Is there any way of getting around the anti-piracy features of CW Volume 1?
I want to rip the album onto my mp3 player, but it doesn't like playing on my PC.
Anti-piracy measures.
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There shouldn't be any problem playing the discs in your drive. On the cover (the UK edition) it says it's fine for PC playback.
Just stuck disc one in and Windows media player picks it up fine.
Just used Wavelab to import 'Step Into The Breeze' Pt1 onto my hard-drive, no problems there.
Is yours a UK copy? maybe you need to get it changed.
Sonic
Just stuck disc one in and Windows media player picks it up fine.
Just used Wavelab to import 'Step Into The Breeze' Pt1 onto my hard-drive, no problems there.
Is yours a UK copy? maybe you need to get it changed.
Sonic
My copy of CWI wasn't copy protected (I got that from CD WOW before they started having to add a surcharge, so it's probably not the UK version) that ripped ok. CWII has got copy protection (this came from HMV for an extortionate £16.99 - but I had a voucher left over from Xmas to use). This ripped ok aswell. In fact it plays ok on my PC, my stereo, in the car and on my CD/MP3 walkman, so I don't see the point of the copy protection anyway.
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The Anti-Piracy on CWV1 works by introducing invalid data into the music waveforms which the error correction on domestic CD players can fix, but PCs, having no error-correction, can't. The upshot of this is that the error correction chips on your CD player will be working overtime, so sound quality is adversely affected.
My advice - download a copy of CDex (it's free), set the ripping to "full paranoia", and it'll take ages but will work. I have a pristine rip of CWV1 to wave files which I then burned my own copy from, so I can listen to it without poor sound quality spoiling the experience.
My advice - download a copy of CDex (it's free), set the ripping to "full paranoia", and it'll take ages but will work. I have a pristine rip of CWV1 to wave files which I then burned my own copy from, so I can listen to it without poor sound quality spoiling the experience.
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