Hi,
I have a cd that I've been trying to rip onto my computer so I can listen to it on my mp3 player.
I can listen to the cd only in my car.
I have tried CDClone, marker trick, Isobuster, Audiograbber. I have tried various software to find out what kind of protection the disc has - but no result. BTW, CDClone manages to make a copy of the disc, but the burned copy behaves exactly the same. Audiograbber manages to rip the tracks - but the second track onwards just plays nothing (silence).
Media Player recognizes all of the tracks, plays the first one and then reports 'file corrupted' on all of the rest. Same with ripping - starts ripping the first track and then stops with 'error'. Media player also recognizes that a license is required (in properties).
I have noticed though that the last track seems suspiciously large compared to the rest. The disc is from 1999.
That's all the info I have. Any ideas? Thanks, Lynda

This may vary outside of north america, but I've never actually encountered a CD with copy protection.

I have crossed paths with "hyper-CD discs that contain multimedia content that comflict with ripping software so I'll make a simple suggestion first....

Reboot your computer.
after rebooting open your ripping software whatever
it happens to be.

After the program is open then open your drive tray and place the disc in the tray but do not close the drive.

Now while holding down your shift key close the drive tray.

Do not release the shift key until your ripping software has completed it's database lookup and identified the album and artist

OR until after the drive has "spun down"

This will bypass most CD copy protection I've ever heard of.

IF not then I'm sure someone can come up with another idea.

BTW, what CD in specific is it?

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