Hi, > Yes, it's possible. However, making your own backup copies of copy > protected cd's is only possible if you can make your burner and your > software do an elaborate dance; and they both have to be doing exotic > things. In linux the hardware necessities you can get; the software you > cannot. > > There are only two brands of burner software that I have tested that are > capable of creating backup copies of copy protected cd's with the proper > hardware. Neither one of them run on Linux. This is a major problem > and I wish both of the two burner software firms would port to linux. > Either that or an enthusiastic brainiac capable of authoring a new > project.
Very frustrating. cdrecord seems to be the tool everybody uses, is that what is usuallu recommended? > You have what looks like a PX-W1610A; correct me if I'm wrong. You can > check the performance/capabilities of your drive on the following page: Thats it. > When selecting a burner, and you are looking at doing bit for bit > copies, possibly with copy protected material, you absolutely need to > use the CloneCD burner evaluation list for making a decision. Otherwise > you are walking into it blind. I recommend Liteon brand burners as a > start; personally I have here a Toshiba SD-1202 DVD Combo drive that > burns with the correct EFM encoding, plus does RAW-DAO 96 write, and > RAW+96 read. I've been using Clone CD under windows. Copied what I wanted to fine. Obviously software, as you said above. Nevermind. Cheers, Jordan -- Jordan Elver Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. -- David Brent (The Office)
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