cdgtools - CD+G Ripper for Linux

Introduction

cdgtools is a suite of tools for handling CD+G karaoke disks and files.

cdgrip:

cdgrip is a tool for ripping your CD+G disks and encoding them to MP3+G files on your hard disk. cdrdao is used to initially rip the CD to a binary file on your hard disk, and cdgrip then scans the binary file to encode the audio and graphics to .mp3 and .cdg files.

Encodes to MP3+G
Looks up tracknames in CDDB
Supports deinterleaved RW subchannel mode CD/DVD drives
Supports interleaved RW subchannel mode CD/DVD drives using software-deinterleave
Command line and GUI versions
Runs on Linux / any operating system that supports cdrdao

cdg2bin:

cdg2bin is the reverse tool of cdgrip. It can be used to create your own CD+G disks from your collection of ogg+cdg or mp3+cdg files. You can pass a list of karaoke song files to it, and it will create a binary file ready for burning by cdrdao. It even accepts tracks which are contained within .zip, .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 archives.

Creates CD+G disks from your collection of karaoke songs
Accepts songs encoded in both MP3+G and OGG+G formats
Supports songs contained within archives (.zip, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2)
Handles byte-swapping to ensure data is correctly ordered for your platform
Supports deinterleaved RW subchannel mode CD/DVD drives
Interleaved RW mode CD/DVD drive support coming soon
Runs on Linux / any operating system that supports cdrdao

cdg2text:

cdg2text is a debugging tool to convert your binary .cdg files to a textual representation.

News

02/06/2009: cdgtools v0.3.2 has been released. Adds support for the latest versions of Lame (v3.98) and WxPython (v2.8). Download it here.

08/07/2008: cdgtools v0.3.1 has been released. Minor fixes to the CDG ripper GUI this time.

27/06/2008: It is now possible to convert your CD+G files to MPEG, AVI and other formats using the new PyKaraoke release v0.6. Together with cdgtools this gives you the ability to rip CD+G disks to standard full motion video formats!

20/11/2005: cdgtools v0.3 has been released. Thanks to the excellent work of Will Ferrell, cdgtools now supports the creation and burning of CD+G disks. This has made cdgtools a complete solution for both the ripping and burning of CD+G karaoke disks.
Download the new release here

05/09/2005: We have just written a feature on PyKaraoke and cdgtools for Linux+ magazine. See the full 4 page article in their August edition. PyKaraoke is one of their recommended projects for this month. If you can't find it on your newsstand, read a PDF of the article "Karaoke on Linux" in English here or get the Polish, French, German, Spanish and Czech versions here

18/04/2005: cdgtools v0.2 has been released. New in this release:
* You can now use a GUI (cdggui) to rip your CD+G disks
* You no longer need to download cddb-py: FreeDB/CDDB support is built in
Download the new release here

Authors:

Kelvin Lawson
Will Ferrell

If you need an MP3+G player, please also see our player project PyKaraoke.