CDex source code is now available, see Open Source page for more details.
CDex 1.30, what is new CDex 1.30 beta 1
Avoid double dot when converting MP3 file back to WAV files
Fixed initialization problem in MPGLib which could produce artifacts
Fixed problem in ripping library that the file size was depending on Read Overlap parameter
Added logo to About box
Added initial support for CD-Text
Added initial support for CDDB submission
Added audible beep when ripping/converting is completed
ASPI retries parameter was not persistant, is fixed now
ID3 V1.1 support
Comment field of ID3 tag can be filled out in config dialog box
Windows 2000 Issues
Many people have problems running CDex with the Windows 2000 operation system. However, you have to make sure that you have installed the proper ASPI drivers that are supported under Win2K. You might try to the to install the following wnaspi32.zip file, some ppl have succesfully used it in conjunction with CDex.
What is CDex?
CDex is a freeware application, which is able to extract audio tracks from a CD-ROM digitally, and save those files to disk as either regular WAV file or MP3 files.
Why use CDex?
Well CDex can extract the data directly from an Audio CD, which is generally called an Audio CD Ripper or a CDDA utility. Of course you can do that also by recording through your sound-card However, recording by sampling the signal with your sound card implies that the signal is first has to be converted to an analog signal by the CD-ROM, which is fed into the sound-card and digitized by the sound-card. In practically all situation the quality of the recording will be deteriorated (unless you have a CD-ROM that has a digital output of course). CDex on the other hand, is reading the digital audio data directly from the disc, which can be stored in either a WAV file or a MPEG (MP2 or MP3) sound file.
