On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 15:55 -0600, boneshaker335 wrote: > dimesio wrote: > > Try starting dbpoweramp with a data cd mounted. If it recognizes the drive, then switch to an audio cd with the app still running. > > > Hey, many thanks, this workaround does indeed work. But since I have 5 > rip drives, and rip CDs constantly (being a music collector), I guess > I will have to buy & install windows, if that's the only way to get > wine work with audio CDs. > What's wrong with Sound Juicer? Its always worked when I've needed it, and well enough to handle CDs pressed so badly that my audio system won't handle them and I can see the defects with a naked eye. Sound Juicer is a Fedora standard package and probably in other Gnome-based distros too. Martin