Solutions for "Cactus"-proctection ?

[Yamendozo]

Do anyone have a solution for ClonyXXL:s analyzes below:

" Kopierschutz: Cactus 200.0.4- 3.0 build 12b , TOC Manipuliert "

It´s a audio-CD. I´ve tried with CloneCD 4.2 but in that version you can´t do any settings. Also Alcohol says there are reading-problems.

My burner is a Plextor 320

 

[scarecrow]

Audio protections are strictly hardware related, once you get a good read you will have no problems at all burning.
Your Plex 320 seems able to read properly:
-Key2Audio versions 2 and 3.
-Cactus Data Shield 200.
-Cactus Data Shield 100 (with some difficulty).
-Will fail with DocLoc.

Use the latest firmware version of the drive.

The best applications to have a succesful CD rip are either Plextools, or Exact Audio Copy.

Using Plextools, select reading the first session only, and reduce your reading speed to a low value, eg 4X or less if possible. Before burning, listen to the ripped tracks and see if you can hear annoying popups every 8-9 seconds or so. If this is the case, then use Exact Audio Copy. Insert the CD, and use the "detect TOC manually" option. Then rip all the tracks using EAC's secure mode. If EAC reports too many C2 errors, stop the ripping, redetect the TOC manually and then rip the audio tracks using burst mode.
Forget Clone, Alcohol, Blindwrite and the rest- they will rip a lot of digital garbage together with the music.