pycambia

Python bindings for cambia, a CD rip log parser and evaluator written in Rust. Parse and score rip logs from EAC, XLD, whipper, and more.

Installation

pip install pycambia

Requires Python 3.10+. Pre-built wheels are available for Linux (x86_64, aarch64, armv7, s390x, ppc64le), Windows (x64, ARM64), and macOS (x86_64, aarch64).

Quick Start

import cambia

# Parse a log file
result = cambia.parse_log_file("/path/to/eac.log")

# Access parsed data
log = result.parsed.parsed_logs[0]
print(f"Ripper: {log.ripper.name} v{log.ripper_version}")
print(f"Artist: {log.release_info.artist}")
print(f"Album: {log.release_info.title}")
print(f"Tracks: {len(log.tracks)}")

# Access evaluation score
score = result.evaluation_combined[0].combined_score
print(f"Score: {score}")

API Reference

cambia.parse_log_file(path)

Parse a CD rip log file from disk.

• path (str | PathLike) – Path to the log file. Accepts string paths or PathLike objects (e.g., pathlib.Path)
• Returns: CambiaResponse
• Raises: OSError if the file cannot be read, ValueError if parsing fails, TypeError if path is not str or PathLike

# Using string path
result = cambia.parse_log_file("/path/to/eac.log")

# Using pathlib.Path
from pathlib import Path
result = cambia.parse_log_file(Path("/path/to/eac.log"))

cambia.parse_log_content(content)

Parse log content from a string or bytes.

• content (str | bytes) – Log file content. When bytes, the encoding is auto-detected by cambia-core.
• Returns: CambiaResponse
• Raises: ValueError if parsing fails, TypeError if content is not str or bytes

# From string (converted to UTF-8 bytes)
with open("/path/to/xld.log", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    result = cambia.parse_log_content(f.read())

# From bytes (auto-detects encoding)
with open("/path/to/eac.log", "rb") as f:
    result = cambia.parse_log_content(f.read())

cambia.get_supported_rippers()

Get list of supported CD ripper types.

• Returns: list[Ripper] – List of Ripper enum values

>>> rippers = cambia.get_supported_rippers()
>>> [r.name for r in rippers]
['EAC', 'XLD', 'Whipper', 'CueRipper']

Return Types

All parsing functions return a CambiaResponse object with fully typed attributes.

CambiaResponse

Attribute	Type	Description
id	bytes	Unique identifier
parsed	ParsedLogCombined	Parsed log data
evaluation_combined	list[EvaluationCombined]	Evaluation / scoring results

ParsedLogCombined

Attribute	Type	Description
encoding	str	Detected file encoding
parsed_logs	list[ParsedLog]	Parsed log entries

ParsedLog

Attribute	Type	Description
ripper	Ripper	Ripper software
ripper_version	str	Ripper version string
release_info	ReleaseInfo	Album artist and title
language	str	Log language
read_offset	int | None	Read offset value
combined_rw_offset	int | None	Combined read/write offset
drive	str	CD drive model
media_type	MediaType	Media type (Pressed, CD-R, etc.)
accurate_stream	Quartet	Accurate stream setting
defeat_audio_cache	Quartet	Audio cache defeat setting
use_c2	Quartet	C2 error correction setting
overread	Quartet	Overread setting
fill_silence	Quartet	Fill silence setting
delete_silence	Quartet	Delete silence setting
use_null_samples	Quartet	Null samples setting
test_and_copy	Quartet	Test & copy mode
normalize	Quartet	Normalize setting
read_mode	ReadMode	Read mode (Secure, Paranoid, etc.)
gap_handling	Gap	Gap handling method
checksum	Checksum	Overall log checksum
toc	Toc	Table of contents
tracks	list[TrackEntry]	Individual track results
id3_enabled	Quartet	ID3 tagging setting
audio_encoder	list[str]	Audio encoder information

Enums

All enums have name (variant name) and value (human-readable label) attributes:

>>> cambia.Ripper.EAC.name
'EAC'
>>> cambia.Ripper.EAC.value
'Exact Audio Copy'

