ripit VS whipper

This utility used to work wonders, too. Should still work despite what looks like the author moving on: https://github.com/blabber/ripit

Whipper, which according to the webpage 'is a Python 3 (3.6+) CD-DA ripper based on the morituri project (CDDA ripper for *nix systems aiming for accuracy over speed).' ... '

This tool will dump subchannel data: https://github.com/superg/redumper

Be aware that the dumps are pretty huge, and requires a compatible optical drive to work, and take a while to generate.

If you just want pure audio data, something like: https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper may be better, but also has drive restrictions.

I've been using https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper to digitize CD's, and it supports identifying Hidden Track One Audio (HTOA) when it exists and is not blank.

Add in MusicBrainz Picard and Navidrome and you have a really nice solution.

https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper

https://github.com/thomas-mc-work/most-possible-unattended-r...

Finding a good CD drive to rip them is the first step.

https://flemmingss.com/importing-data-from-discogs-and-other...

IME Discogs had the track data most often.

And obviously rip to flac

I have a music library on my home server that I use mopidy to play via the iris plugin integrated into my home assistant UI. It plays over Snapcast which streams over the network to multiple devices in the home with independent volume control. I can fire up the Snapcast client in my phone to get it going there as well, which does work over vpn if I'm away, though I generally just fire up the files from my phones SD card for out-of-home listening. I recently started using whipper on Linux to extract audio from craigslist cds.

https://mopidy.com/

https://mopidy.com/ext/iris/

https://github.com/badaix/snapcast

https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper

It's a Linux app that does CD Ripping. It runs in command line and can basically be semi automatic. https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper

A drive to read CDs and Whipper (automatic bit-perfect checks, conversion to FLAC, and playlist file creation)

(eg. It's the first listed option for Whipper, which is the closest open-source alternative to Exact Audio Copy and a Python project with a ton of C dependencies... and I say this as someone who dislikes Docker enough that I still went through the hassle of the "Building" section.)