NAME¶

whipper - A CD ripping utility focusing on accuracy over speed

SYNOPSIS¶

whipper [subcommand]
whipper [-R] [-v] [-h] [-e {never failure success always}]

DESCRIPTION¶

whipper is a CD ripping utility focusing on accuracy over speed that
supports multiple features. As such, whipper:

* Detects correct read offset (in samples)
* Detects whether ripped media is a CD-R
* Has ability to defeat cache of drives
* Performs Test & Copy rips
* Verifies rip accuracy using the AccurateRip database
* Uses MusicBrainz for metadata lookup
* Supports reading the pre-emphasis flag embedded into some CDs (and


correctly tags the resulting rip)


* Detects and rips non digitally silent Hidden Track One Audio (HTOA)
* Provides batch ripping capabilities
* Provides templates for file and directory naming
* Supports lossless encoding of ripped audio tracks (FLAC)
* Allows extensibility through external logger plugins

OPTIONS¶

-h | --help


Show this help message and exit

-e | --eject  never failure success always


When to eject disc (default: success)

-c | --drive-auto-close True False


Whether to auto close the drive's tray before reading a CD
(default: True)

-R | --record


Record API requests for playback

-v | --version


Show version information

SUBCOMMANDS¶

whipper gives you a tree of subcommands to work with, namely:

* accurip
* cd
* drive
* image
* mblookup
* offset

For more details on these subcommands, see their respective man pages.

BUGS¶

Bugs can be reported to your distribution's bug tracker or upstream
at https://github.com/whipper-team/whipper/issues.

SEE ALSO¶

whipper-accurip(1), whipper-cd(1), whipper-drive(1), whipper-image(1), whipper-mblookup(1), whipper-offset(1)

AUTHOR¶

Louis-Philippe Véronneau