[Free-sklyarov-uk] Another corrupt CD from BMG

[Jim Peters]

Okay, we have another one.  It's "Greatest Hits" by Five.  Not my
scene musically at all, but probably a popular choice for Christmas
presents for some people.

Basically the protection looks very similar to the Natalie Imbruglia
CD, except they've introduced some new incompatibilities, and the
play-side of the disk no longer looks like an LP -- it has just one
big gap instead of many inter-track gaps.  Here's a summary so far:

iBook2/DVD/MacOS9: Rejects the disk completely unless iTunes is
  started before insertion.  Within iTunes, can play/extract all
  tracks.

Linux: Both my Linux systems refuse to extract the audio -- not even a
  TOC.  On my portable drive, the driver suggested that I had the disk
  in upside down.  However, results are likely to be different with
  more modern drives.

PlayStation2: Track one refuses to play, all others seem fine.

Windows: 80kbps lo-fi audio once again.  Reported possible to extract
  audio using CloneCD, but other tools show a corrupt TOC.  Also works
  on some drives but not others.

I rang the BMG hotline (0151 225 1159), and they offered me an
uncorrupted replacement CD in exchange for my name and address.

Jim

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