<s>
CDex	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
package	O
for	O
Digital	O
Audio	O
Extraction	O
from	O
Audio	O
CD	O
(	O
a	O
so-called	O
CD	O
ripper	O
)	O
and	O
audio	O
format	O
conversion	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
converts	O
CDDA	O
tracks	O
from	O
a	O
CD	O
to	O
standard	O
computer	O
sound	O
files	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
WAV	O
,	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
or	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDex	B-Application
was	O
previously	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
website	O
claims	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
still	O
the	O
case	O
,	O
no	O
source	O
code	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
since	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDex	B-Application
is	O
able	O
to	O
convert	O
CD	O
audio	O
into	O
several	O
formats	O
including	O
WAV	O
,	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
,	O
MP3	B-Application
(	O
using	O
the	O
LAME	B-Algorithm
encoder	O
)	O
,	O
VQF	B-Algorithm
,	O
Musepack	B-Algorithm
,	O
APE	B-Language
,	O
and	O
many	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
1.70b2	O
FLAC	B-Application
encoding	O
is	O
native	O
,	O
but	O
for	O
version	O
1.51	O
FLAC	B-Application
and	O
other	O
codecs	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
using	O
an	O
external	O
encoder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
cdparanoia	B-Application
for	O
robust	O
CD	O
reading	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDex	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
very	O
configurable	O
and	O
relatively	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
beta	O
phase	O
for	O
version	O
1.30	O
,	O
CDex	B-Application
was	O
turned	O
into	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
(	O
cdexos	O
:	O
CDex	B-Application
Open	O
Source	O
)	O
and	O
hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
CDex	B-Application
homepage	O
requested	O
a	O
new	O
project	O
manager	O
and	O
developer	O
,	O
implying	O
that	O
Albert	O
L	O
.	O
Faber	O
had	O
abandoned	O
development	O
of	O
CDex	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
CDex	B-Application
1.70	O
Beta	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
via	O
the	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
website	O
(	O
ascribed	O
to	O
Georgy	O
Berdyshev	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
official	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
program	O
in	O
almost	O
three	O
years	O
,	O
with	O
CDex	B-Application
1.70	O
Beta	O
2	O
following	O
soon	O
after	O
on	O
23	O
June	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
November	O
2009	O
CDex	B-Application
1.70	O
Beta	O
4	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDex	B-Application
1.70	O
Final	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
29	O
June	O
2014	O
featuring	O
a	O
Unicode	O
and	O
Multibyte	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
June	O
2007	O
,	O
just	O
one	O
day	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
GPLv3	O
,	O
the	O
license	O
of	O
CDex	B-Application
was	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
for	O
which	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
is	O
1.70	O
Beta	O
2	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
SourceForge	B-Application
project	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
1.79	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
1.76	O
the	O
installer	B-Operating_System
includes	O
the	O
adware	O
OpenCandy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
Remote	O
Server	O
database	O
in	O
CDEx	B-Application
,	O
Freedb	O
,	O
became	O
inaccessible	O
by	O
June	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recent	O
reincarnation	O
of	O
CDex	B-Application
has	O
seen	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
sponsored	O
programs	O
being	O
automatically	O
selected	O
during	O
installation	O
with	O
little	O
information	O
about	O
their	O
nature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
new	O
maintainer	O
has	O
taken	O
over	O
new	O
releases	O
have	O
been	O
pushed	O
out	O
showing	O
activity	O
,	O
the	O
support	O
links	O
are	O
broken	O
,	O
the	O
ticketing	O
system	O
does	O
not	O
exist	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
broken	O
link	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
contact	O
details	O
or	O
method	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
developer	O
and	O
the	O
installer	B-Operating_System
is	O
installing	O
adware	O
without	O
any	O
notifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Updates	O
are	O
being	O
made	O
to	O
the	O
application	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
installer	B-Operating_System
with	O
hidden	O
software	O
being	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
