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FreeRIP

CNET Editors' review

by: CNET Staff on November 08, 2008

Like a finely tuned laser, FreeRip 3 does one task: extract songs from your CDs. Fortunately, the app accomplishes its goals accurately, if not with flair, and makes for an easy-to-use audio-track ripper.

The latest version of the program features some long overdue enhancements. Chief among them is the inclusion of the WMA format, and it's hard to believe it wasn't included before. FreeRip also supports WAV, MP3, Vorbis, and FLAC. Other features include multitrack ripping and an option to use the program as an audio-file converter. The options menu is extensive and will appeal to any advanced user, since it makes most manners of customization a cinch.

The interface is well done, with big icons and a friendly main window split into two sections. The left pane lists the tracks, and the right gives you specific info on each song and has a tab to switch to CD-wide info. The toolbar has icons for all the major functions of the app as well as links to the publisher's community pages. In the end, FreeRip doesn't do anything its competitors don't, but it functions well, is uncomplicated and quick, and has no price tag.

 
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Publisher's Description

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FreeRIP is an easy-to-use Windows application that can convert audio from CD to MP3, OGG, FLAC, WAV, and WMA. It is also an MP3 converter, so it can convert MP3 to WAV, OGG to MP3, WMA to MP3, and WAV to FLAC. FreeRIP also integrates an MP3 tag editor that can handle both ID3 v1 and v2 tags, supports CD-Text and online CD databases for automatic metadata downloading. FreeRIP can download track data from the famous freedb.org, but also offers its exclusive FreeRIP CD DB which is a user-maintained database that offers a number of additional fields like lyrics, band, lyricist, etc. FreeRIP also offers advanced features such as the ability to rip multiple CD tracks to a single MP3 file, and a search shortcut menu to help you find images, videos, information and lyrics.

Despite the huge number of functions it incorporates, FreeRIP has an intuitive user interface; a toolbar with big icons and a main window divided into two parts, the first of which lists the tracks and the second part gives specific information on each track. FreeRIP natively supports multiple languages such as English, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

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  • 4.0 stars

    "People need to read more before posting comments"

    May 6, 2012  |   By Noblel0x

    Version: FreeRIP 3.66

    Pros

    It does the job, and it is not too bad an interface, tries to keep it simple and user friendly, but makes it that bit more convoluted for more advanced users, but hey it's free!

    Cons

    Yes it wants to install a toolbar - BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU CAN SAY 'NO'
    Yes it is slow - BUY THE FULL VERSION IF YOU WANT SPEED!

    Listen people, hard to believe, but companies don't write software for the happiness it brings, they want to sell it, and this App, does the "Buy the full version" nagging as nicely as you can hope for. It does not limit how much you convert, it just slows it a little. If speed is all important, then buy the full version, is that too much to ask?

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Does exactly what I needed to do"

    May 1, 2012  |   By norlandls1

    Version: FreeRIP 3.66

    Pros

    Easy to use

    Cons

    Somewhat slow

    Summary

    Great product

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  • 5.0 stars

    "best free software on for audio and video ripping"

    April 30, 2012  |   By vikram thakur

    Version: FreeRIP 3.66

    Pros

    solves all audio video problems

    Cons

    none till i found in it

    Summary

    one of the best and workable free software for all audio video solutions.i have tried many others software regarding audio video this one is the best and free.

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  • 1.0 stars

    "Crashed every time I tried to convert a WAV file."

    April 5, 2012  |   By jbach45

    Version: FreeRIP 3.66

    Pros

    Free,easy to download.

    Cons

    Didn't work at all.

    Summary

    If you want a free program that doesn't work, this is the one for you.

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  • 5.0 stars

    "Good for me"

    March 29, 2012  |   By rosiejim

    Version: FreeRIP 3.66

    Pros

    Did exactly what I wanted , converting wma to mp3 . Easy enough to understand and very fast .

    Cons

    Nagging info about the pro version ; just click on past it .

    Summary

    Perfect for me , could not fault it .


    Tried Koyote CD Ripper - what a mess now . Used it before and it was fine , what are they messing it up for ? Will never try Koyote again .

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  • 1.0 stars

    "slow and inefficient"

    March 22, 2012  |   By XuZ4aoZ8

    Version: FreeRIP 3.66

    Pros

    easy to use

    Cons

    very slow, inefficient

    Summary

    skip it

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  • 3.0 stars

    "Tries to install Yahoo Search bar"

    March 2, 2012  |   By Maximus929

    Version: FreeRIP 3.66

    Pros

    I'm sure it works great just fine like everyone says but 2.5 immediate points off for attempting to load a bunch of junk into my browsers. The default case just lists a bunch of stuff to install including "toolbars" which I recognized as code for "Get ready to have Yahoo et all slammed at ya whether you like it or not! Have fun getting rid of it.

    Cons

    The default case just lists a bunch of stuff to install including "toolbars" which I recognized as code for "Get ready to have Yahoo et all slammed at ya whether you like it or not! Have fun getting rid of it.
    Hate software that does this stuff - and they're pretty sneaky about it.

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  • 4.0 stars

    "Exactly what I needed"

    March 1, 2012  |   By ann spain

    Version: FreeRIP 3.66

    Pros

    And did exactly what I wanted

    Cons

    none at all

    Summary

    I needed to convert flac files to mp3 and never having heard of a flac file before this program had me doing this straight away and for free too. How brill is that. Thank you so much

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  • 3.0 stars

    "Does the job"

    February 21, 2012  |   By makkeliane

    Version: FreeRIP 3.66

    Pros

    stable and reasonable fast

    Cons

    poor user interface

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  • 2.0 stars

    "Forces rip @ 192 kbps; questionable privacy"

    February 20, 2012  |   By haiducel

    Version: FreeRIP 3.65

    Pros

    It may well work if you only need a simple rip.

    Cons

    The MP3 rip rate is 192 kbps. Won't go higher as I need it to. Also, the EULA says "It does not collect any personally identifiable information from or about you," and "FreeRip does not collect any personally identifiable information about you (such as your name, email address, etc.). The only information collected from you are general preferences you may supply during the setup process and your IP address, and none of that information is attributable to you specifically."

    Yet paragraph 2 also says "Your IP address may also be used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information that is anonymous in nature and is not associated with particular individuals. Other anonymous information may be gathered for use in providing advertisements." Being identified and kept anonymous? Would you trust that contradictory guarantee? I don't.

    Summary

    Might give you a cookie cutter rip at mediocre quality, but don't expect your Internet usage will be anonymous while FreeRips tracks it.

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