Is there a way to rip songs from a protected CD?

megaman917 · Post by **megaman917** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:55 pm

I have a protected CD and I can't rip it, or even play it on my PC. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Trunks fanatic · Post by **Trunks fanatic** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:58 pm

it isnt reccomended for protected, but you can use some software called ripper, it costs alot though, not reccomended, srry...

.:SR:. · Post by **.:SR:.** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:01 pm

megaman917 wrote:I have a protected CD and I can't rip it, or even play it on my PC. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Have you tried to use Windows Media Player? I know it's not the best option, but you can get songs out of it (I'm taking about protected ones, or at least I think so) and it also allows you to choose the format .wma/.mp3/.wav

Anyway, As far as protected CD's concern, that's all I can think of

bum · Post by **bum** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:41 am

Whats the cd? Try holding shift as you put it in your comp, so autostart is disabled. If that doesnt work, try geting a bootable linux, then find a riping tool on that.

madmallard · Post by **madmallard** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:00 pm

bootable linux...

Mepis.

megaman917 · Post by **megaman917** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:20 pm

bum wrote:Whats the cd? Try holding shift as you put it in your comp, so autostart is disabled. If that doesnt work, try geting a bootable linux, then find a riping tool on that.

It's promo cd from BGM Distribution. It's an in-store play sampler.
I tried Windows Media Player and Dell Jukebox by Musicmatch, which came with my pc. My pc wont play or even read the cd. I think I'm gonna search for the songs I want elsewhere. I don't want to go through all that trouble just to rip like about 3 or 4 songs. Thank you guys for the help though.

Org Profile · Post by **808-buma** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:26 pm

have you tried using Cdex? I think that the current version is 1.51. Just load up the program first and then insert the cd. If that doesn't work there are a lot of cd rippers out there (EAC is another example). Give them a try

madmallard · Post by **madmallard** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:56 pm

switch it to Paranoid in the settings, too. that helps somtimes

psycoculex · Post by **psycoculex** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:07 am

play in windows media player classic and use the save as option.

gangstaj8 · Post by **gangstaj8** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:31 am

megaman917 wrote: It's promo cd from BGM Distribution. It's an in-store play sampler.

CDex is a great program. But I'm curious about something. Will your CD play in a regular CD player? Is it protected, or is it actually some weird format that a computer won't even read? Being an in-store sampler, this might be a possibility, I guess it depends on how it was played in the store. Just a thought.

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Is there a way to rip songs from a protected CD?

Is there a way to rip songs from a protected CD?

no, you cant, unless you use a recorder...

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