CDex can extract the data directly (digital) from an Audio CD, which is generally called a CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. Advanced jitter correction (based on the cd-paranoia ripping library). The resulting audio file can be a plain WAV file (useful for making compilation audio CDs) or the ripped audio data can be compressed using an audio encoder (MP3, FLAC, AAC, WMA or OGG). CDex also supports many audio file tag formats like the ID3V1 and ID3V2 tags, which can be automatically inserted as part of the ripping process. In addition, WAV files on the hard drive can be converted to a Compressed Audio File.
Many encoders are supported, to name a few: Lame MP3 encoder 3.99.5 - MPEG Audio Layer III (.mp3) FLAC encoder 1.31 - Free Lossless Audio Codec (.flac) Ogg Vorbis encoder - Ogg 1.3.2 and Vorbis 1.3.4 (.ogg .oga) Monkey's Audio encoder - Lossless Audio(.ape) Microsoft WMA encoder - Windows Media Audio (.wma) Internal MP2 encoder - MPEG Audio Layer 2 (.mp2) Yamaha VQF encoder - TwinVQ (.vqf) Astrid / Quartex AAC encoder Psytel AAC encoder External Xing encoder WAV output encoder FAAC encoder - Freeware Advanced Audio Coder FAAD2 decoder Gogo-no-coda encoder External musepack encoder NTT VQF encoder Windows MP3 encoder (Fraunhofer MP3 encoder) Windows WMA8 encoder
Feature List: Direct recording of multiple tracks Read / store album information from/to the cdplayer.ini file Read / store album information from/to a local and/or remote CD Database (CDDB) Support CD-Text (if your CD-drive supports it) Indicates track progress and jitter control Normalization of audio signal Supports many CD-Drive from many manufacters Conversion of external WAV files Support for M3U and PLS play list files Serveral languages are supported
With the help of CDex, the ripped tracks can be normalized to level the audio signal. The application can also convert WAV files stored on your PC or on a remote system. Insofar as the audio information accompanying the extracted tracks is concerned, this utility can handle various file tag formats, including ID3v1 and ID3v2. Thus, the song data can be added during the ripping process. Another function that may come in handy, even if it is rather unexpected to find it in such a software application, is the recording capability. Therefore, you can use it to capture sound from a device connected via an analog input line. As soon as a CD is loaded, you can view and store the tracks' information. An important mention is that the program supports Compact Disc Database (CCDB) and can easily retrieve the song details. CDex comes with many goodies, including a built-in media player and it has the ability to create music playlists in PLS or M3U format. The software application is especially designed for ripping sound tracks from any disc and it also packs a set of features for editing the output files. A user-friendly interface greets you as soon as the installation is complete.
CDex is being constantly updated, and its last versions included encoder updates, better configuration settings, improvements to CDDB querying, added new installer languages, updated CD-ROM drive offsets and added new installer languages. Moreover, CDex is completely free and open-source!
Changelog -Bug fix release -Updated to FLAC 1.3.2 encoder -Updates to Ogg and Vorbis -Updated VC redistributable -Added new layout features -Several bug fixes
