While CD ripping is a key component of fre:ac, it is not the end of the story the app also functions as an audio converter. Thanks to CDDB/freedb title database support, fre:ac takes care of this for you, automatically grabbing track titles and artist names for you. One of the things that puts some people off the idea of ripping their CD collection is the perception that there will be the arduous task of tagging and labelling everything correctly. This free, open source program lets you quickly and easily convert your audio CDs into a variety of formats including MP3, WMA and more.
Rather than relying on this physical medium every time you want to listen to something, why not digitise your album collections and store it on your hard drive – or even in the cloud? CDs may largely have gone the way of the dinosaurs, but even if you no longer buy them, the chances are you still have a few audio discs knocking around.
