On Thursday 13 January 2011 13:37:04 Joerg Schilling wrote: > "J. Roeleveld" <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > > From the FAQ on cdparanoia's website (http://xiph.org/paranoia/faq.html) > > it looks like that it's not based on cdda2wav, but actually uses a > > re-write of cdda2wav since January 1998. > > > > If this is the case, does it still have inferior quality compared to > > cdda23wav? > > This is not true, it uses the mainly unmodified code from cdda2wav and just > added the paranoia code (written nonportably and such only usable if you > compile with gcc on Linux and a few other OS) and cdparanoia restructured > the "open device" code compared to the old cdda2wav. > > cdda2wav gives inferior quality compared to cdparanoia and is still > actively maintained. > > Jörg
Thank you :) I never really checked, just found that it worked better then other tools that were available when I wanted to convert my CDs to MP3. I'll look into the others and see if I actually hear a difference personally. If yes, I'll have another project... -- Joost
