Ripping Protected Cds?

[monkeyfist]

I want to rip my whole CD collection to add to my MP3 player, but soem of the CDs have protection. Does any bright spark have the answer to answer to this and a program that would help me?

[Icebound]

try holding the shift button down while inserting disc. andr.net was talking about this with a new copy protected cd in production, might work

[3rd gen noob]

what are you trying to rip the cd's with?

[Gutter]

Don't use WMP to rip em
anything but

try FreeRip

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by Gutter@30 October 2003 - 20:15
Don't use WMP to rip em
anything but

try FreeRip

i was going to suggest dbpoweramp

[Gutter]

just as good if not better

I'v yet to come accross a protected CD I can't rip though.
If they are really as protected as they say they are

[Johnny_B]

The 2 top CD ripping programs are EAC - Exact Audio Copy and CDex.

Have you tried any one of these?

[KurtCocain]

Folks,

DO NOT use anything else BUT EAC. Second choice CDex.

EAC has proven best perfomace in ripping !! Thats why all hight quality releases on eMule (APE, MPC) have been proceeded by a nice EAC rip to wavs !!!

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by KurtCocain@30 October 2003 - 21:36
Folks,

DO NOT use anything else BUT EAC. Second choice CDex.

EAC has proven best perfomace in ripping !! Thats why all hight quality releases on eMule (APE, MPC) have been proceeded by a nice EAC rip to wavs !!!

i'll continue to use dbpoweramp, thanks very much...

[monkeyfist]

I ended up using a program called Easy CD-DA Extractor. It has been quite good so far, the only discs I have had problems with are the ones that are scrached. All the old copy protected CDs have been coppied with no problems.