Copy Protected Cd`s player show

[Guest Stuge]

I think when we play copy protected cd`s in computer we don`t get the cd quality instead we are playing a song in 48kpbs .

[MDX-400]

Yeah pretty much all copy protected CDs do that, though it is easily bypassed in varying ways.

One is to use EAC and rip the tracks--you will almost always be able to bypass the copy protection on CDs this way (though on some drive and CD combinations you may have to wait an excrutiating amount of time for it to rip).

Also if you have an older, non DVD-capable, drive you can usually simply forgo the auto-run on the CD (hold down shift, etc.) and then you'll have access to the CD tracks as if you had put it in a regular CD player. Most DVD-capable drives cannot do this however, because of the way they are designed to read discs.

It's a retarded move by record companies though because it does nothing really to prevent illegal copying; in fact, it does a whole lot more to prevent legal fair-use copying because many of these discs also violate the SCMS standard and will output copy-prohibit SCMS from a consumer-level CD player, despite the fact that it is the original and not a copy of the original...

[Dinko]

It depends I think.

Some Sony copy-protected disks allow you to rip 128 kbps files. While not CD quality, they at least sound acceptable.

The only low-quality (48kbps WMA) copy-protected CD that I encountered was a disc made by EMI.

[Guest Stuge]

Hello MDX-400 & Dinko

So If we rip Copy portected audio cd we are not going to get the cd quality but i read somewhere that if we play copy protected cd`s on music system,Cd-walkmanetc then we do then listen to cd quality

Yes Dinko , you are right i was listening to EMI cd`s

It's a retarded move by record companies though because it does nothing really to prevent illegal copying; in fact,

Even I also agree with you .

Copy protected disc has two sessions unlike in non copy protected which has only one session.

[MDX-400]

Hello MDX-400 & Dinko

So If we rip Copy portected audio cd we are not going to get the cd quality but i read somewhere that if we play copy protected cd`s on music system,Cd-walkmanetc then we do then listen to cd quality

Well if you rip the audio with EAC, you will undoubtedly be getting the full CD quality tracks being ripped. It's just the stupid little programs and sessions (as you noted) that the companies put on that play the 48kbps versions that are on the disc. It's a big waste of time, don't bother installing any of those "player" programs on your computer when you insert the disc.

Yes Dinko , you are right i was listening to EMI cd`s

Even I also agree with you .

Yeah all the copy-protected CDs I have are actually EMI so I guess that's why I figured they were all 48k. Still, in any case, the copy protected discs with that nonsense on them are joing to have you playback low-quality compressed versions of the tracks if you use the software on the CD. Either see if you can bypass that session altogether (as in if you have a non-DVD drive in your PC, as above) or just rip the tracks in EAC instead.

[Guest Stuge]

Thanks MDX-400...

[Richard_p]

That seems really dumb and unfair thing to do, once you have a physical CD surely you have the right to listen to it in it's full quality be it on a CD player or PC.

From what i understand from this thread it is only the built in media player this happens. Can the CD be played through Winamp or win dows media player? if so, at what quality?

[MDX-400]

From what i understand from this thread it is only the built in media player this happens. Can the CD be played through Winamp or win dows media player? if so, at what quality?

That's kind of what I was trying to explain actually... The CD can only be played by the software built into the disc. However if you have an older drive (usually a non-DVD drive can do it) you can just bypass the software and you'll still be able to play the actual CD tracks in other programs like WMP or whatever... But more likely the case will be that you can't get around that on a current PC CD/DVD drive, in that case you have to rip the CD tracks with EAC in order to get full quality on the PC.