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No one knows? I want to buy a SCMS stripper!! Where can I find them? I live in Sweden, but I'll import from Europe or US if needed.

That's far from todays copy protection schemes! You're referring to the first discs that had an empty data session at the end of the disc. Though you couldn't see the .cda files in the Explorer, the audio cd was still untouched and could be ripped like any other cd - if you used cd ripping software... Painting with markers on the disc were unnecessary... Back to topic and SCMS... The Behringer Ultramatch SRC 2000 could remove SCMS, but isn't made any longer. Their "follow up product" is Ultramatch Pro SRC-2496, but does it remove SCMS like SRC 2000 did?

I'm doing analogue playing -> PCM recording of most of my cds, since I don't have a SCMS stripper. Wish I had one. But here's the next problem: Some cds can't be read by either computer or my standalone DVD player. Nero and all other programs says "No disc in drive". =(

I've got a Sony DRU-510 DVD+-RW. EAC won't even find my DVD recorder, though I've tried ASPI and all other drivers. Adobe Audition, Wavelab and Easy CD-DA Extractor do find the drive, but the tracks contain skips and pops every now and then!! Yes, the TOC is perfectly read though this mess. But the error correction inside the audio tracks is mocking up too much!

True. It all started at the Napster era. To prevent piracy, record companies (EMI, Sony, Universal, Warner, BMG) added illegal TOCs and CRC errors to CDs. The discs are forbidden by Philips to be called CDs since they don't follow red book standard. There is no Compact Disc logo at the disc - instead they've started to use this logo: Most swedes has a broadband connection to the Internet (from 0.5 to 10 Megabit per second) and download mp3s from file sharing networks. Sales went down and when these copy protections were introduced - cd sales went down even more. The disc covers claim the discs are readable by normal audio CD players, SACD players and DVD players. But not only CD-ROM/DVD-ROM devices have difficulty reading these discs! Some car stereos, some portable cd players and some DVD players have problems too. I just bought a disc that I couldn't play in any DVD player I could find in store. Finally, my parents thirteen year old cheap CD player could read it - but the sound quality of that player should not be discussed... Then I downloaded the songs from DC++... just to find out that nobody has been able to do an error free rip. Clicks and pops are heard every minute. The worst thing isn't that copy protection doesn't prevent illegal pirate copies. MP3s are on the Internet anyway. The worst thing is that it prevents legal personal copying like MD players. And it does not end. Now we're stuck in the land of DRM too...

Recording in PCM on my MZ-NH700.... Is it 16 bit 44.1 kHz only? What's the specifications of the Hi-MD format? Nowadays I'm doing mixdown of my music in 24 bit 48 kHz... Would I be able to transfer these wave files to OpenMG PCM? Would the track be converted into 16 bit 44.1 or would it stay untouched? I remember my seven year old MZ-R30 could record in 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz but only play back in 44.1 kHz.

Here in Sweden, almost every audio CD use copy protection today (Cactus Data Shield or alike), so I can't rip my discs in the computer and transfer that way. I've been using analogue outputs on my DVD-player to copy these CDs to my MD. Optical cable won't work. A SCMS stripper would have been really cool, but can't seem to find any in Sweden. I'm not happy with importing either.

1. Don't just play. Record! Anywhere. Portable. 2. PCM! Just as quality DAT-recorders but with tracks, editing, lightweight discs and all other advantages of the MD. 3. USB! No "ordinary" digital out? Just hook it up with your computer, transfer your recordings and burn audio CDs. 4. Tired of the music on your disc? Change the disc then! No need to erase tracks to have space for new songs. 5. An 1 GB MP3 player costs as much as a Hi-MD player. With 5 Hi-MD discs in your jacket pocket, you've got a 5 GB player. 6. Got a bunch of old MD discs in the shelf? Reformat them in Hi-MD mode. 7. The battery of a MD player lasts hours longer than the portable CD players I've tried. 8. Data files can be stored along on disc. No need for USB memory sticks. 9. Instant editing of tracks on the player. Split tracks, name them and move around as you wish. 10. It's a Sony. The sound quality of those poor plastic "no name mp3 players" are disgusting compared to the quality encoding/decoding of Sony.

Are you saying lossy formats like Atrac3 sounds better than non-lossy formats like PCM? Haha, that's just stupid! Hi-SP Atrac3+ sounds really good, but I would not record in it as long as there is true PCM. I record in PCM, transfer the track to my computer and do editings (cutting and maybe adding a limiter). Then I'll archive my .wav-recordings on DVDRs and put a lossy copy back on MD.

I have this problem too once in a while! My solution was Winamp and the disk writer function for decoding music to wave files. Those files were imported in SonicStage and coded in Atrac3+ 256 onto Hi-MD.

Yes, we can! Download the latest Sonicstage 3.0 from http://sonicstage.connect.com/SonicStageInstaller.exe and load it up. Import your wave file into "My Library" and SS will convert your wav into an OpenMG PCM (uncompressed quality). Then, just press the transfer button

Thumbs up! I just bought the NH-700 with SonicStage 2.1 and can't get the software to run. I just guess we need your Installer package now!!

There is a hack to remove the iPod software and install Linux on it. With iPod Linux, you can record in 96kHz. Though, your iPod UI won't look too good...