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whipper - A CD ripping utility focusing on accuracy over speed

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

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

-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

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

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

Louis-Philippe Véronneau

2020