Rip CD from command line

Rip CD from command line

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With Piso, you can rip Audio CD to musical files from command line. It can rip CD to mp3, flac, ape, wma, or wav files. By default, each track in the disc will be ripped to a separate musical files. However, you can also rip all tracks in the disc to a single musical file. In such case, a cue file will be created to describe tracks format.

The output file name formats can be changed in PowerISO configuration dialog box. Click "View or change configuration" on how to change PowerISO configurations.

Usage: piso rip <source drive:> [-switches]

<Switches>

-od: Specify output folder. Use this option if you want to rip each track in the disc to a separate musical file.
-o: Specify output file name. Use this option if you want to rip all tracks in the disc to a single file.
-ot < mp3 | flac | ape | wma | wav>: Specify output musical file type.
-rip-to-single-file: Rip all tracks in the disc to a single musical file.

Example1: Rip Audio CD to mp3 files from command line. Each track will be ripped to a separate mp3 file. The disc is in drive E:. The output file will be saved in c:\test\rip .

Command: piso rip E: -od c:\test\rip -ot mp3

Example2: Rip Audio CD to flac files from command line. Each track will be ripped to a separate flac file. The disc is in drive E:. The output file will be saved in c:\test\rip .

Command: piso rip E: -od c:\test\rip -ot flac

Example3: Rip Audio CD to ape files from command line. Each track will be ripped to a separate ape file. The disc is in drive E:. The output file will be saved in c:\test\rip .

Command: piso rip E: -od c:\test\rip -ot ape

Example4: Rip Audio CD to wma files from command line. Each track will be ripped to a separate wma file. The disc is in drive E:. The output file will be saved in c:\test\rip .

Command: piso rip E: -od c:\test\rip -ot wma

Example5: Rip Audio CD to wav files from command line. Each track will be ripped to a separate wav file. The disc is in drive E:. The output file will be saved in c:\test\rip .

Command: piso rip E: -od c:\test\rip -ot wav

Example6: Rip Audio CD to a single flac file from command line. All tracks in the disc will be ripped to a single flac file. The disc is in drive E:. The output file will be saved in c:\test\rip\new.flac. A cue file will be created to describe the tracks format.

Command: piso rip E: -od c:\test\rip\new.flac -ot flac -rip-to-single-file