Can't rip purchased Franz Ferdinand CD into iTunes - DRM issue?

Take a close look at the package of this CD - anything mentioned about copy controlled/restricted ...

Sony Spyware won't affect Macs automatically.

Weird.
I had no problems importing the latest FF album at all.
What I have had ever since iTunes 5 is the excessive wait for original CD's to load that you've mentioned but not the error messages.

When I've had problems with importing tracks in the past I've gone into preferences and disabled the 'launch iTunes when Cd is inserted option'. The disc should then just load onto your desktop. Open the disc and drag the tracks to the desktop. These tracks will be in aiff format. Eject the disc, and open iTunes. Drag the tunes to your library, select all of the tracks, control click and convert to mp3/AAC. Delete the AIFF files from your library, and trash the ones on your desktop. Create a new playlist and drag the tunes to it.

It's annoying, it's tedious, it might work though.

Hope it helps.

I too have a problem with this cd. I insert it, it spins for a while and then ejects. I changed the prefs to not open iTunes but it didn't make any difference.

What else can I do?

iLee

Is it a dual CD? (CD on one side and DVD on the other?) If so that's the problem. The slot loading drives don't get along with dual CDs which is why you see lots of complaints from iMac and 'book owners about various CDs not being ripable.

See if you can borrow a friend's computer to rip this CD.

No it isn't.

By the way, it doesn't load on a windows machine either.

iLee

Here in the states there is no DRM being used that affects Mac computers. I've been told that in Europe that isn't the case but I cannot confirm it. I had no trouble ripping the CD on my Mac Desktop. Does the CD play on a standard CD player? It is possible the CD is damaged.

It plays on a normal cd player. It's brand new.

Very interesting. As I said, I've been told that in Europe there are CDs that have DRM affecting Macs. But if you have a friend with a computer that doesn't have a slot loading CD drive (particularly a Mac since it is more likely that there is DRM for Windows) you should give them a try.

I hold the same CD in my hands at the moment. It's not copy contolled in the European market, nor does it have anything to do with Sony/BMG. If you take a look at the underside of the disc, near the center hole, you might want to check the series number: in my case, it's WIGCD161 SP 81749. It ripped perfectly, as any conforming audio CD, on my PC with EAC. There are no extra sessions or other "voodoo" on the disc, so you may just be having a stroke of bad luck with your optical drive recognizing this particular CD.