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Ripping Vinyl Via Your Scanner?

An anonymous reader writes "This site describes a method of extracting audio off of scanned images of vinyl records. Kazaa vinyl swapping is on it's way!" While this method creates exceptionally noisy samples, you can definitely hear the underlying music.

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  1. what's next? by joejoejoejoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    A device that can extract 1000 words from a picture?

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  2. Does this mean scanners are the next Napster... by saskboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get out the lawyers big bad music companies. There is hell to pay, for this new copyright violating technology.
    I can't wait to start ripping my parent's vinyl. I used to listen to it all the time as a kid, and now my Pentium II is finally advanced enough to play 100 year old technology.

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  3. Re:Virile records? by matthewn · · Score: 4, Funny

    No no: Kenny G albums would be vile .

  4. Scanned Backward? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you scan it backward, are there satanic messages?

  5. show me the code by wadiwood · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps this guy could put the code on floppy disk, photocopy it and fax it in.

    Or scan the floppy the same way as he scanned the LPs and email the jpg.

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