<s>
cdparanoia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
compact	O
disc	O
ripper	O
for	O
*	B-Operating_System
nix	I-Operating_System
and	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Xiph.org	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
minimalistic	B-Device
,	O
high-quality	O
CD	O
ripper	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
compensate	O
for	O
and	O
adjust	O
to	O
poor	O
hardware	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
flawless	O
rip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
libparanoia	B-Application
is	O
a	O
portable	O
and	O
platform-independent	O
library	O
that	O
was	O
made	O
from	O
the	O
important	O
parts	O
ripped	O
from	O
the	O
Linux/gcc	O
-only	O
program	O
cdparanoia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Libparanoia	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
cdrtools	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
libparanoia	B-Application
is	O
the	O
foundation	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
does	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
application	O
cdparanoia	B-Application
is	O
merely	O
an	O
application	O
frontend	B-Architecture
to	O
libparanoia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
guiding	O
principle	O
of	O
cdparanoia	B-Application
's	O
design	O
is	O
"	O
Too	O
many	O
features	O
spoil	O
the	O
broth	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
cdparanoia	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
rip	O
correctly	O
and	O
know	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
possible	O
about	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
hardware	O
instead	O
of	O
implementing	O
extraneous	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
or	O
a	O
CDDB	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
cdparanoia	B-Application
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Xiph.org,	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
behind	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
and	O
Theora	B-Algorithm
,	O
who	O
provide	O
public	O
Subversion	B-Application
read-only	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
patches	O
to	O
cdda2wav	B-Language
,	O
called	O
Paranoia	O
I	O
and	O
II	O
that	O
provided	O
limited	O
error	O
correction	O
and	O
supported	O
few	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paranoia	O
III	O
,	O
(	O
January	O
1998	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
standalone	O
library	O
for	O
BeOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
quirks	O
of	O
cdparanoia	B-Application
is	O
that	O
its	O
ripping	O
status	O
is	O
indicated	O
by	O
an	O
emoticon	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
per	O
the	O
cdparanoia	B-Application
manual	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
emoticons	B-Protocol
are	O
used	O
:	O
</s>
