OK really does the RIAA want to take away the longtime romantic musical tradition of the mixtape.

Shit... it wants to rip it to .wma format ONLY... what if I wanna put this shit on my iPod.

I bought this CD!

you could try the tool Exact Audio Copy. I am not sure, but maybe it helps.

SenseOfDoubt said:

YEAHHHH That's the program I was trying to remember!

Thank ya

ok well the download site seems to be down for exact audio copy.

ykno on my old computer i would have just recorded the "Wave Out" (even though its a downgrade).

Even, EAC didn't work. Poo.

I had that problem with iTunes until I selected the "Use error correction when reading Audio CDs" checkbox

PANDURITO said:

The net result was one song did not make it to the mixtape (EMI got their way).

I wasn't using iTunes, but I'll try it next time, Pandurito.

Do you have any clue which kind of copy protection it is? Cactus Datashield 200/300? Try to figure it out, I think CloneCD could do the job (but I do not know if that is still developed). Anyway, Alcohol 120% maybe a good choice, too.

Do a digital/analog/digital -conversion if it's not too much work. Record it with a multitrack/sampler program.

Of course it wasn't too much work back in the day when all we had to make copies of records with was the tape deck. Now most people can't get over the idea of actually having to wait for the album to copy - of course you could be just listening to the album anyway at the same time. But damnit, too complex!

If you are running Windows, make sure you disable "Autoplay" on all of your CD/DVD drives. Some of these copy protection schemes they are putting on CDs rely on Autoplay to install themselves silently. If it's disabled, they cannot install on your system.

novabrkr said:

yeah but given a "not so good" equipment/ports (take my laptop for example...), the results can be less than delightful.

SenseOfDoubt said:

I always forget that. I haven't had a bad audiocard since... uhm, since Commodore 64.

CinisterCee said:

know what U mean. haven't been able 2 listen 2 Alicia Keys Unplugged in more than a year. Blah, it's not a good record anyway.

Tom said:

I read this in another forum, but I already installed the legit (.WMA ONLY, UP TO 3 COPIES) ripping program provided on the CD.