Asunder (software)

Asunder
Asunder 2.9.5 (2019-10) (running on GNOME with default GTK theme)
Original author	Andrew Smith
Stable release	3.0.1 [1]   / 26 July 2023;2 years ago (26 July 2023)
Repository	littlesvr.ca/prog/asunder
Written in	C (GTK2) [2]
Operating system	Linux, BSDs
Platform	GTK
Type	CD ripper
License	GNU GPL v2
Website	littlesvr.ca/asunder

Asunder is a free and open-source graphical (GTK 2) ^[2] audio CD ripper program for Unix-like systems. It doesn't have dependencies to the GNOME libraries (GStreamer and dconf) or libraries of other desktop environments. ^[3] It functions as a front-end for cdparanoia. ^[2]

Its first version was released in January 2005. ^[4] Asunder is free software released under the GNU General Public License version 2. ^[5]

Features

• Saves audio tracks as WAV, MP3, Vorbis, FLAC, Opus, WavPack, Musepack, AAC, or Monkey's Audio files
• Uses CDDB protocol to name and tag each track (freedb.freac.org) is the changeable default source)
• Creates M3U playlists
• Encodes to multiple formats in one session
• Simultaneously rips and encodes
• Can encode to multiple formats in one session
• Allows for each track to be tagged by a different artist
• Does not require a specific desktop environment (just GTK)

See also

• Linux portal
• Free and open-source software portal

• Sound Juicer – The official CD ripper of GNOME
• Other CD rippers for Linux

References

1. "ChangeLog" . Retrieved 19 September 2023.
2. "Debian -- Details of package asunder in bullseye" . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
3. "Project homepage" . Retrieved 29 August 2016.
4. "Asunder: Downloads" . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
5. "COPYING file on project homepage".

External links

littlesvr.ca/asunder