If you’re a music lover, then you know that ripping CDs is a great way to get all of your favorite tunes onto your computer. But if you’re not familiar with the Linux audio ripping software Sound Juicer, now is the time to learn about it. Sound Juicer is a powerful and easy-to-use Linux audio ripping software that can rip CDs and DVDs in minutes. It’s perfect for anyone who wants to rip music from digital files, whether they’re CD-R or DVD-R discs. Sound Juicer also has some great features that make it an excellent choice for music lovers. For example, it can automatically detect which tracks on a disc are audio tracks and extract them automatically. It also includes an automatic subtitle translation feature so that you can easily rip subtitles into your favorite language. If you’re looking for an easy way to rip CDs and DVDs in Linux, then Sound Juicer is the perfect choice for you!
Install Sound Juicer
Sound Juicer is not installed by default in a lot of distributions so it may need to be installed from the distribution’s software repository. Start by opening up the software manager that comes with your distribution.
Note: The screenshots show mintInstall that comes with Linux Mint 9.
Search for “sound-juicer” in the software manager. For some reason searching for “juicer” and “sound juicer” did not bring up any results so make sure you include the dash when searching.
Once you find the right program simply click install to download and install the latest version available in your repositories.
Launch Sound Juicer
Once the software is installed go back to the menu to open the program. In Linux Mint and Ubuntu, Sound Juicer shows up as “Audio CD Extractor”. Search for it in the mintMenu or in Ubuntu find it under Applications -> Sound & Video.
If there is no CD in the drive the program won’t have much to look at.
Once an audio CD is inserted Sound Juicer should automatically detect your CD and fill in the information for title, artist, year, and track information.
Sound Juicer connects to MusicBrainz to determine the CD information. If the CD cannot be found in the MusicBrainz database you will have the option to fill in the CD information manually and submit the album for future users.
Customizing CD Rips
If you want to use a different CD drive, change the music folder or naming of your ripped music, or change what format the music is ripped in, click on Edit -> Preferences.
Click on “Edit Profiles” to change advanced settings about how music is ripped. There are some ripping profiles installed by default and the profiles can easily be added or removed.
In Ubuntu, to enable the MP3 and AAC ripping you will need to install the restricted-extras package from the Synaptic Package Manager or it can be installed directly from FireFox using the Ubuntu community documentation.
Highlight one of the profiles and click “Edit” to change the name, description, and GStreamer command that runs to rip the music.
Once everything is set up, click “Extract” to begin ripping the CD. Depending on the settings, the CD will rip and eject as soon as it is done. Put in the next CD and the computer do all the work!
If you would like to keep up with Sound Juicer development or make a donation to the developer you can find the website here.
