two digitallish questions.

[DCMagnuson at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/24/01 4:39:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
colinf at ntlworld.com writes:

> > I always thought that SCMS was there to stop ppl from making
>  > good copies via
>  > digital outputs and that "all" spdif inputs needed to support
>  > this feature
>  > and essentially ruin a digital copy.. Some license from Sony,
>  > I believe.
>  
>  SCMS flags are in the sub-code data - they aren't part of the audio stream.
>  Any decent PC soundcard with a SPDIF i/o should be able to strip SCMS off
>  recordings (my Delta 66 does it).
>  There are plans floating about on the web for DIY boxes too.
>  

SCMS also only rigidly applies to consumer gear.  Most professional DATs/CD 
burners, etc have a "disable SCMS" function.  

Dave Magnuson