summary

To almost quote Wikipedia, ripping is the process of copying input audio or video content (typically from an optical disc such as a CD or DVD) and outputting to a "normal" storage filesystem. Ripping is typically more difficult than simple file copying (as when copying files from a flash drive or external hard drive) in that

Hence ripping audio or video involves at least 3 separate problems:

  1. reading the optical disc
  2. writing to the desired output format
  3. gathering (or ?authoring) metadata

Fortunately we Debian users have access to many services and software packages to assist us with these problems.

ripping audio CDs

ripping audio CDs with abcde

TODO!

ripping video DVDs

TODO!

See also