Description of Problem:

The built-in ripper (cdparanoia library) blocks on device open after the 
first mp3 encode completes. This is because the file descriptor for the 
device is being inherited by the (2nd and later) child (encoder) process 
which is forked off while a rip is going on. Patch is to close all fds > 
2 (stderr) after fork but before exec (in my patch, this is done in 
RedirectIO() in grip.c).

Additional information:

This problem persists into version 2.95. My original patches were created 
for this version. Program author has been informed of bug and of patches.