Weird new copy protection from Universal

Weird new copy protection from Universal

deej_1977 View Member Profile	Dec 31 2002, 14:04 Post #1
Group: Members Posts: 155 Joined: 21-October 01 From: Belgium Member No.: 332	Hi all, Just bought 'Groove Coverage - God Is A Girl', the Maxi CD. When I wanted to rip it MP3 to play on my Nomad, EAC gave me a very weird TOC: It says that track 1 (an audio track which plays fine on a standard cd player) is a DATA track??? Tracks 2 to 5 are reported as audio tracks (which is normal). So I guess in this new copy protection the audio tracks are surrounded by data tracks now. I've unleashed Isobuster at the cd but it really doesn't help, it rips it as a bin or a tao file... When you try to burn the bin file with Nero it says it will burn it as one large audio file and then produces nothing but garble... Any ideas on how to make EAC or another program rip this first track as a wave file? If it doesn't that's the last CD I ever bought from Universal! I don't even intend to share my files on the Internet, I just want to play them on my Nomad... Thanks! -------------------- No inspiration

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deej_1977 View Member Profile	Jan 3 2003, 13:24 Post #2
Group: Members Posts: 155 Joined: 21-October 01 From: Belgium Member No.: 332	Hey that did the trick! Thanks for the hint!!! There is only one problem: pops & clicks, indicating missing samples . Gotta find a way to get rid of those... This new protection format is really weird, e.g. if you disable autoplay and rip a track with EAC (all tracks from the 2nd on are rippable) EAC goes crazy with rereads and rereads in Secure Mode, and produces a whole lot of garbage when doing Burst Mode. However, if you let autoplay do it's thing and let the little 'player' app from Universal play first, then stop it, launch EAC and rip from the 2nd track on, EAC does not freak at all and rips beautifully at it's normal speed . The same sht happens with CDex, IsoBuster and any other extraction program I have here. CloneCD also chokes... There's also something else: EAC produces a 'unknown read command' on the first track, and all other rippers go crazy with Jitter Errors... Anyway, I might be able to rip it in the end, but the heart of the matter stays the same: I am not buying anything from Universal anymore. This post has been edited by deej_1977*: Jan 3 2003, 13:29 -------------------- No inspiration

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deej_1977 Weird new copy protection from Universal Dec 31 2002, 14:04

kjempen Have you tried using the newest ClonyXXL version t... Dec 31 2002, 14:30

kotrtim QUOTE Any ideas on how to make EAC or another prog... Dec 31 2002, 14:36

deej_1977 @kjempen Well ClonxyXXL hangs... tried a few times... Dec 31 2002, 15:01

deej_1977 Well closer inspection of the CD itself revealed t... Dec 31 2002, 15:27

fenterbug I'm having a weird brain-fart. I'm no expe... Dec 31 2002, 15:46

layer3maniac ALL corrupt CDs should be returned for an uncorrup... Dec 31 2002, 15:57

_io_ If i remember correctly i thought this problem was... Dec 31 2002, 16:21

deej_1977 QUOTE (_io_ @ Dec 31 2002 - 05:21 PM)If i rem... Dec 31 2002, 16:28

kotrtim QUOTE Wanted to try that but can't find where ... Dec 31 2002, 16:49

deej_1977 Hehe I totally forgot about the powertoys. Nifty l... Jan 1 2003, 16:33

jesseg X-Setup, dont leave home without it http://xteq.di... Jan 2 2003, 06:43

fireballuk2001 You said you had nero but if you've got a copy... Jan 3 2003, 02:07

deej_1977 Hey that did the trick! Thanks for the hint... Jan 3 2003, 13:24

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