How to import music from a protected CD

[victoria116]

I would like to import music from a protected CD so that I can play it on my iPod but when I do, the tracks are all screwed up due to the protection. any programs (free) i can dl or any tricks? thanks!

 

[CTho9305]

Return it to make scewing the consumer unprofitable, and buy music from people who don't take away your fair use rights.

 

[victoria116]

well i bought it on eBay. i'm gonna sell it if i cant use it on my ipod. damn bastards

 

[episodic]

try turning off your cd's autoplay feature and see where you get then. . .

 

[victoria116]

how do you turn off autoplay?

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: victoria116
how do you turn off autoplay?

open My Computer. right click cdrom drive in use, properties, autoplay tab.

 

[oog]

it should also work to hold down the shift key as you insert the disc.

 

[DaveSimmons]

In Windows XP you can also hold down the shift key as / after you close the CD tray.

 

[victoria116]

Tried that...still importing protected (messed up) tracks. i downloaded ez cd extractor but it doesn't work

 

[episodic]

what cd is it so none of us buy it?

 

[victoria116]

j-kwon haha

 

[clamum]

Maybe try Audiograbber? I've used it for a long time and it works good. Don't know if it'll work with the protected CDs but you could try if nothing else works.

 

[victoria116]

audiograbber doesnt work either

 

[AnitaPeterson]

What audio card do you have?

 

[victoria116]

i'm not sure. does that matter? also, i tried putting post its to cover the "data" part of the cd but that didnt work out too well

 

[AnitaPeterson]

If you have a good soundcard and a reasonably fast computer, it does matter.

Can you play the CD on your machine, using the CD Player software? Some cards, like SBLive, have a "What U Hear" recordnig option in their mixer. You could probably record the music to your HD while it plays, especially if it's connected to the soundcard wth a dedicated cable, not just through IDE.

You can also try routing the music to your soundcard via "Line In"... it will be analog, but with good cards you can't tell the difference, anyway.

And in any case you're going to rip the music to MP3, so I don't think audiophile quality is your number one priority.

 

[snidy1]

Try using nero to convert it to MP3, it's never failed me yet.

 

[NEVERwinter]

tried EAC or CDex?
or.. how about analog ripping, by connecting your CD-player line-out to your PC's line-in and then record it with a WAV editor proggie.

 

[notfred]

Rip it on a macintosh.

 

[victoria116]

dont have a mac...i tried nero but it just burned messed up tracks. line in/out seems a bit confusing. any good freeware out there?

 

[AlexWade]

First, sue the record companies.

Second, report it to FatChucks, www.fatchucks.com, where there is a list of copy-protected CD's.

Third, does the CD play at all in your computer? If not, look on the back. Where there is music/data on the CD, the disc is lighter. If there are two lighter spots, seperated by a little dark ring, take a marker on the outer dark spot. That is where junk data is stored that might confuse a computer and computer-like CD player.

If you got a fancy enough sound card, you could try hooking a DVD player's fiber of coax out to your computer and digitally record it. You'll need a program that removes silence from a sound file.

 

[Bootprint]

Looks like it has copy protection from SunnComm, and when you first run it it installs new drivers to prevent the copying of the CDs. Don't know how you remove these unwanted drivers.

 

[victoria116]

yup it's from bmg/sunncomm. i tried using post its around the outer ring but didnt work out too well. left a sticky residue though

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
Looks like it has copy protection from SunnComm, and when you first run it it installs new drivers to prevent the copying of the CDs. Don't know how you remove these unwanted drivers.

That's why I said to rip it on a mac, windows drivers don't work on macs

I know he doesn't have one, but... could try a linux box

 

[victoria116]

are there any programs for this?