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((Short description|CD ripper))
((Refimprove|date=May 2010))
((Infobox software
| name = CDex
| screenshot             = Cdex 1.84 on Windows 10.jpg
| caption                = CDex software program at the 1.84 release in use on Windows 10
| developer              = Albert Faber, Georgy Berdyshev
| released               = ((Start date and age|2000))
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| genre                  = [[CD ripper]]
| license                = [[Freeware]] (ad supported)
| website                = ((URL|cdex.mu))
| latest_release_version = 2.24
| latest_release_date    = ((Start date and age|2020|08|12|df=yes))
| operating_system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
))

'''CDex''' is a free software package for Digital Audio Extraction from [[Compact Disc|Audio CD]] (a so-called [[CD ripper]]) and audio format conversion for [[Microsoft Windows]]. It converts [[Compact Disc Digital Audio|CDDA]] tracks from a CD to standard computer sound files, such as WAV, MP3, or Ogg Vorbis. CDex was previously released as [[free software]] under the terms of the [[GNU General Public License]] (GPL);  however, although the website claims that this is still the case, no source code has been released since 2005. It was originally written by Albert L. Faber, and is developed and maintained by Georgy Berdyshev. Recent versions of the software may be compromised and a security threat.

==Features==
CDex is able to convert CD audio into several formats including [[WAV]], [[Vorbis]], [[MP3]] (using the [[LAME]] encoder), [[VQF]], [[Musepack]], [[Monkey's Audio|APE]], and many others. As of version 1.70b2 [[FLAC]] encoding is native, but for version 1.51 FLAC<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/cdextip.html |title=Using CDex with Flac hints |publisher=Pfarrell.com |date= |accessdate=2010-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125013132/http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/cdextip.html |archive-date=2010-01-25 |url-status=dead ))</ref> and other codecs can be used by using an external encoder. It supports [[CD-Text]] to allow ripped tracks, with reduced user effort, to have the names of songs, artists and albums. It can also automatically identify (most) inserted audio CDs and look up the metadata by means of an online database ([[freedb]]) for automatic tagging, naming and sorting of ripped files.<ref>Christian Brochec: Audacity 2: Enregistrez, montez, mixez. 2nd edition, Pearson Education France, 2012, ((ISBN|978-2-7440-9402-6)), chapter: CD, section: Extraction audio aved CDex (Windows), page 96</ref> It also includes [[cdparanoia]] for robust CD reading. CDex is considered to be very configurable and relatively easy to use.

==History==
In 2000, at the start of the beta phase for version 1.30, CDex was turned into a free software project (''cdexos'': ''CDex Open Source'') and hosted on [[SourceForge.net]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://cdex.n3.net |title=CDex Home Page |accessdate=2016-04-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000304153520/http://cdex.n3.net/ |archivedate=2000-03-04 ))</ref>
In January 2006, the CDex homepage requested a new project manager and developer, implying that Albert L. Faber had abandoned development of CDex.  On 5 June 2006, CDex 1.70 Beta 1 was released via the SourceForge.net website (ascribed to Georgy Berdyshev). It was the first official update to the program in almost three years, with CDex 1.70 Beta 2 following soon after on 23 June 2006. In 2008 Berdyshev was joined by Ariane Gomes as project developers. On 18 November 2009 CDex 1.70 Beta 4 was released. CDex 1.70 Final was released on 29 June 2014 featuring a Unicode and Multibyte version.

On 30 June 2007, just one day after the release of the [[GNU General Public License#Version 3|GPLv3]], the license of CDex was updated. However, the last version for which source code was made available is 1.70 Beta 2, and the SourceForge project appears to have been shut down in July 2015, shortly after the release of version 1.79.

From version 1.76 the [[installer]] includes the [[adware]] [[OpenCandy]].

In November 2017 version 1.96 was released.<ref>((cite web |url=https://cdex.mu/ |title=Project home page |accessdate=2018-03-05 ))</ref> It is not clear who is the current code maintainer, and no contact details are provided. Four further versions were released by March 2018.

The default Remote Server database in CDEx, [[Freedb]], became inaccessible by June 2020.  The gnudb.org site at location gnudb.gnudb.org (on HTTP port 80) using proxy.gnudb.org works as a replacement for the inactive default Remote Server database.<ref>((Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=How to use the gnudb.org site|url=http://gnudb.org/howto.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121020423/http://www.gnudb.org:80/howto.php |archive-date=2012-01-21 |access-date=|website=GNU Database))</ref>

==Potential risk==
((pov|section|date=December 2018))
The recent reincarnation of CDex has seen a number of sponsored programs being automatically selected during installation with little information about their nature. Scan results suggest there may be a substantial risk to any system these are installed on<ref>((cite web |url=http://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/20391/beware-of-adware-malware/ |title=beware of adware/malware |work=alternativeto.net |date= |accessdate=2015-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208080915/http://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/20391/beware-of-adware-malware/ |archive-date=2015-12-08 |url-status=dead ))</ref> along with the source code no longer being publicly accessible, preventing independent code review.

This project should be considered as exploited by the new maintainer and should not be trusted. This project should not be trusted or installed on your machine. As the new maintainer has taken over new releases have been pushed out showing activity, the support links are broken, the ticketing system does not exist and is a broken link, there are no contact details or method to interact with the developer and the installer is installing adware without any notifications. The new maintainer has exploited the strong reputation and work of the project and turned it into mechanism to profit. Updates are being made to the application, including the installer with hidden software being installed.

Later versions apparently also add artifacts to ends of certain tracks that are ripped by the program.  Rolling back to an earlier version of the program eliminates this issue.

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category))
* ((Official website|http://cdex.mu/))

[[Category:Windows CD ripping software]]
[[Category:Software that bundles malware]]

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