anthony Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I just picked up the Best of Radiohead CD. Brought it home to rip and stick onto my iPod (honestly, who lugs around CD wallets anymore?). But, alas, iTunes will not rip it. Apparently it is protected from such an act of piracy? This, of course, begs many questions: What's the deal? When did this happen?Only way to get mp3 is from downloads? Is there a "work-around" for this problem? Are record companies trying to piss me off?Is this the future of CDs?Am I forced to buy this again from iTunes? D'oh! Anyone have any thoughts on this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I use EAC and it manages to decode them. it takes a bit longer to rip, but usually does the job. it rips the tracks as wave files, then you can convert them to mp3 http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I just picked up the Best of Radiohead CD. Brought it home to rip and stick onto my iPod (honestly, who lugs around CD wallets anymore?). But, alas, iTunes will not rip it. Apparently it is protected from such an act of piracy? This, of course, begs many questions: What's the deal? When did this happen?Only way to get mp3 is from downloads? Is there a "work-around" for this problem? Are record companies trying to piss me off?Is this the future of CDs?Am I forced to buy this again from iTunes? D'oh! Anyone have any thoughts on this? Just be glad that there is not some sort of spyware on the cd. See: Z (since re-released), Devils and Dust. Or that the cd will not play in your computer cd player. See: Okemah and The Melody of Riot. Something I found by way of Google - which mentions EAC - as Froggie pointed out I though this stopped a few years ago - that Radiohead release is not that old, right? Copy Control Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 I though this stopped a few years ago - that Radiohead release is not that old, right? Just came out a week or two ago. Gonna give EAC a shot. What a pain in the ass! (BTW, are the feds gonna bust down my doors two seconds after copying the CD?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
howdjadoo Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Just came out a week or two ago. Gonna give EAC a shot. What a pain in the ass! (BTW, are the feds gonna bust down my doors two seconds after copying the CD?) Yeah already see them across the street A must have and sometimes cheap on teh Nets: http://www.slysoft.com/en/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 If you are a dinosaur like myself, you were lucky enough to purchase an external CD burner a few years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I'm with Froggie, EAC is the way to go. It's probably the best CD copying program out there. It's the only one I use for both ripping and burning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 http://www.slysoft.com/en/I'll second this endorsement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 i always burn with Nero. But for ripping, EAC is the way to go. another more tedious way to get around it is basically play the disk on your computer. while its playing, have a recording program (most come with your soundcard) recordind what you hear. then you can chop it up into wave files and convert to mp3s i use this method to rip audio from dvds to burn to cd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted July 6, 2008 Author Share Posted July 6, 2008 i always burn with Nero. But for ripping, EAC is the way to go. another more tedious way to get around it is basically play the disk on your computer. while its playing, have a recording program (most come with your soundcard) recordind what you hear. then you can chop it up into wave files and convert to mp3s i use this method to rip audio from dvds to burn to cd EAC worked for me. Thanks for the tip. I'll give you a full report from my time at Gitmo for this infraction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 > Gitmo i had to wikipedia that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 i always burn with Nero. But for ripping, EAC is the way to go.It takes about 5 minutes to configure, but once you do it EAC is the only program that will give you a true 1:1 copy of a CD. Nero doesn't take into account your drives offset value, so it is inferior in that regard. It's a good overall burning program, but for audio CDs--both ripping and burning--EAC is king . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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