Play, rip and burn CDs

Xubuntu is able to play CDs and to copy tracks from them to your computer («ripping»).

Ripping audio CDs

If you would like to keep a copy of an audio CD on your computer without needing to insert the CD to listen to it, it is possible to rip or extract the music onto your computer.

By default, Xubuntu does not include an application to extract audio CDs onto your computer. However, you can easily install the Sound Juicer CD Extractor application, which is able to rip CDs.

Once installed, you can start Sound Juicer manually by choosing ApplicationsMultimediaSound Juicer CD Extractor. Alternatively, once installed it should start automatically when you insert an audio CD.

To start ripping your audio CD, make sure the tracks that you want to rip are selected, then click the Extract button or press Ctrl+Enter. The ripping process may take a while to complete.

You can use the preferences window to control where the extracted audio files are stored on your computer, the filename of extracted audio files, and the file format and codec used for the files. In the main window, choose EditPreferences.

Sound Juicer can extract audio files to the following formats:

  • Ogg Vorbis - A patent-free lossy audio compression format, which typically produces higher quality and greater compression than MP3.

  • FLAC - The Free Lossless Audio Codec. It can compress audio files up to 50% without removing any information from the audio stream.

  • WAV - Typically used for voice recordings. Sound Juicer uses this format for low quality mono audio files.

You can also extract CD audio files to the proprietary, non-free MP3 format. Instructions on how to rip to the MP3 format are in the help for Sound Juicer. Choose HelpContents and navigate to the Preferences section.

More information on choosing an audio format can be found on the Vorbis and FLAC websites.

Burning Audio CDs

You can burn audio CDs of your music using a program called Brasero which is included in Xubuntu by default. To launch Brasero select ApplicationsMultimediaBrasero Disc Burning.

Once Brasero has launched select Audio Project from the main screen. Select the files you would like to burn on to your CD from the right area of the window and drag them over to the left area which shows the current contents of you audio CD project.

Once you are ready to burn your CD project on to a disc, make sure that there is a blank CD-R in your CD burner and click Burn.

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The status bar next to the Burn button allows you to see how much space your project will take up when it is burned to a CD. That way you can fit as many songs as possible into your project.

You can also use Brasero to:

  • Make exact copies of audio CDs - select Disc copy from the main screen

  • Back up your data or store files on CDs - select Data Project from the main screen

  • Burn a Disc Image on to a CD - select Burn Image from the main screen