Warning! Copy Controlled Cds On The Loose

[pearljamricky]

theres always ways around that. I found one bad ass way that will probably always work. Just rip the track through the sound card. It has a higher chance of being fucked up because if theres a scratch and it skips... But thats why i take care of my cds...

[pearljamricky]

or you can always just hook the cd player into the input or microphone jack...

[echidna]

Originally posted by Jibbler+24 September 2003 - 07:16--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Jibbler &#064; 24 September 2003 - 07:16)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-benn19uk@23 September 2003 - 16:55
There are CD&#39;s that can&#39;t be played on a PC, but that doesnt matter... Just play the Cd in a noraml Cd player, connect the headphone socket to the line-in on your soundcard and record the result... The quality will still be fine (practically perfect if you&#39;ve got optical ins and outs on the equipment) and the time it takes to record is going to be easy to predict... It&#39;ll be whatever the length of the track is...
Now go out, and find me a CD that you can&#39;t turn into MP3&#39;s that way...

As I mentioned earlier, this method does work, however you are not getting a digital quality CD rip. This is called a "line in" rip and it degrades the sound quality considerably. You might as well buy an audio tape and make an mp3 from that. [/b][/quote]
If the CD/stereo and sound card your using has optical digital line in/line out then this method of ripping does provide digital quality sound if you&#39;re using the optical digital lines.
Depending upon the equipment used degredation of the signal may be negligable even using analogue RCA lines, and tape is still an intrinsic part of proffesional audio engineering so i take exemption at any slight against it. Nirvanas first album &#39;Bleach&#39; was recorded on a casette tape 8 track and sold more copies that most of us will eat hot dinners.

I had found that ripping with iTunes on mac OSX defeats all of the copy protections i have met, i have though read that new copy controlled CDs are now OSX savvy, so it might not work as well with some new disks.
Lately i have been ripping with gRip on linux, apart from acquiring the lame encoder this set up is the best thing since iTunes [i bet none of the record companies will protect CDs for linux anytime soon, if they even could]. It is included with most of the distributions of linux these days but you need to find encoders if you want to use mp3 [ogg vorbis encoders are included just not mp3]
It may seem extreme to install a second OS in order to rip CDs but

1. It&#39;s free
2. It works without having to second guess the record companies or micro&#036;oft
3. It is better than any windows ripping app i&#39;ve ever seen, both in the simplicity of initial use and the depth of tweeking that you can utilise

So if you could be bothered i&#39;d highly recomend trying gRip, i&#39;m glad i did.

[Adster]

this will never happen they can easier be sued

[echidna]

Originally posted by Adster@19 October 2003 - 17:52
this will never happen they can easier be sued

what?

[DarkReality]

Originally posted by Jibbler@23 September 2003 - 09:03
However, if you are ready to test your skills, go buy the new A Perfect Circle CD, and see if you can copy it. Line In rips (as internet.news suggested) arent really ripping, nor are they even providing a digital copy. To actually crack the copy protection and decode the file from CDDA to mp3 is a challenge that 99% of users won&#39;t be able to get around. Don&#39;t believe me? Spend &#036;12 and see for yourself.

Mine ripped fine using CDex. I hadn&#39;t listened to the mp3s yet because I really don&#39;t like the new APC. But I just opened "Weak and Powerless" in Winamp and the sound is impeccable. 192kb mp3. A little more oomph than 128kb mp3.

Mer de Noms, however (APC&#39;s first album) is one of the best rock albums ever made, in my opinion.

[j4y3m]

All Had To Do Was Press Shift?

[Jibbler]

Originally posted by DarkReality+21 October 2003 - 05:34--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (DarkReality @ 21 October 2003 - 05:34)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Jibbler@23 September 2003 - 09:03
However, if you are ready to test your skills, go buy the new A Perfect Circle CD, and see if you can copy it.&nbsp; Line In rips (as internet.news suggested) arent really ripping, nor are they even providing a digital copy.&nbsp; To actually crack the copy protection and decode the file from CDDA to mp3 is a challenge that 99% of users won&#39;t be able to get around.&nbsp; Don&#39;t believe me?&nbsp; Spend &#036;12 and see for yourself.

Mine ripped fine using CDex. I hadn&#39;t listened to the mp3s yet because I really don&#39;t like the new APC. But I just opened "Weak and Powerless" in Winamp and the sound is impeccable. 192kb mp3. A little more oomph than 128kb mp3.
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Describe your setup. I&#39;m interested in how you did it.

[Auburn_Tygaz]

Haven&#39;t bought I CD in since 2K. If I don&#39;t feel like d/l an entire I album I get the CD from someone I know who has it. I&#39;ll run Music Match Jukebox Plus, if I get paranoid that the CD will use MMJB in an attempt to notify the record company when I&#39;m ripping & obtaining the track listing, I simply d/c myself from the web, or if I wanna stay on, I just use my firewall to grant or deny the programs access to the web...same thing with Nero if I&#39;m ripping a VG, DVD, or software proggie. You get a cd that doesn&#39;t wanna cooperate, just get a handy-dandy Sharpie or felt tip. To this day, I&#39;ve NEVER had a problem getting the music, VG, etc. that I want. Simple as that, & hopefully my defiance can continue B)

[Brenya]

I buy some CD's, These are my steps I take,

• Go to the shop
• Buy a CD
• Bring it home
• Rip it
• Take it back
• Say I want a refund, why?
• ...because I had one for my birthday.

Then thats it. All in the space of 30min. B)

Nice strategy. But that excuse is not full-proof. You can only say that if it's around your birthday. They could ask for your name and birthday..


Also, the store that sells the CD might be conscious of the fact that you can burn them onto your computer and hesitate in giving you a full refund in cash.
They will probably give you store credit, which I guess is alright at places like Walmart..

Originally posted by Jibbler@23 September 2003 - 04:03
However, if you are ready to test your skills, go buy the new A Perfect Circle CD, and see if you can copy it.

A Perfect Circle rocks. FTW!

This is my 69th post!