Hi, easy cd-da extracter is the key word. smile Best regards Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list." <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:39 AM Subject: Copy Protected CD's
> Hello, > > I have two CD's which I am trying to rip to MP3 using CDex. I have > successfully ripped around twenty CD's, but two in particular will not rip. > When I insert one of the CD's into either my DVD-ROM or CDRW drive, it is > not recognised by Windows or CDex, so I am unable to rip it. When I insert > the other CD into my CDRW drive, the drive whirs as if it is trying to > access the disk for around two minutes before giving up. If I put the same > CD into my DVD-ROM drive, the disk can be read with Windows and CDex, but I > am only able to rip six of the 13 tracks using CDex. When CDex reaches > track 7, it estimates the time the ripping to MP3 is likely to take, but > this estimate goes up and up the longer I leave the disk in the drive, > eventually reaching something ridiculous like 50 minutes, at which time I > give up and press the Cancel button. Tracks 8-13 will not rip either. Both > CD's play fine in my hi-fi's CD player. > > Does anyone know if there is anything I can do to enable me to rip these > CD's. I'm wondering if they're using some kind of copy protection, although > there is nothing to indicate this on the CD cases. Either that or there > could be a problem with the CD's which my hi-fi player is able to ignore but > which the drives on the PC are sensitive enough to notice. Both CD's are > around two years old if this makes any difference. > > Thanks for any theories/suggestions. > > Caroline. > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.3 - Release Date: 25/03/2005 > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
