10-20-2003, 10:34 AM | #1 |
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heyyy, really need help here.
I can't play this new Album I got on my laptop. I wanted to play it on my laptop and copy the music files onto my PDA/MP3 player. But I can't even find any files on the CD. Eventually realised Sony's SonicStage plays it but won't import it onto my PDA still Can anyone help? Avy
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10-20-2003, 10:40 AM | #2 |
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Check to see if the cd cover says anything about not being able to play in a CD-ROM Drive. One of my sisters ablums was not working on our PC, and we eventually found out in can't be played in a CD-ROM.
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10-20-2003, 11:18 AM | #3 |
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That is right, as I also heard that Sony was making their CDs unplayable on computers.
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10-20-2003, 01:01 PM | #4 |
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Well, I don't know about the playing part, that may very well be sony's security, but for the extraction of the music files you need a CD-ripper!
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10-20-2003, 01:51 PM | #5 |
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All new music CD's are now protected. Even if you do rip them you will be in for a surprise...
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10-20-2003, 02:32 PM | #6 |
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I'm not sure if all of them are... particularly after the black eye that the company behind the anti-copy software suffered. It's bad enough that your "protection" can be broken with the simplest of Windows basics, but to try to sue the guy who pointed it out, claiming that he's done you irreparable harm... Ri-i-i-i-ight.
Good news is they dropped that suit. Bad news is the company behind the anti-copy stuff is going to have to work for a living now... *edit* Forgot to ask... how are you determining there's nothing there? [ 10-20-2003, 02:33 PM: Message edited by: Bungleau ]
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10-20-2003, 02:33 PM | #7 |
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Well any I've tested are, I'm sure there's a few that ain't as of yet.
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10-20-2003, 04:57 PM | #8 |
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copy protection for music CDs is just plain dumb. It does nothing other than make it unplayable on CD-Roms.
But once you can play it (on a normal CD-Player) you can also copy it (duh!) So if you want it on your PDA the (time-consumig) workaround would be: copying like a MC (let the CD run on a normal CD player and record it as a WAV on your PC)
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10-20-2003, 05:09 PM | #10 |
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With good equipment the quality of a track ripped like that should be of a decent quality. Not as good as a digitally ripped track of course, but you generaly wouldn't notice the difference if you weren't listening for it.
Personaly, I'd just work around the protection with a marker. (No, I dont know exactly where the marker goes, google for it if you need it). Or better yet, Kazaa for it and avoid messing up my CD. (and since I own the music in this instance, kazaa is as legal as it gets, or at least would be in a sane legal system)
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