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#272905 - 27/12/2005 20:16 EMI CD's with copy protection
furtive
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
I got a couple of CD's for Christmas with crappy EMI copy protection on them which makes them as good as coasters in my house seeing as the only CD player I have is in my PC.

Is there an easy way to rip these things? I'm tempted to just return them otherwise
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#272906 - 27/12/2005 20:38 Re: EMI CD's with copy protection [Re: furtive]
pgrzelak
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
What kind of copy protection do they use? Can't you see the tracks at all? Sometimes for really stubborn disks that the basic methods do not work with, I get very good results from ripping the individual audio tracks from the first session with cdrwin.
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#272907 - 27/12/2005 20:54 Re: EMI CD's with copy protection [Re: pgrzelak]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
Every 'copy protected' CD I've had that refused to work under windows has ripped without issue using CDParanoia on a linux box.
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#272908 - 27/12/2005 21:15 Re: EMI CD's with copy protection [Re: furtive]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
The only times I've been unable to rip a CD with EAC is when I forgot to turn off CD AutoRun/AutoPlay.
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#272909 - 27/12/2005 23:22 Re: EMI CD's with copy protection [Re: furtive]
larry818
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Registered: 01/10/2002
Posts: 1039
Loc: Fullerton, Calif.
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#272910 - 27/12/2005 23:26 Re: EMI CD's with copy protection [Re: furtive]
Shonky
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Registered: 12/01/2002
Posts: 2009
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
I've had problems ripping the odd CD here and there. However, I've found that newer drives seem much better at ripping copy-protected CDs. An older Sony I had at work (32x8x4x burner) wouldn't rip but a newer (48x??x??x) ripped it just fine.

Are you using an old drive (i.e. >1-2 years) to rip?
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#272911 - 29/12/2005 18:14 Re: EMI CD's with copy protection [Re: Shonky]
furtive
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
I hadn't even tried to rip them as I was away from home. They've ripped fine using EAC
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#272912 - 31/12/2005 02:54 Re: EMI CD's with copy protection [Re: wfaulk]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Disable AutoPlay = disable copy protection software. That's the elegance I'm talking about.
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