{"slug": "abcde", "name": "abcde", "category": "terminal", "category_name": "Terminal and shell", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 2.833, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2026-01-14", "latest": "2026-10-02", "why": "I highly recommend anyone amassing a CD rip collection take a look at it, both are still packaged in present-day Ubuntu.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I highly recommend anyone amassing a CD rip collection take a look at it, both are still packaged in present-day Ubuntu.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "die.net", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://abcde.einval.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["abcde"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 761672880, "item_id": 47604555, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47604555", "by": "Rotundo", "date": "2026-04-01", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For command line you won't go wrong with abcde", "excerpt": "For command line you won't go wrong with abcde (\"A Better CD Encoder\") or cdparanoia if you don't need all the bells and whistles. 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There are a lot of places where errors can be introduced: the quality of the CD drive, the condition of the disc itself, how fast the drive is spinning for the rip, etc. I didn't think this was a big issue until I got a load of cheap used discs, started ripping them with ", "context": "", "use_case": "CD ripping with tagging", "switched_from": "", "story": "AI Generated Music Barred from Bandcamp"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["cd ripping", "cli cd ripping", "ripping cds to wav", "cd ripping with tagging"], "compared": [{"slug": "cdparanoia", "name": "cdparanoia", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46605490", "title": "AI Generated Music Barred from Bandcamp", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49932048", "title": "Why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603237", "title": "Going from streaming music to collecting CDs", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 1}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 798916208, "item_id": 49932263, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49932263", "by": "pkthunder", "date": "2026-10-02", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "I\u2019d love to. 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