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TPH not copy-protected version

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Roxrider_USA said on March 17, 2003 22:59:

Hello! Does anyone know where i can get a TPH album that is not copy-protected preferably with the EP?

Thanks in advance.

Take care.
Carlos E., New York.

karmakillernz said on March 18, 2003 01:43:

I doubt you’ll be able to. All EMI releases from 2003 on are supposed to have some form of copy protection.

Mfan28179-Jason said on March 18, 2003 03:18:

We might have to wait till the Canadian release and HOPE for no copy protection - however, it might very well be without the EP. I guess you can only hope to find good software that will still rip the tracks. I tried the CDEX that pietROxette recommended, but it didn’t work. The track order was all mixed up - ATAY was divided into multiple tracks and apparently, all the other tracks were merged as a single track. Am I missing something?

bunny said on March 18, 2003 03:51:

When u guys say copy-protected, does it include ripping tracks to .wav files? What if i wanna make mp3 files out of it for my car??

erweetiran said on March 18, 2003 04:44:

try musicmatch jukebox 6 to rip songs, I used that to rip the ballad hits without problems

pietROxette said on March 18, 2003 09:19:

Kids, forget this copy protection thing. You can actually both make a copy of the CD and create mp3 files of it. I have a few copy protected EMI releases from different parts of the world but they all use the same technology.
Here’s what to do...
>Playback on PC
Insert the disc. A built-in player will pop-up, and starts playing the disc. The playback can be either good quality (160 kbps), or pretty shitty (47 kbps), depending of the edition. Close that player. Open your favourite CD-player software (RealOne PLayer, Winamp, Windows Media Player, etc.), and play the CD with that. You’ll get perfect quality CD playback.
>Create mp3 files
Insert the disc. Download CDEX, a free software from download.com if you don’t have it. Set the programme to fit your needs, it’s very easy to customise the quality settings (for best result, set the quality to very high (q=0), and the bitrate at least 192 kbps). And click on “Extract CD tracks to compressed audio files”. You’ll get high quality mp3 files this way.
>Make a copy of the CD (for private use, selling copies is against copyright laws worldwide)
You can use Nero or WinOnCD to make a copy of the CD. Most likely other software works fine as well, I haven’t tested them.

As you see, there’s absolutely NO hacking in what I’ve written above. So you don’t have to be afraid of copy protected CDs, they all work fine.

You may ask: what is the point in implementing this technology? Well, you have to ask EMI :-)

Roxrider_USA said on March 18, 2003 17:03:

Thanks a lot for these suggestions. I appreciate it a lot.

Take care!
Carlos E., New York.

carbon_boy said on March 19, 2003 05:59:

Yep Pietro, this whole copyprotection scheme is a load of bollocks! EMI is so bloody blind to the companies that sold them the copyprotection software.

U can basiclly use anything to rip the cd’s. I use dMC, cool little program. Had no probs with ripping TBH or any of the other copyprotected cd’s.

Cheers

Krischan said on March 19, 2003 09:42:

I’ve expirienced difficulties creating MP3’s off the ON Single only using my DVD-drive. With the normal CD-ROM-drive everything works perfectly.