Copy Protected CD's
Friday, December 5, 2003 by Leo the Lion | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I love listening to music whilst working on my PC. I really enjoy listening to some of Robbie Williams work and the other day decided i would add to my collection and purchase his Escapology Albumn CD from Amazon UK. I then got a mail from Amazon UK to say that it would be shipped from Germany - strange i thought 
Anyway i did not think anymore about it.
Anyway i got home tonight and there it was in the post. Put the CD in my D drive kicked up Winamp and Winamp spat its dummy at me >
Never had that problem i thought so i just put it down to a minor hiccup so rebooted my machine. Machine rebooted and tried again and then Winamp threw another wobbly when i inserted the CD. Leo not amused by this stage > So i got another Robbie Williams CD out and it played fine on Winamp. So i tried Escapology again and Winamp refused to load. I then noticed a little label on the front which is vertually unreadable saying Copy Controlled and then this silly little media player that i had never heard of popped up and the CD started playing. Leo then starts to put 2 and 2 together and trys WMP 9 and Creative Play Centre both fail to play the CD. Leo now not a very happy bunny >
So tell me guys........My Winamp5, WMP9 and Creative Play Centre2 are all working fine on all my CD's except Escapology. Are there 2 versions of Escapology? one copy controlled and another which is not? I am particulary fond of my Winamp Player and i am going to be damned if am going to use that excuse of a media player which came with the disc.
I am a bit behind the times when it comes to Copy Controlled CD's and i would love someone to tell me what the score is before i rip into AmazonUK for not making it clear on their site what i was buying. >
Anyway i did not think anymore about it.Anyway i got home tonight and there it was in the post. Put the CD in my D drive kicked up Winamp and Winamp spat its dummy at me >
Never had that problem i thought so i just put it down to a minor hiccup so rebooted my machine. Machine rebooted and tried again and then Winamp threw another wobbly when i inserted the CD. Leo not amused by this stage > So i got another Robbie Williams CD out and it played fine on Winamp. So i tried Escapology again and Winamp refused to load. I then noticed a little label on the front which is vertually unreadable saying Copy Controlled and then this silly little media player that i had never heard of popped up and the CD started playing. Leo then starts to put 2 and 2 together and trys WMP 9 and Creative Play Centre both fail to play the CD. Leo now not a very happy bunny > So tell me guys........My Winamp5, WMP9 and Creative Play Centre2 are all working fine on all my CD's except Escapology. Are there 2 versions of Escapology? one copy controlled and another which is not? I am particulary fond of my Winamp Player and i am going to be damned if am going to use that excuse of a media player which came with the disc.
I am a bit behind the times when it comes to Copy Controlled CD's and i would love someone to tell me what the score is before i rip into AmazonUK for not making it clear on their site what i was buying. >
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kona0197
Reply #3 Friday, December 5, 2003 4:43 PM
Reply #3 Friday, December 5, 2003 4:43 PM
I have a copy protected cd... Command And Conquer Red Alert 2. but no music CD's
Ditch that winamp and get Jetaudio. It will work better.
Ditch that winamp and get Jetaudio. It will work better.
kongit
Reply #4 Friday, December 5, 2003 4:55 PM
Reply #4 Friday, December 5, 2003 4:55 PM
jet audio - the free version contains ads
Winamp - all free and no ads, plus a lot longer history
Besides that I have used winamp since version 2 came out and I still love it.
Winamp - all free and no ads, plus a lot longer history
Besides that I have used winamp since version 2 came out and I still love it.
kona0197
Reply #5 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:00 PM
Reply #5 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:00 PM
jet audio - the free version contains ads[/quotI am using the free version and i see NO ads. And NO spyware either.
Try it and see.
Although Itunes uses alot of memory it is also better.
Try it and see.
Although Itunes uses alot of memory it is also better.
ErRoR5o1
Reply #7 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:04 PM
Reply #7 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:04 PM
um, pyro, may i ask why you have the same first and last name as me?
kona0197
Reply #9 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:05 PM
tell you what. You come over and try to burn a copy of my C&C game. It will let you burn it, but it leaves out several files so the burned copy can not play.
All the new games are this way.
And I like it, cuts down on piracy.
