[vorbis] Here we go again...

[Moritz Grimm]

John Paul Mays wrote:
> Big deal!  Simply run the ripped tracks through SpinDoctor (or some other
> software) and remove the pops, crackles, and clicks!  Simple as that!

I doubt that filtering pops and clicks that have been inserted "on
purpose" results in adequate sound quality. SpinDoctor (and other
software that can do decent filtering, e.g. CoolPro) work well on
natural noise that comes from tapes and vinyl, but who knows how heavy
the distortion by the copyprotection is.

Anyways, all we have to do is wait a little until some free ripping
tools are released that "decode" the raw data that is ripped from CD in
order to get the original sound.

As long as CD drives support raw ripping, the world is safe from that
darn copy protection shite.

Concerning the anti-shock mechanisms in portable CD players etc., they
spin the CDs at double speed so they can read ahead and play from their
buffers in order to prevent dropouts. Because the music is recorded into
the portable's memory (and therefore "ripped"), the copy protection sets
in ... this is extremely annoying and will make those CDs very
unpopular. I really wonder how the recording industry wants to explain
all this to their millions of honest customers.

Moritz

> | music consumers from copying CDs onto their PCs. The technology
> | distorts CD recordings with a series of audible pops and clicks
> | when the music is copied onto a PC. The Macrovision pilot is the

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