At 05:17 PM 7/23/2001 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 3 lines >http://www.stereophile.com/shownews.cgi?1094
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>Of note if you like to make cdrs.
Not to bash jeff, because that's the last thing i want to do, but this is
actually somewhat old news. Macrovision is the wonderful company
responsible for the "no-copy" aspect of many dvd players (they don't work
if you plug them through a vcr... or a vcr/tv combo). They've since tried
to get their grubby mitts on just about everything, including cds.
from the link:
"TTR's patents reveal that in the SafeAudio system, "grossly erroneous
values," or bursts of digital noise, are added to the signal, forcing a
regular CD player, whose error correction can't usually handle such extreme
digital hash, to cover the gaps of bad data with data from before and after
where the distortion occurs. But when copying the audio file to another
device, like a PC's hard disc, the extreme digital values are said to
overwhelm the computer's ability to transfer the data properly, leaving
annoying noises in place of music."
Of course, this only affects those who pop a cd in, hit "rip at 20x" and
get a fast wav file. It doesn't stop anyone from actually just recording
the thing as its' playing, or doing an analog copy (or 1x).
Once again, the only people who can afford the process are those that lose
the least money anyways.
cheers,
/derek
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