[Free-sklyarov-uk] Re: Article on Cactus Shield

[Daniel Ackroyd]

>From slashdot message
(http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=25458&cid=2764316) and previously from 
Fat Chucks website.

>As described in a comment on FatChucks [fatchucks.com] (Tested it on 
>'Natalie Imbruglia - White Lillies Island' with a Yamaha
>6x4x16x SCSI CDRW drive) 1) Get IsoBuster [isobuster.com] (A Win32 app) 2) 
>Rip the entire disc as raw data. May struggle/take a while. Tell it
>to ignore any read errors 3) Open the raw file in CoolEdit (or any decent 
>audio editor) as a
>44.1Kz 16-bit stereo sample (with Intel byte ordering) 4) There you have 
>it! The entire CD as one big sample! 5) In CoolEdit, you can use 
>'Edit->AutoCue->Find Phrases and Mark' to
>split the tracks up automatically 6) Save 'em out, and convert to MP3/Ogg 
>if neccesssary


I guess the IsoBuster program has it's own device driver to access the 
hardware directly rather than going through the windows routines, which 
technically might make it in breach of the DMCA.

Also haven't seen it mentioned here, but apparently there are some programs 
that will detect which version of CD protection is being used at 
http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_utils_2.shtml


cheers
dan

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