cdparanoia
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Jan 14, 2026first mention
Apr 1, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“or cdparanoia if you don't need all the bells and whistles”
“There's a tool called cdparanoia[1] whose goal is to babysit the CD drive and ensure that it gets a complete, perfect, uninterrupted stream of bits off the drive”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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All comments 2
“or cdparanoia if you don't need all the bells and whistles”
“There's a tool called cdparanoia[1] whose goal is to babysit the CD drive and ensure that it gets a complete, perfect, uninterrupted stream of bits off the drive”