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Title: Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: Tanushan on April 05, 2004, 07:41:16 pm: just wondering

thanks
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: SouthsideIrish on April 05, 2004, 08:19:17 pm: Yes and no. I've never had a problem ripping one, but I'm not sure if it is due to MC10, the dvdrom drive I use, or the combination of the two. I do know that there are some CDs that I couldn't rip with EAC that MC10 had no problems with.

BTW, the CDs I deal with generally use Cactus Data Shield or Labelgate.

Bill McNair
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: LonWar on April 06, 2004, 07:03:01 am: All depends on the CD rom...

My old IBM.... No, My new Plextor's ....Yes.
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: Xstatic on April 06, 2004, 08:18:35 am: Quote
All depends on the CD rom...

..AND the combination cdrom / program

I have found that MC often can cope with a copyprotected cd, and unfortunately sometimes can't. When MC can't, I have always had
succes using East CD-DA Extractor. It hasnt failed on me yet.
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: marketability on April 06, 2004, 02:29:00 pm: are you guys extracting the CDA files or just the duplicate MP3 tracks?
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: LonWar on April 06, 2004, 02:40:50 pm: Quote from: marketability on April 06, 2004, 02:29:00 pm
are you guys extracting the CDA files or just the duplicate MP3 tracks?

Ripping to .APE
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: Madcow on April 06, 2004, 02:50:31 pm: MC10 has ripped every copy-protected CD I throw at it, as long as I use PlexTools to put the drive into "single-session" mode first. Without this, it doesn't cope with any of them. So it's a system-dependent thing rather than a ripping program issue.
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: SouthsideIrish on April 06, 2004, 03:02:19 pm: I have a LiteOn DVDrom drive. All I do is put the cd in the drive, start MC10 and rip the tracks. Never has given me a problem, and no, I don't take the included mp3s off of the disk.

Bill McNair
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: marketability on April 06, 2004, 03:15:16 pm: nice one!! ;D
Just tried my new LiteOn drive and it works a treat
I might have to try and be nice to Sony for a change
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: LonWar on April 06, 2004, 03:23:12 pm: Another thing to try is bypassing Autostart. Some cd's need autostart to use the copy protection.
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: cattani on April 07, 2004, 12:23:13 am: i use a old sony cd-rom and i don`t have a problem with ripping with media center. depends the method to protect a CD, and the ability to a cd-rom and software to read this method.
Title: Re:Can MC rip copy protected Audio CD's?
Post by: GRAYDOG on April 07, 2004, 04:44:39 pm: I just had to rerip about 300 cd's and had no problems . I used the hp dvdwriter/cd- writer combo drive that came with my rig and MC .