Reply #9 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:05 PM
| hahaha, copywrited, what a joke |
tell you what. You come over and try to burn a copy of my C&C game. It will let you burn it, but it leaves out several files so the burned copy can not play.
All the new games are this way.
And I like it, cuts down on piracy.
pyro5187
Reply #10 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:10 PM
Reply #10 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:10 PM
#9, its been done, thats all i wil say. make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. 
kona0197
Reply #11 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:12 PM
Reply #11 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:12 PM
well I have a DVD burner at my disposal and that didn't do it.
but who cares? It is wrong to copy in the first place.
nuff said.
but who cares? It is wrong to copy in the first place.
nuff said.
pyro5187
Reply #12 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:13 PM
Reply #12 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:13 PM
dvds that you get at the store are 10 gigs, the dvd rs and rws are 4.7 gigs, you cant copy movies, unless you 'special order' 10 gig dvds
Zodiaq~
Reply #16 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:25 PM
Reply #16 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:25 PM
Sergey Marchuk was a Russian Olympic Ice skater...So why do either of you have it?
Oh...I know...because you're one in the same
Now back to topic
Oh...I know...because you're one in the same
Now back to topic
kongit
Reply #17 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:26 PM
Reply #17 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:26 PM
split personalities. Somebody needs a doctor
I like winamp 2 and haven't had any problems yet with it. Maybe someday i'll change, but not too soon.
Itunes is great. The only thing that would make winamp better would be if it could play the songs i downloaded with itunes.
I like winamp 2 and haven't had any problems yet with it. Maybe someday i'll change, but not too soon.
Itunes is great. The only thing that would make winamp better would be if it could play the songs i downloaded with itunes.
Leo the Lion
Reply #18 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:38 PM
Reply #18 Friday, December 5, 2003 5:38 PM
After digging around the net i think i have found the answer.
Escapology" by Robbie Williams: Reported corrupt in Australia, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and in some shops in the UK. This is an EMI release. The labelling on this one is very poor -- the warning text is written in an non-contrasting colour, and it is near impossible to read. It appears that CDs ordered through CD-WOW and Play247 are corrupt; 101CD.com actually carries a warning for this CD, unlike the others. Problems are reported with PCs, MiniDisc players, high-end players (B&O), and several models of car CD player. The Windows player uses ultra-lo-fi 47kbps compressed audio. In the Netherlands, both corrupt and uncorrupt copies are on sale (the uncorrupt version does not have the warning). Most copies bought in UK high-street shops have been reported to be clean; however corrupt import discs have been seen for sale in Music Zone, the Co-op, Our Price and Makro in the UK. Please let us know if you have seen the corrupt version being sold anywhere else in the UK.
I think i will be having a little word with AmazonUK
Escapology" by Robbie Williams: Reported corrupt in Australia, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and in some shops in the UK. This is an EMI release. The labelling on this one is very poor -- the warning text is written in an non-contrasting colour, and it is near impossible to read. It appears that CDs ordered through CD-WOW and Play247 are corrupt; 101CD.com actually carries a warning for this CD, unlike the others. Problems are reported with PCs, MiniDisc players, high-end players (B&O), and several models of car CD player. The Windows player uses ultra-lo-fi 47kbps compressed audio. In the Netherlands, both corrupt and uncorrupt copies are on sale (the uncorrupt version does not have the warning). Most copies bought in UK high-street shops have been reported to be clean; however corrupt import discs have been seen for sale in Music Zone, the Co-op, Our Price and Makro in the UK. Please let us know if you have seen the corrupt version being sold anywhere else in the UK.
I think i will be having a little word with AmazonUK
Styl-X Design
Reply #19 Friday, December 5, 2003 6:36 PM
Reply #19 Friday, December 5, 2003 6:36 PM
The new robbie williams cd is a DVD (atleast if I can assume that you are talking about 'what we did last summer', the live concert from knobsvile.)
That could be the prob.
That could be the prob.
Leo the Lion
Reply #20 Friday, December 5, 2003 6:42 PM
Reply #20 Friday, December 5, 2003 6:42 PM
No Styl.........The CD i am talking about is Escapology which has been out some time
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Reply #1 Friday, December 5, 2003 4:36 PM
confused