CDex is a free utility for ripping and encoding. Use it to transform your home Compact Disc collection into an MP3 collection on your hard drive. Features include an easy to use interface, Media File Player, creation of PLS and M3U playlist files, Advanced jitter correction, Support for many file formats/audio encoders (WAV, MP3, OGG, VQF, APE, etc), Support for ID3 V1 and V2 tags, Support for normalization of audio files, Support for transcoding of compressed audio files, Support for CDDB, Support for recording from the analog input line etc.