About Bloody time - cheap DVD Authoring with copy protection

Adrian Douglas · April 1st, 2004, 08:04 AM

I've been put off buying CDs with this protection as I don't have a regular stereo system only my PC and my MD player. I have a CD player in the car but here in Japan you really don't drive many places due to traffic, ie it can take 7 hours to go 100kms.

Edward Troxel · April 1st, 2004, 08:12 AM

I have to ask: If it plays in a stereo, what's to prevent copying? All you have to record it from the analog outputs. I don't see any point in this "protection".

Adrian Douglas · April 1st, 2004, 07:55 PM

Yeah there are ways around it but here in Japan where space is a premium a lot of people just have a computer and a MD/IPod set-up

Rob Lohman · April 2nd, 2004, 04:04 AM

I'm refusing to buy those CD's as well these days. I bought one,
found out and will never buy a CD with protection again. That
is true Edward. But you loose quality, ofcourse. Especially if you
don't have a good audio setup. Far better to record a digital
output of a CD player if you can. But then again, there is software
available now-a-days as well.

Edward Troxel · April 2nd, 2004, 08:42 AM

Granted, you might lose a little quality but probably not enough to hear while driving down the road. With a decent system recording analog to another digital source, I would think the loss would be minimal.

April 1st, 2004, 08:04 AM	#16
Adrian Douglas Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Chigasaki, Japan. Posts: 1,660	I've been put off buying CDs with this protection as I don't have a regular stereo system only my PC and my MD player. I have a CD player in the car but here in Japan you really don't drive many places due to traffic, ie it can take 7 hours to go 100kms. __________________ Adrian DVInfo.net Search for quick answers Where to buy? From the best in the business...DVInfo.net sponsors

April 1st, 2004, 07:55 PM	#18
Adrian Douglas Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Chigasaki, Japan. Posts: 1,660	Yeah there are ways around it but here in Japan where space is a premium a lot of people just have a computer and a MD/IPod set-up __________________ Adrian DVInfo.net Search for quick answers Where to buy? From the best in the business...DVInfo.net sponsors

April 2nd, 2004, 04:04 AM	#19
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I'm refusing to buy those CD's as well these days. I bought one, found out and will never buy a CD with protection again. That is true Edward. But you loose quality, ofcourse. Especially if you don't have a good audio setup. Far better to record a digital output of a CD player if you can. But then again, there is software available now-a-days as well. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

April 1st, 2004, 08:12 AM	#17
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I have to ask: If it plays in a stereo, what's to prevent copying? All you have to record it from the analog outputs. I don't see any point in this "protection".

April 2nd, 2004, 08:42 AM	#20
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Granted, you might lose a little quality but probably not enough to hear while driving down the road. With a decent system recording analog to another digital source, I would think the loss would be minimal.