[linux-audio-user] Reading/playing a "copy protected" CD : Reed-Solomon correction?

[Mikhail Ramendik]

Hello,

Frank Barknecht wrote:

> > cdparanoia did not help :( 
> 
> Not all is lost: Try to find another computer with another CD drive.
> Various drives handle these kinds of broken CDs differently. 

Thanks. I'll try this idea.

> You could
> also do an analogue copy, which can be of almost the same quality as a
> digital rip.

Now if I only get my CD player fixed... And this is probably what I need
to do next. After all, this may be merely a poor recording, and the
clicks, to think of it, sound remarkably like clipping.

> Other than that I can only think of searching some P2P networks for
> the contents of your CD, which you are kept away from although you
> paid for it.

I tried this before buying the CD. The trick is, I am dealing with
rather rare music.