redfoxash Posted August 17, 2003 Report Share Posted August 17, 2003 I haven't been using my MD for a year or so. I recently decided to record alot of CDs to MD I have purchased over the last year or so. However a few of the CDs from EMI have this 'Copy Control' protection on them which prevents me from making a digital copy. I use my DVD's optical out to record digitalcopys to MD. When I try to record these 'copy controlled' discs, everything seems to work OK. However when the TOC writes at the end of the recording session, the disc suddenly has over 250 track marks and the music is gone. So I've bought all of this music and can never listen to it on my MD????? Sure I can make an analog copy, but that really doesn't cut it for me!!!! Does anyone know how to make a digital MD copy of one of these discs? If I bought a NetMD, would it then be possible to make digital copys? ie does the Sony software allow this? Does this mean I may as well abandon the MD format and revert to a shitty portable CD player? Sure I could just not buy EMI CDs like I've heard some people have pledged to do, but if I want to list to some of my favourite artists CDs I wanna listen to them!!! info on copy protection on my CDs (or lack there of!): http://www.emimusic.com.au/faqs_copy_control.asp http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/25/...6449294262.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/09/...9567720952.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted August 17, 2003 Report Share Posted August 17, 2003 that's usually the SCMS kicking in...as u'v noticed it won't allow you to copy protected CD's (and/or MD's) digitally through toslink...it can be done through analogue however...NetMD's will allow you to make digital copies easily since the computer will by-pass the SCMS...but recording through NetMD with say SimpleBurner will not allow you to record in SP, only LP2 and LP4...if you want to make an exact digital copy you can do it via the computer's toslink out with the CD playing in the CD drive...(this works for every CD that's i've tried anyways...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazirker Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 I had some trouble with this too. http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t=637 My stereo CD burner unit automatically makes CD's that are loaded with SCMS, making it impossible to make digital copies of the discs to minidisc. I fixed the problem by using Nero to make new copies of the disc that aren't locked by SCMS from digital copying, but that sucks because I had to reburn a bunch of discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batphink Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 I've had this happen to me too. I've found the best solution is to use an old CD player (no joke!). Anything older than 5 years should do the trick. Check out garage sales and repair shops. Last year, I bought a remastered CD of Duran Duran's Rio (also released by EMI). It shut off the optical out on my DVD player and my PC couldn't rip it. I used my old laserdisc player (which also has an optical out) and my minidisc recorder (Sharp MD-MS702) had no trouble copying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future love Posted September 2, 2003 Report Share Posted September 2, 2003 Good morning! I know the problem of the 'copy controlled'.In fact, the 'copy controlled' system is at the beginning of the CD. The only way to put a CD like this on a MD, is to put a stroke of felt on the CD.I've never test but one of my friend said to me... This system depends on the company (Sony, EMI, Virgin...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamagatacamille Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 my radiohead "hail to the thief" copies through to my MD perfectly. and i use my D-EJ825 PCDP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 When you insert your CD hold down the shift key for about 20 seconds or untill the CD-ROM has stoped reading your CD. Use a programe like CDEX to copy the files or just drag the .WMA files some where and copy them to MD. I think that copy protection kicks in when auto-run starts but don't quote me on that. Also when you buy CDs, don't buy anything that's not got the Compact Disk logo on them. Phillips have told people like BMG that their not allowed to use their trade mark if they use copy protection on the CD as Phillps say something about a CD with copy protection on it is not up to Phillips standard. I can't really rember the argument though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 For users with Sony or other MD decks that have coaxial digital in you can use classic CD players from the early to mid 80s that were manufactured by Philips, Pye and Marantz. These are very sturdy old machines that weigh a ton, but they happen to have Digital Coaxial out and are perfect for the job. Check on the back of the player for a black phono socket on its own next to the analogue outputs. By the way, the construction of these players is so good that many of them are still working today whereas you only expect the lasers in modern ones to last 4 or 5 years. I used to be a HiFi repairer so you get to learn about these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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