CDex can extract the data directly (digital) from an Audio CD, which is generally called a CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. Advanced jitter correction (based on the cd-paranoia ripping library). The resulting audio file can be a plain WAV file (useful for making compilation audio CDs) or the ripped audio data can be compressed using an audio encoder (MP3 and other). CDex also supports many audio file tag formats like the ID3V1 and ID3V2 tags, which can be automatically inserted as part of the ripping process. In addition, WAV files on the hard drive can be converted to a Compressed Audio File. Many encoders are supported, to name a few: Lame MP3 encoder Internal MP2 encoder APE lossles audio format Ogg Vorbis encoder The Windows MP3 encoder (Fraunhofer MP3 encoder) NTT VQF encoder FAAC encoder Windows WMA8 encoder Feature List: Direct recording of multiple tracks Read / store album information from/to the cdplayer.ini file Read / store album information from/to a local and/or remote CD Database (CDDB) Support CD-Text (if your CD-drive supports it) Indicates track progress and jitter control Normalization of audio signal Supports many CD-Drive from many manufacters Conversion of external WAV files Support for M3U and PLS play list files Serveral languages are supported Size (RAR): 5 Mb 5% recovery record