
ripit --sshlist sun,saturn,earth
where sun, saturn and earth are remote machines on which a user can login via ssh without entering a
password or passphrase! Note that the paths must be equal for the user on all remote machines! If the
login is different on some machines, try
ripit --sshlist login1@sun,login2@saturn,login3@earth
If there is "no" identical path on the remote machines, then the user might enter e.g. /tmp/ as output
directory. If the file-system is not mounted on each remote machine, one can try to copy the wavs to the
remote machines using option --scp.
ripit --sshlist sun,saturn,earth --scp
Check for ghost songs and trim very long lead-in/out:
ripit --ghost --prepend 1.0 --extend 1.0
Rip only first 30 seconds of each track (useful for testing)
ripit --span 0-30
Encode the same format in 2 qualities, at low quality for a portable, at high quality for home:
ripit --dirtemplate '"cbr/$artist/$year ‐ $album"' \
--dirtemplate '"preset/$artist ‐ $album"' \
--coder 0,0 --bitrate off --quality off,off \
--lameopt "-b 128 -q 2;--preset extreme"
Force RipIT to use one and the same directory for all sound files:
ripit --dirtemplate '"/"' --outputdir="/media/sound" \
--resume
FILES
User config file (/etc/ripit/config will only be used if there is no $HOME/.ripit/config):
$HOME/.ripit/config
/etc/ripit/config
/usr/share/doc/packages/ripit/README
/usr/share/doc/packages/ripit/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/packages/ripit/LICENSE
BUGS
Probably there are more than some.
SEE ALSO
cdparanoia(1), lame(1), oggenc(1), flac(1), normalize(1), cdda2wav(1), ffmpeg(1)
AUTHORS
RipIT is now maintained by Felix Suwald, please send bugs, wishes comments to ripit_[at]_suwald_[dot]_com
with a concise subject.
For bugs, wishes and comments about lcdproc, please contact
max.kaesbauer_[at]_gmail_[dot]_com.
Former maintainer: Mads Martin Joergensen; RipIT was originally developed by Simon Quinn.
This manpage was originally created for the Debian GNU/Linux system by help2man 1.36 and optimized by
Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie@lxtec.de>, enhanced and updated by Felix Suwald.