dBpoweramp Music Converter R2025.02.07

dBpoweramp is a collection of fully integrated audio software from Illustrate, written by Spoon. The main dBpoweramp product is dBpoweramp Music Converter, with many additional add-ons available. dBpoweramp CD Ripper is the corner stone of dBpoweramp Music Converter's suite of audio tools, designed to meet the needs of hobbyists, enthusiasts or audio professionals. Key features include PerfectMeta, AccurateRip, Secure Ripping, Multi-CPU Encoding.

No other audio program converts more multi-format audio files than dBpoweramp, illustrate's range of audio applications are the benchmark in their respective fields, with over 15 years of expertise perfecting CD Ripping & Audio Conversion. Audio conversion perfected, effortlessly convert between formats. dBpoweramp Music Converter has become 'the standard' tool for audio conversions. dBpoweramp CD Ripper is for those who take ripping seriously, dBpoweramp CD Ripper rips Audio CDs fast and bitperfect. PerfectMeta uses 4 providers: AMG, GD3, MusicBrainz and freedb simultaneously, has high resolution Album Art and extended fields. AccurateRip compares the results of CD rips with a database of CD rips by other users to see if the rip is accurate. Secure Ripping utilizes AccurateRip and CD ripping algorithms to accurately and securely rip audio CDs.

Changes in R2025.02.07:

Naming Page, example box disabled to avoid editing confusion
Updated Control Centre to better show updates
bug fix: CD Ripper default showed 1000x1000 750KB album art but was defaulting to 800x800 and 500KB
ID3 do not toggle ID3v2.4 unsynchronization on frames not being altered
Album art internet search updated, now obtains better results
wavpack updated to WavPack 5.8.1
Opus updated to 1.5.2
Added Speex encoder 1.2.1 (also 64 bit) [windows only]
Monkeys Audio updated to 10.92
Added Musepack encoder to standard install [Windows only]
CD Ripper: Shows on ripping log other encoders if using multi-encoder, also DSP effects in log are more human readable
CD Ripper: Discogs added UPC + Label reading
CD Ripper: Manual Metadata lookup added barcode lookup
CD Ripper: Bar Code Scanner / Input added - When the option Bar Code is enabled under Active Providers, a dialog will display when each CD is inserted, allowing the inputting of Bar Code. Entering such improves accuracy of metadata retrieval. If have a USB bar code scanner (costing about $20) scan the bar code on the back of the CD case. Barcode is stored as UPC ID Tag.