Grip (software)

Grip
	Grip 3.2
Developer(s)	Grip developers
Stable release	4.2.0 / July 14, 2020
Repository	git.code.sf.net/p/grip/code;
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux, Unix-like
Type	CD ripper
License	GNU General Public License
Website	sourceforge.net/projects/grip/

Grip is a free Compact Disc player and CD ripper.

The software is rather similar to Audiograbber on Windows - without sound card capture feature; it is fast, lightweight, and easy to compile.

Grip uses a selection of encoders, including cdparanoia.

History

The original author, Mike Oliphant, originally registered Grip as a project at SourceForge.net, the free and open-source software website, on March 17, 2000, and made pre-compiled binaries for RPM Linux distributions available. However, by mid-2005 development had stalled, and while the software was still very much usable, in effect it languished without a maintainer. In late 2016, a new maintainer, Johnny Solbu, stepped up by forking the project into "Grip 2" based on version 3.3.1 of the original. In April 2017, he gained access to the original project page and stated on the forked project page his intention on moving development back to the old project,^[1] and released v3.3.5. As of February 26, 2018, the current released version is 3.6.3. Development seems to be on-going and the current release works well.

Features

Full-featured CD player with a small screen footprint in "condensed" mode
Database lookup/submission to share track information over the net
HTTP proxy support for those behind firewalls
Loop, shuffle, and playlist modes
Ripping of single, multiple, or partial tracks
Encoding of ripped .wav files into Ogg Vorbis, MP3 or FLAC files.
Simultaneous rip and encode
Support for multiple encode processes on SMP machines
Adding ID3v1/v2 tags to MP3 files after encoded
Cooperating with DigitalDJ, a MySQL-based MP3 jukebox

Gallery

MP3 config options
Ripping options
Track listing

References

^ "Grip2". SourceForge. Retrieved 2017-04-14. We have now accuired [sic] access to the old grip project here on SF. Coding will therefore move back to the original project page

External links

"The old Grip homepage". Archived from the original on 2011-10-10.
"Grip". SourceForge. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
"MP3 MESA". SourceForge. Retrieved 2014-04-24. a fork
"Grip2". SourceForge. Retrieved 2017-01-02. a fork launched december 30, 2016

[1] "Grip2". SourceForge. Retrieved 2017-04-14. We have now accuired [sic] access to the old grip project here on SF. Coding will therefore move back to the original project page

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