Armada 7800 ripping cdsForum: Laptops Topic: Armada 7800 ripping cds started by: brianw Posted by brianw on Oct. 06 2005,02:50
I attempted to rip a song from one of my cds but I keep getting the message that my cdrom is not capable of this. I have a compaq armada 7800 24xcdrom. Is there a setting that I am not sure about or is this cdrom just not capable of ripping?
Posted by Your Fuzzy God on Oct. 06 2005,14:49
If the CDROM can read the CD then I don't see why it wouldn't be capable of ripping. All the CDROM needs to do is read the CD. It's the program that converts the format. What program are you using to rip?
Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 06 2005,16:33
Does gcombust work?
Posted by clivesay on Oct. 06 2005,17:16
Not sure what you're using to rip but GRip is the program to use. It's in the repository. It works really well.Chris Posted by brianw on Oct. 06 2005,22:19
I tried Grip and gcombust. There was another comand line one I tried. They all say that my cdrom does not support this. I can play CDs with no problem. I can't believe that the cdrom won't support this so there must be something that I am missing here. I was hoping that someone else had already seen this and had a simple solution. I will see what cdparanoia actually responds with so I can provide more info. I tried to find the specs for my laptop again so I could see if there was something obvious but haven't had any luck. I know I have seen them on the HP/Compaq webiste before so they should still be there. Will keep looking and thanks for the responses. Posted by brianw on Oct. 07 2005,14:26
I used cdparanoia to see what was going on and with the -vsQ option to test the drive it looks like the drive is not CDDA. I was thinking that the CDROM is connected to the onboard sound so no direct access is actually done when playing a CD therefore that is why I can play a CD but can't rip. I loned my USB CDRW out to a friend so when I get it back I will give it a try. Thanks for all the help guys.
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