Getting audio off of CD, not a basic question, a problem

[gordon_fan_24]

First, let me say that this is for PERSONAL USE ONLY, for home videos, NO INTENTION TO MAKE ANY MONEY, actually it will cost me money, for DVD's. so please keep any copyright discussion to a minimum. i know how to get audio off a CD by recording it in video studio, or just copying the file to the hard drive and importing. The CD I want to use has copy protection, obviously to prevent anyone from copying and selling the song(s), which I have no plans to do EVER. I cannot copy the files onto my computer, or even record into VS9, how can I get the song into video studio for my HOME MOVIES.

I don't mean to sound rude, but I've seen alot of these types of discussions turn into heated debates on copyright issues, and I need help with a problem, I cant say this enough times, its for personal home videos, not any money making efforts, not now, not ever.

Thanks to all that help.

[rwindeyer]

Hi there

I understand completely what you are saying about using songs for your home video; I do it myself and I don't think any reasonable person would have a problem with it.

I don't understand how a CD can have copy protection; I have ripped a fair few (for similar reasons) and never found a problem. I'll take your word for it though.

One possible solution: I have a couple of pieces of software; cdEx (freeware) and Wave Pad (try before you buy); both of these can record from analogue input. Play the CD on a regular player, plug in to Line In on your computer, and record the incoming signal.

My "main" computer (laptop) is presently crunching a wedding video to DVD; I'm sure a Google search will find these for you, or I can give further details later. Any good?

[BrianCee]

Just play the CD in a regular CD player connected to your PC - there are quite a few programmes around which will record analogue sound using the Line input to your soundcard - some are free - some you pay for - my personal favourite is "Magix Audio Cleaning Lab" but that does a lot more than just record.

Have you tried just using the windows sound recorder.

[Black Lab]

Here's another option that I just did recently because the song I wanted was on a cassette tape. I connected my camera's line-in to my stereo's line out, pressed record on the camera, play on the cassette player, and 3 minutes later had a digital copy to import into my computer. Once imported I used the Split Audio function in VS. Worked great!

[DVDDoug]

If you have analog-audio recording software, you can make an analog (digital-to-analog-to-digital) recording from your CD-drive. You can record the coming out of the PC's speakers, usually without any external connections. The trick is to turn-off all the "beeps" & "dings", or don't do anything that makes those PC sounds while you're recording.

See this Record "What-U-Hear" link.

In the USA, it is OK to make personal copies. However, "cracking" software is illegal. (Similarly, it is not illegal to pick the lock to your own house, but it is generally illegal to possess a lock pick set, unless you're a licensed locksmith.)

Most CD copy protection relies on a sneaky program running in the background that blocks ripping. You can prevent this software from being installed automatically by turning-off auto-play. There are different ways to disable auto-play, depending on your version of Windows. (It's too late for your PC and this particular copy-protection scheme. )

If you search the Internet, you may be able to find out which copy protection scheme is used for that particular CD, and how to bypass it.

[gordon_fan_24]

Thanks for the ideas, I had thought of the idea of recording to the computer via the line in input, but I wasn't sure if that would cause a loss in quality. I will look into the cdEx program and see if that will work.