Enum	Variants
Ripper	EAC, XLD, Whipper, CueRipper, DBPA, CyanRip, EZCD, Morituri, Rip, FreAc, Other
MediaType	Pressed, CDR, Other, Unknown
Quartet	True, False, Unknown, Unsupported
ReadMode	Secure, Paranoid, Fast, Burst, Unknown
Gap	Append, AppendNoHtoa, AppendUndetected, Prepend, Discard, Unknown, Inapplicable
Integrity	Match, Mismatch, Unknown
AccurateRipStatus	Match, Mismatch, Offsetted, NotFound, Disabled
EvaluatorType	Cambia, RED, OPS

Examples

Basic Log Parsing

import cambia

result = cambia.parse_log_file("/path/to/eac.log")
log = result.parsed.parsed_logs[0]

# Ripper info
print(f"Ripper: {log.ripper.name} v{log.ripper_version}")
print(f"Drive: {log.drive}")
print(f"Read mode: {log.read_mode.name}")
print(f"Read offset: {log.read_offset}")

# Album info
print(f"Artist: {log.release_info.artist}")
print(f"Album: {log.release_info.title}")
print(f"Encoding: {result.parsed.encoding}")

# Checksum
print(f"Checksum integrity: {log.checksum.integrity.name}")

Track Details

result = cambia.parse_log_file("/path/to/eac.log")
log = result.parsed.parsed_logs[0]

for track in log.tracks:
    print(f"Track {track.num}:")
    print(f"  Files: {track.filenames}")
    print(f"  Peak level: {track.peak_level}")
    print(f"  Speed: {track.extraction_speed}x")

    # Test & copy verification
    tc = track.test_and_copy
    print(f"  T&C integrity: {tc.integrity.name}")

    # AccurateRip
    for ar in track.ar_info:
        print(f"  AR: {ar.status.name} (v{ar.version})")
        if ar.confidence:
            print(f"    Confidence: {ar.confidence.matching}/{ar.confidence.total}")

Evaluation Score

result = cambia.parse_log_file("/path/to/eac.log")

for eval_combined in result.evaluation_combined:
    print(f"Evaluator: {eval_combined.evaluator.name}")
    print(f"Score: {eval_combined.combined_score}")

    for evaluation in eval_combined.evaluations:
        print(f"  Log score: {evaluation.score}")
        for unit in evaluation.evaluation_units:
            data = unit.data
            print(f"    [{data.field.name}] {data.message}")

Error Handling

import cambia

# File not found
try:
    result = cambia.parse_log_file("nonexistent.log")
except OSError as e:
    print(f"File error: {e}")

# Invalid or unsupported content
try:
    result = cambia.parse_log_content("not a valid log")
except ValueError as e:
    print(f"Parse error: {e}")

# Wrong argument type
try:
    result = cambia.parse_log_content(12345)
except TypeError as e:
    print(f"Type error: {e}")

Parsing Bytes

Reading as bytes lets cambia-core handle encoding detection automatically:

# Read as bytes for automatic encoding detection
with open("/path/to/eac.log", "rb") as f:
    raw = f.read()
result = cambia.parse_log_content(raw)

print(f"Detected encoding: {result.parsed.encoding}")

Supported Rippers

Ripper	Status	Description
EAC	✅ Stable	Exact Audio Copy – Windows CD ripper
XLD	✅ Stable	X Lossless Decoder – macOS CD ripper
Whipper	✅ Stable	Command-line CD ripper (successor to morituri)
CueRipper	⚠️ Experimental	Windows CD ripper

Development

Prerequisites

• Rust (stable toolchain)
• Python 3.10+
• uv (Python package manager)
• maturin (build tool for PyO3, installed via uv)

Setup

git clone https://github.com/KyokoMiki/pycambia.git
cd pycambia

# Install development dependencies
uv sync --group dev

# Build and install the extension in development mode
uv run maturin develop

# Run tests
uv run pytest -v

Building for Distribution

# Build wheel for current platform
uv run maturin build --release

# Build and publish to PyPI
uv run maturin publish

Features

The project uses Cargo features to control functionality:

• experimental_rippers (default): Enables support for experimental rippers like CueRipper

To build without experimental rippers:

uv run maturin develop --no-default-features

License

MIT