CD Ripper

CD Ripper is a straightforward piece of software that integrates basic settings for grabbing audio tracks from CDs and saving them to the local disk. It can convert the files to WAV or MP3 format, depending on your preferences.

Simple setup and interface

Installing this application is a fast and simple job that shouldn't impose any difficulties. It's wrapped in a classical interface made from a single window with a plain appearance, which shows all options available.
You can select the CD device from a drop-down list, check out a list with all audio tracks available, choose the output format between WAV and MP3, as well as pick the audio settings when it comes to the quality, bit rate and channel mode.

Get track information automatically

CD Ripper can be asked to automatically retrieve album information from an online database, and it shows even cover art (if it exists). You can either rip all tracks to a specific location on the disk, or just a selected file. Unfortunately, CD Ripper doesn't implement an option for selecting multiple tracks to grab them at the same time. There are no other notable options available here.

Evaluation and conclusion

We haven't come across any issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that the tool didn't hang, crash or display error messages. Its impact on the overall performance of the machine was minimal, since it needed low CPU and memory to work properly.
On the other hand, it hasn't been updated for a very long time, and this is clearly noticeable when judging its set of features, as well as interface appearance. On top of that, it didn't work on 64-bit Windows in our tests. Nevertheless, you can test CD Ripper for yourself to make that call. After all, it's free.