Rick Pali wrote:
> > I think it also results in the CD player putting out a
> > duff SPDIF stream too, preventing them from being copied
> > digitally to MD.
>
> If that's true, the CDs will be useless for those of us with outboard DACs.
> I checked the manufacturer's site and as I'd feared, there was no
> information of real substance...just market-speak.
Luckily, that doesn't seem to be the case (again in german):
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/cm-26.01.00-000/
Neither SPDIF outputs nor Audio CD-Copiers like the Philips CDR-765
were affected by the protection. Copies made with the Philips did
not contain the protection. So all the people who bought these
devices don't look so foolish anymore, eh ? ;)
The trick seems to be a fake TOC that gives a runtime of 28 seconds
for the CD. PC CD-ROM drives get fooled by this and stop reading.
What's interesting is that the article says ALL CD players display a
runtime of 28 seconds. So apparently you not only lose the ability to
play the CD from your PC, your Hi-Fi CD player looks pretty dumb as
well.
Alexander Dietrich
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