Ripping CD's

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callistris
callistris Posts: 656 Forumite
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I'm busy ripping the last of my music collection into iTunes.

But why is it, that some cd's rip really fast and others crawl at a snails pace:(

I have tried other software such as WMP, media monkey and even winamp and they're all the same, really slow:(

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  • Dave_C_2
    Dave_C_2 Posts: 1,827 Forumite
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    You have got lots of hard disk space left for your music haven't you?

    Apart from the obvious some CDs are longer than others, it could be that with older, scratched CDs the error correction in the rip program has to do more work.

    Dave
  • callistris
    callistris Posts: 656 Forumite
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    Yep loads of space, if you're asking because of backing up that's taken care of:)

    I had thought of it as being older cd's or scratched ones, but some of the newer ones are also slow and all my cd's are perfectly clear of scratches or dirt and grime. Unlike lots of my friends I look after my cd's. So I don't know:o
  • andy2004
    andy2004 Posts: 1,309 Forumite
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    some cd's music cd's are protected from being ripped. but not from being played.
  • ITExpert
    ITExpert Posts: 6 Forumite
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    callistris wrote: »
    Yep loads of space, if you're asking because of backing up that's taken care of:)

    I had thought of it as being older cd's or scratched ones, but some of the newer ones are also slow and all my cd's are perfectly clear of scratches or dirt and grime. Unlike lots of my friends I look after my cd's. So I don't know:o
    It's probably due to copyprotection, lol. Listen to those ripped songs, you might only hear hiss.

    You need to get around the copyprotection...google is your friend
  • callistris
    callistris Posts: 656 Forumite
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    Hmm copyprotection, yeah could be right I suppose never thought of that:)

    The cd's I persisted with which were slow, all sound perfectly fine, just like the ones that ripped fast. Luckily:)
  • ada1988
    ada1988 Posts: 360 Forumite
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    The ones you want to rip must under the protection.
    So you need some thing to slove this first.
  • m5rcc
    m5rcc Posts: 1,544 Forumite
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    ada1988 wrote: »
    The ones you want to rip must under the protection.
    So you need some thing to slove this first.

    Very easy - Exact Audio Copy
  • Dave_C_2
    Dave_C_2 Posts: 1,827 Forumite
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    andy2004 wrote: »
    some cd's music cd's are protected from being ripped. but not from being played.
    I just found this interesting webpage on identifying copy protected CDs.
    If the CD has the following symbol it should be OK to rip.
    CD-Compact-disc-digital-audio.gifDave
  • m5rcc
    m5rcc Posts: 1,544 Forumite
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    Dave_C wrote: »
    I just found this interesting webpage on identifying copy protected CDs.
    If the CD has the following symbol it should be OK to rip.
    CD-Compact-disc-digital-audio.gifDave

    Largely irrelevant: copy-protected CDs can be ripped, as can copy-protected DVDs, Blu-Rays....
  • thegeekfiles
    thegeekfiles Posts: 10 Forumite
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    Was going to say copy protection then saw a lot of replies. Copy protection has always been an issue (to point as some CD's some years ago had protection stopping them from even playing on a computer).

    With todays digital download society though will CD's be around in a few years?
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