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iTunes doesn't like Hail to the Thief?

post #1 of 18
9/6/04 at 12:59am
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I did a quick search but didn't find anything, so hopefully this hasn't been covered before. iTunes doesn't seem to recognize Hail to the Thief, and I think it has something to do with the autorun and other file bs on the disc. Anyone have a way to get iTunes to recognize it so I can rip it? Thanks.

-jesse
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post #2 of 18
9/6/04 at 1:26am
As I understand it, Hail To The Thief has copy protection on it. I didn't have a problem however with iTunes (v. 2) in OS 9 or EAC in Windows XP.
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post #3 of 18
9/6/04 at 2:27am
i have both the American version and the Japanese limited edition, and i had no problem ripping either with iTunes. can you exchange the disk?
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post #4 of 18
9/6/04 at 11:25am
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Originally Posted by EdipisReks
i have both the American version and the Japanese limited edition, and i had no problem ripping either with iTunes. can you exchange the disk?
I also have both the American and Japanese Limited Edition versions and had no problem ripping with iTunes. I listen to "Hail To The Thief" frequently on my iPod, sounds great! Sorry that you're having problems...
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post #5 of 18
9/6/04 at 2:16pm
No problems here either. Disable 'autorun' or use a Mac to get around that protection/cripple/
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post #6 of 18
9/6/04 at 3:44pm
Hail to the Thief does not have copy protection I just checked now it does nothing of the sorts
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post #7 of 18
9/6/04 at 3:57pm
My copy of HTTT is not copy protected..
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post #8 of 18
9/6/04 at 5:50pm
No problems here. (UK version)
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post #9 of 18
9/7/04 at 4:24am
Muggins here bought the 'limited' edition with the fold-out poster. Definitely protected. In fact I think it says somewhere on it that it is. Doesn't have the CD Audio logo. I've not made a serious attempt to rip it, but may give it another go some time. I think I need to do it on a PC that doesn't auto-run CDs or maybe my Linux box.

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Steve
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post #10 of 18
9/7/04 at 5:59am
It may not work for everyone but when I had a problem with copy-protected CDs I bought a cheapo Lite-On CD-ROM drive and it just ignored the copy protection and ripped them anyway.
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post #11 of 18
9/8/04 at 12:29am
I just went through this with a new Christopher Lawrence CD. It wouldn't even play in itunes, it was all garbled. Here's what I did:

(Mods if this is frowned upon please delete)

Use the shift key to temporarily disable the autorun feature (or turn it off completely), I then opened EAC and highlighted all the tracks except the "data" track. I then ripped them to mp3 as usual, and imported them into itunes.

Worked fine for me, however YMMV.

This wont help you rip with itunes though, try holding down the shift key when you are putting the cd into the computer, keep the shift key held down for 15-20 seconds, that might work.
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post #12 of 18
9/10/04 at 5:25am
I don't even think this could be considered circumventing antipiracy measures, which in my country is totally illegal. I have a copy controlled edition of HTTT. I insert it on my XP PC, with EAC already running. Then I select the music tracks and ignore the data track. How could this be illegal is beyond me.

If it is illegal, I honestly don't give a ****. I have over 500 original CDs and keep on buying them. Instead of hampering regular users, they would have to try better strategies at fighting piracy.
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post #13 of 18
9/11/04 at 10:09pm
I never had any luck getting a good rip of HTTT. Using EAC, I always get erractic skips (disc is pristine and doesn't have any skips when played on anything other than PC). I have a Canadian version and I can't find a single CD-Audio logo on the case. Also, if I let the autorun go it plays extremely low quality versions (sounds even worse than 64 kbps mp3 )
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post #14 of 18
9/12/04 at 1:02pm
Check out this thread discussing the copy protection on HTTT.
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post #15 of 18
9/12/04 at 6:09pm
Just tried to rip my copy with EAC. Got some files, but there's multiple glitches (short pauses) in them. EAC reported something like 'Suspicious location' at those times.

Are there settings I should be changing or do I have to find alternate ways to be able to listen to music I paid for??

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Steve
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