Mike Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sunday 16 July 2006 09:46, Harald Arnesen wrote: >> > Does someone know which of the dozens of cd-players for gentoo >> > is able to play copy-controlled cd's (the cd's that install a >> > player first under Windows). >> > My discman can play them, my home audioset can play them so >> > i guess there must be a cdplayer for gentoo that can do it. >> > Xmms and xine won't. >> >> cdparanoia and cdrdao can rip most of these non-CDs, so you can burn >> working copy.. > > Yep, just turn down, or off, the error checking (or paranoia level). > Copy protected CDs are just CDs with errors intentionally put in. Ignore the > errors, get the music.
That is rarely necessary, I find that most "copy-protected" CDs can be ripped with full error checking. Not that I have tried with that many, I won't buy them. -- Hilsen Harald. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
