- Simply copying question
- Posted by Tony on March 16th, 2005
Could anyone let me know how to make an exact copy of a CD.
My Sonic software will make a copy of CDs that can only be played on a PC,
but not on a normal CD player.
Is there other software or some trick to do this...
Many thanks
T
- Posted by dadiOH on March 16th, 2005
Tony wrote:
If you are talking about Sonic's version of RecordNow, you have all the
software you need. You made an audio disc, right? You closed the disc,
right? Come to think of it, it has been so long since I made an audio
disc that I'm not sure if it has to be closed to play on a PC.
No trick to it but you need a CD player that will play home brew CDs.
Used to be that ability was rare but not for several years. Is your
player ancient? Another possibility is the brand of CDs used...some
players are fussy.
If you made an audio disc and closed it, try it in another player. If
it plays, try another brand of CD blanks.
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- Posted by Tony on March 17th, 2005
I've tried several types of CDRW and CD player. I think this is just a
security feature to stop copying.
There must be a way around it.
What do you mean by 'closed'. The software just copies the CD.
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- Posted by CQ on March 17th, 2005
Tony said...
Try doing it in two steps. If you can do it with the Sonic software you
have try to copy the tracks off the CD to your hard drive as .wav files.
If the Sonic software won't read the CD to do that, try using CDex. If
it will read the tracks, use it to copy the CD to your hard drive as .wav
files then make an audio CD from those files.
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
The burning program has to finalize the CD when it is finished. Some
software allows you to add tracks to a CD and burn them but not "close
it" so you can add more tracks in another session. Your software is
probably just doing that ("closing") for you when it copies a full CD.
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CQ
- Posted by dadiOH on March 17th, 2005
CQ wrote:
Good suggestion except the CDs he has been making will play on his PC,
not on a CD player; ergo, the copy is OK, no?
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- Posted by dadiOH on March 17th, 2005
Tony wrote:
I think not. If it were, your copy wouldn't play on the PC either. It
does; therefore it has been copied.
WAIT! Are you copying to a CD-RW? Use a CD-R.
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As CQ said.
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- Posted by Tony on March 17th, 2005
Yes I'm using a CDRW... is that wrong??
I was just testing the copy before tyring it with a CDR, only to find I can
only play them on a PC not a CD player. This has happened to me before.
I thought this was some sort of ant-copying device in CDs. But perhaps not.
Thanks for the tips!
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- Posted by Don M. on March 17th, 2005
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Not wrong, just incompatibility with your standalone player. CDRW uses a different reflective layer
from CDR, which varies with technology, and from pressed (commercial) CD. MY DVD player can read
only pressed CD and home-burned CDRW.
That's generally a good approach: test on a erasable CDRW before committing to CDR.
Don
- Posted by Frohike on March 19th, 2005
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Use EAC using secure mode and set the correct read offset for your drive
from Accurate Rip. Use good CD-R media like Fujifilm made in Japan.
- Posted by CQ on March 20th, 2005
pickiOH said...
He is using Sonic software which was bought by Sony, the kings of
proprietary devices, ergo I have no idea what is being added when he uses
it to copy a CD.
I don't know, it doesn't seem OK since it won't play in his CD player <g>
Just seemed like trying another method would make sense. Most likely it
is the CDRW factor. I so don't use those things, I forget they exist to
complicate matters.
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