In my PCs cd drive, anyone know why? It has bmg-copycontrol on it, so you can't copy it for the car either, or convert to MP3.

Suggestions would be appreciated.

Dan

 

play it ina stereo n link line out to line in on your soundcard and record it using a wav recording software

 

Any suggestions as to which wav recording software? I think the creative labs software is somewhere on the PC, perhaps that will do the job.

Thanks for the advice, although I'm still not happy I can't just play and copy it on the PC.

Dan

 

Anything will do. I use Sound Forge & Total Recorder.

 

soundforge is what i use.

but yeah the soundblaster wave recorder thingymagig will do the trick also

 

I tried to open a Luther Vandros in SF but not playing with me... I had to record on the fly with totalrecorder in the end

 

What PC CDRom drive? If u have a Plextor, install plextools and tell it to only read 1 session.

 

Someone's RTM'd this as "hypocracy" because I'm "a MOD is giving advice on piracy".

There's a difference between "fair use", and a difference between piracy. At the moment, there's a difference in the law, too: you can make copies for yourself, and even for family (though the second is always going to be on less firm ground than personal use).

Someone can't get a CD that he's bought and paid for to work in their PC or car, hence deserves help.

That isn't piracy: it's fair use. Please do not play the hypocracy card, there's no surefire way of winding me up . If I've got this wrong, let's take it to scoobynet policy but this to me is a perfectly legitimate "legal" question, and something that I've had troubles with too hence I'm trying to help.

Cheers,
Nick.

 

By sheer coincidence, a colleague at work was hitting exactly the same problem with exactly the same (Dido) CD (except that it isn't technically a CD, as it doesn't conform to the standard that Philips invented)!

Have a browse around...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/27960.html
http://www.copyprotectionsucks.co.uk/
http://fatchucks.com/z3.cd.html

amongst many sites that are upset by this phenomenon!

mb

 

A friend tried it on their PC and it worked. My CD drive is a Mitsumi and works with every other CD I have, including Dido's last album, sorry CD.