CDParanoia reads digital audio directly from a CD and writes the data to a file or pipe in a WAV, AIFC or a raw, 16-bit linear PCM format. Instead, CDParanoia s strength lies in its ability to handle a variety of hardware, including inexpensive drives that are prone to misalignment, frame jitter and loss of streaming during reads. CDParanoia is also good at reading and repairing data from damaged CDs.