Goldfrapp 'Supernature' SACD won't mount! SACD?

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Goldfrapp 'Supernature' SACD won't mount! SACD?

Hi.

I just bought the new Goldfrapp album today... Supernature. I got the Deluxe Edition (more fool me!) which includes a CD that uses 'OpenDisc' technology! It also includes a separate DVD. The DVD plays fine (launches DVD Player) but the CD won't mount. It just spins for a few minutes and then my G5 iMac ejects it. It never mounts on the desktop. I think this CD maybe a Hybrid SACD! Anyway, bit annoyed because I can't rip the tracks to iTunes.

Anybody else had this problem (with Goldfrapp or other SACDs)? Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Stuart

Posted on Aug 24, 2005 2:35 PM

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Aug 25, 2005 11:54 PM in response to Stuart Chapman

I had this problem with Tubular Bells, also a hybrid SACD.

I had to use my old external DVD-writer to read the CD-layer of the disc to import the tracks into iTunes.

It's possible that the iMac's Superdrive mistakes the SACD-layer for a DVD and tries to mount it as such. Since that won't work, it will eject.

It's also possible that it's a copy protection measure.

Luckily Peter Gabriel's SACDs work just fine on my iMac (it plays the CD-layer of the discs without problems).

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