Rip Audio CDs to lossless FLAC for long-term music archiving
EZ CD Audio Converter creates lossless FLAC archives from Audio CDs while preserving the original CD audio quality. FLAC is ideal when you want a permanent digital music library that saves space compared with WAV but keeps the original PCM audio intact.
Album metadata, track titles and cover artwork can be downloaded before ripping. CD-Text, ISRC, UPC/EAN and pre-gap information can also be preserved when the disc and drive provide it.
Why FLAC is a good CD archive format
Audio CDs contain uncompressed 16-bit / 44.1 kHz PCM audio. FLAC stores that audio losslessly, meaning it is suitable for accurate long-term archives and later conversion to MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, Opus or other formats.
- Lossless archive: keeps the CD audio without lossy compression.
- Smaller than WAV: saves storage while preserving audio quality.
- Metadata support: stores album, artist, track and cover information.
- Future-proof workflow: convert FLAC archives later to portable formats.
How to rip a CD to FLAC
- Insert the Audio CD into the drive.
- Open the Audio CD Ripper.
- Download or edit album metadata and cover artwork.
- Select FLAC as the output format.
- Choose FLAC compression and start secure ripping.
Create FLAC archives and MP3 listening copies
A practical workflow is to rip Audio CDs to FLAC for permanent storage and create MP3 copies for portable devices, cars and everyday playback. This keeps the archive lossless while still making the music easy to use everywhere.
Audio Quality Perfected
- Ultra precise (64-bit floating point) audio engine
- Professional quality sample rate converter
- Lossless FLAC output from Audio CDs
- Secure CD extraction with two-pass CRC verification
- Preserve metadata, album art, CD-Text and ISRC
- Create FLAC archives for later MP3, AAC or Opus conversion
- High-precision audio conversion with gapless handling for supported formats
- High quality dithering (RTN, RPDF, TPDF, Noise-shaped)
- Built-in audio codecs with no external codec packs required
- Audio data is always transferred in ultra-precise 64-bit floating point accuracy during audio conversions
DSP Digital signal processing
- EBU R 128 | ReplayGain v2 loudness metadata scanning
- EBU R 128 | ReplayGain v2 loudness normalization
- Integrated [I]
- Top of Loudness Range [ToLR]
- Peak limiting (Sample Peak & True Peak)
- Sample Peak and True Peak normalization
- Leading and Trailing Silence Removal
- Fade In/Out effects
- De-emphasis for Audio CDs with pre-emphasis
Metadata Create complete lossless FLAC albums
Support for CD metadata, track information, album artwork and audio tags helps keep the FLAC archive organized. The metadata editor lets you add, modify and save tags before or after ripping CDs.
Online metadata services
Download high-quality metadata and album artwork from multiple online metadata services. Metadata can be fetched automatically or searched manually using keywords, helping you keep converted files clean and organized.
Get metadata from
GD3, MusicBrainz, Discogs, Deezer, Amazon
Built-in Audio Codecs for Lossless CD to FLAC Conversion
All audio codecs are included within the software. There is no need to get additional audio codecs from external sources.
All encoders and decoders work in high-resolution mode using 32-bit floating-point or better accuracy. High-resolution mode helps avoid unnecessary processing loss when converting from lossless, lossy and high-resolution sources.
Lossy and DSD codecs
| Encoder | Input bit depth | Encoder precision |
|---|---|---|
| AAC-LC & HE-AAC (v2) | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| xHE-AAC | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| MP3 | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| DSD | 32-bit floating point | 64-bit floating point |
| Vorbis | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Opus | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Musepack | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| AC3 | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Decoder | Output bit depth | Decoder precision |
|---|---|---|
| AAC-LC & HE-AAC (v2) | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| xHE-AAC | 32-bit | 32-bit |
| MP3 | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| DSD | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Vorbis | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Opus | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| Musepack | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
| AC3 | 32-bit floating point | 32-bit floating point |
Lossless Audio Conversion for FLAC, WAV, ALAC and AIFF
Lossless FLAC output preserves the source PCM audio while keeping files smaller than uncompressed WAV. FLAC archives can later be converted to MP3, AAC, Opus, Apple Lossless or other formats.
Supported Output Audio Formats
Supported Input Audio Formats
Sample rates
Sample rates
Bit depths
Bit depths
Channels
Mono
Stereo
4.0 Quad
5.0
5.1
6.1
7.1
Channels
Mono
Stereo
4.0 Quad
5.0
5.1
6.1
7.1
CD to FLAC Converter FAQ
How do I rip a CD to FLAC?
Insert the Audio CD, open the Audio CD Ripper, choose FLAC as the output format, select compression settings and start ripping.
Is FLAC lossless for CD ripping?
Yes. FLAC is a lossless format, so CD audio can be stored without lossy compression.
Can I download metadata and album art when ripping CDs?
Yes. Metadata and album artwork can be downloaded from online metadata services and written to the ripped FLAC files.
Can I rip CDs to both FLAC and MP3?
Yes. You can create lossless FLAC archives and MP3 listening copies from the same CD collection.
Does the CD ripper create logs?
Yes. Detailed CD information and ripping status can be saved into a CD ripping log file.
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