<s>
Grip	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
Compact	O
Disc	O
player	O
and	O
CD	O
ripper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
rather	O
similar	O
to	O
Audiograbber	B-Application
on	O
Windows	O
-	O
without	O
sound	O
card	O
capture	O
feature	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
fast	O
,	O
lightweight	O
,	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
compile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grip	O
uses	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
encoders	O
,	O
including	O
cdparanoia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
author	O
,	O
Mike	O
Oliphant	O
,	O
originally	O
registered	O
Grip	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
at	O
SourceForge.net,	O
the	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
website	O
,	O
on	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
and	O
made	O
pre-compiled	O
binaries	O
for	O
RPM	B-Application
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Encoding	B-General_Concept
of	O
ripped	O
.wav	O
files	O
into	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
,	O
MP3	B-Application
or	O
FLAC	B-Application
files	O
.	O
</s>
