Problem ripping - need assistance

[maggior]

I seem to recall using EAC in burst mode. You obviously lose the benefit of error detection, but if your disc is in good shape, you usually won't have problems anyway.

If the discs are in the AccurateRip database and you are using a newer version of EAC that supports AccurateRip, this wouldn't be a problem.

Knock on wood, I've been lucky to have never run across any of these discs. Thankfully that entire scheme has been abandoned!

[Mnyb]

if all else fails , think outside the box .

You want the these recordings as flac files , you don't necessarily need to rip them yourselves.

Especially "best of the doors" 2CD is avaible as torrent, a well seeded one

Sign of the times is also there, albeit a bit slower .

Some disc ripped by others are done with acuraterip and delivered with full logs so quality concerns are not an issue and they usually uses EAC so it may be better than you own rip if you never used a secure ripper.

I won't give you links as that would be against forum rules , Google "[album name] flac torrent"

[andynormancx]

That is exactly what I had to resort to my 20+ year old copy of U2's Joshua Tree.

It wouldn't rip, so I bought a new copy which also wouldn't rip. It which point I went and found a quality torrent for it.

[JYVD]

I've always gotten around copy protection, too... However, from what I understand, it only takes autorun to go once to have the software put on your computer. You may want to be make sure it isn't already there.

Only once do I remember having a hard time to the point that I had to try something "different"... I seem to recall using EAC in burst mode. You obviously lose the benefit of error detection, but if your disc is in good shape, you usually won't have problems anyway. I think I just gave the files a good listen afterwards to make sure I didn't have any errors.

Last, when all else fails, you might consider looking at torrent sites. I normally wouldn't suggest such a thing, but given you own the CD, this is one case where I'd say you have a legitimate reason to use such a method.

I wanted to thank you all for your help. Could not solve the problem. I will have to buy CD s pressed after 2007 but how can you tell ? Also I found a site called qobuz where you can download CD quality and even superior to standard CD quality. Tried that last one called master recordings. It s quite expensive yes but it sounds so good on the squeezebox.

Thanks also for the torrent tip. I have never used it. Will give it a try.

[RussellMrgn]

It is possible to rip copy protected cd's.
one program you should try is SlySoft's CloneCD. also try the method as shown in the Guide to Copying Copy-Protected Music CDs here http://www.dsg.cs.tcd.ie/~haahrm/copying-protected-cds/

These have worked for me in the past.

[emalvick]

That is exactly what I had to resort to my 20+ year old copy of U2's Joshua Tree.

It wouldn't rip, so I bought a new copy which also wouldn't rip. It which point I went and found a quality torrent for it.

That's strange, only because I've ripped two copies of the album the 20+ year old one and the more recent remaster. That definitely was not one that I ever identified as having copy protection.

[emalvick]

I wanted to thank you all for your help. Could not solve the problem. I will have to buy CD s pressed after 2007 but how can you tell ? Also I found a site called qobuz where you can download CD quality and even superior to standard CD quality. Tried that last one called master recordings. It s quite expensive yes but it sounds so good on the squeezebox.

Thanks also for the torrent tip. I have never used it. Will give it a try.

I'd probably look at the torrent options otherwise I'd suspect that any disc you buy now should not have copy protection, unless the album is out of print. You might want to look into the albums in question album by album. I'd especially confirm that the albums you are having trouble with were in fact copy protected at some point.

You'd have to do some research as I'm not sure it is always that easy to find out. Sometimes it is obvious (remasters) or perhaps you go to a physical store and look for a date (not the original copyright date but rather the release date), usually the most recent date printed on a disc; although with newer discs the dates can be the same.

Buying FLAC files or audio files is reasonable, but I'd be very hesitant in spending more for a CD quality album in FLAC than the CD itself (not counting HD tracks).