topic Re: Copy controlled CDs in PCs & Accessories

Copy controlled CDs

stix — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:51:19 GMT

The lack of ability in SS to import copy controlled CDs is becoming a major pain. If I have bought a CD, I am allowed to make a copy of it for personal use - so why does SS not allow me to import it???

I have to firstly rip the CD to mp3, then burn it to a CD (or an image drive usually in Nero), then import it from there. But... this seems to lose the gapless-ness (!) of the original. Is there a better way?

Really, this is not the right way to go about stoping music piracy. I buy CDs because I want to own them, even though I realise I could download them for nothing. With copy-controlled CDs I lose the incentive to buy the CD - the gapless importability (and one of the main reasons I bought the VP), and might as well just download it for nothing if the end result is the same.....

Re: Copy controlled CDs

seb21__ — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 13:05:22 GMT

again :

Download EAC. Ripp your CD into wave (16Bit, 44.1kHz).
Then convert the wave files into Atrac.

That's the only way without to lose quality.

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

Re: Copy controlled CDs

stix — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:20:21 GMT

Thanks Seb... sorry if I missed this somewhere else in the forum. I did have a read through recent threads but didn't find anything....

Does that allow to maintain the gapless-ness of the CD, for live tracks for example?

Re: Copy controlled CDs

kee-lo_ — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:56:26 GMT

In the UK they don't allow people to make personal copies, only in the US and France (not sure about other places in Europe)

Still I hate CopyControl as much as you

Re: Copy controlled CDs

@4967457401015621 — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:13:48 GMT

In the UK they don't allow people to make personal copies, only in the US and France (not sure about other places in Europe)

Still I hate CopyControl as much as you

you sure about the UK bit? i seem to remember a while ago having a convo along these lines with my mum - she has a law degree from cambridge, so should have an idea what she's talking about! thing is, the companies have no right to charge you multiple times to listen to your music, even if you decide to listen to it on 2 formats (my opinion, not certain about the law!). i have a decent seperates hifi system in my room, with a cd player i paid over £100 for. i like to listen to cds through that, better quality etc. i also have a VP, so don't see why i should pay again to listen to music on that.. grr.. rant over for now!
mind you, i've yet to come across a copy controlled cd that i haven't been able to rip with itunes, judicious use of the shift key and ignoring prompts to install software works wonders!

Re: Copy controlled CDs

TheCrow — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:21:19 GMT

nice seb .. i have this program
very usable

Re: Copy controlled CDs

seb21__ — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 04:24:47 GMT

sorry if I missed this somewhere else in the forum. I did have a read through recent threads but didn't find anything....

Yes, to find a thread in ClubVAIO is nearly impossible. :smileyrolling_eyes:

Does that allow to maintain the gapless-ness of the CD, for live tracks for example?

I think yes.

EAC can recognize the exact traces between the tracks. And if you create a CUE-sheet. Then it will play like a real CD. But you need a Softwareplayer like Foobar2000 for that. SonicStage doesn't support that.

search here for more information http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php

Re: Copy controlled CDs

kee-lo_ — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:00:45 GMT

They should do like they do with Office, let you use it on more than one system

Re: Copy controlled CDs

seb21__ — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:57:59 GMT

yep.