Question about SCMS

[johnny quest]

I just purchased a car that has a 30 gig hd which will allow you to rip songs from a commercial disc. It will not however allow you to rip mp3s or wma's from a disc. The manual says that it employs SCMS copyright protection thus disallowing the rip from a cd-r with mp3s. My problem is that my cd collection (some 300 discs) were stolen from my last vehicle via a window smash. I had backed up the discs to my computer as mp3s. How can I get these songs to the hd in my car.

[jimmalenko]

What happens when you try a CD burnt as a "proper" Audio CD (as opposed to a data disc with MP3s) ?

[Cornucopia]

It'll take a while, but Convert mp3-->WAV-->Burn2CD-RW-->rip into your car-->reuse theCD-RW. Should work. Use a burning app that allows you to TURN OFF the "copyrighted" flag (just in case your car is picky there too).


Scott

[johnny quest]

Yup, just tried that. Converted mp3s to wav and burnt, it allowed them to be recorded. The only problem now is that I can only download 17-19 tracks at a time versus 200, but at least it works. Thankfully the car recognizes cd-rw's so I don't have to waste discs.