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Current Top 10 players:

1. Windows Media Player (66.9%)

2. RealPlayer (39.4%)

3. iTunes (26.8%)

4. RecordNow (23.1%)

5. Nero & Nero Ultra (19.5%)

6. MusicMatch (11.5%)

7. WinAmp (10.1%)

8. MSN Music Assistant (8.7%)

9. Rhapsody (8.7%)

10. Creative MediaSource (6.5%)

 

 

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The following table lists the most popular CD rippers and players in todays use along with the metadata providers that they use.

Please feel free to tell us of any additions or changes to this list as per below.

 

Ripper

Metadata provider

Cover Art?

Ripstation Micro

FreeDB, GD3

Y

Ripstation 4.2

FreeDB, GD3, AMG

Y

Ripstation Lite Pro

FreeDB, GD3

Y

Real Player

AMG

N

Rhapsody

AMG

Y

MediaMonkey

FreeDB

O

EAC

FreeDB

N

AudioGrabber

FreeDB

N

DB Poweramp

AMG, FreeDB

Y(AMG)

Winamp

Gracenote

N

Express Rip

FreeDB

N

iTunes

Gracenote for textual fields, cover art is stored by iTunes database

Y

Creative Media Source

Gracenote

N

Napster

Gracenote

N

RipEditBurn

Gracenote

N

Free-Rip

FreeDB

N

Riptastic

FreeDB

N

Windows Media Player

Own database using AMG and other sources combined

Y

SurfSecret Rip 1.0

FreeDB

N

Cd to Mp3 maker

FreeDB

N

iriver plus

Gracenote

N

Power Cd to Mp3

FreeDB

N

Crystal Software Cd ripper

FreeDB

N

Armsoft Cd Ripper

FreeDB

N

Visual Mp3 4.3.1

FreeDB

N

Easy Cd Ripper

FreeDB         

N

Mp3 Producer

FreeDB

N

Fast Ripper 1.7

FreeDB

N

AlltoMp3

FreeDB

N

Mp3 Workshop

FreeDB

N

Cd copy 4.950

FreeDB

N

Zlurp

FreeDB textual , Cd Universe artwork

Y

Audio Converter

FreeDB

N

Advanced Cd Ripper

FreeDB

N

CDex 1.51

FreeDB

N

Cool Cd ripper

FreeDB

N

Go Go Cd Ripper

FreeDB

N

Power enc 2.3

FreeDB

N
SimpleCenter AMG
Y
Verizon V Cast AMG
N
J River Media Centre YADB (proprietary)
N

 

Can you add to this list? Simple email the ripper or player name and its database source to provider at ripfactory.com and we'll post the changes here.