Yeah, today I gave up on the idea of being able to rip it. Maybe when programs evolve over time or somebody points me to a utility that can do it now I'll try it again.
So I wanted to used my DVD to play the CD and capture the audio from it's toslink output (it's my home-entertainment DVD, not a pc-drive). Guess what ? The DVD doesn NOT PLAY the friggin' CD! Though it's a Yamaha AND should be fully capable of playing audio CD's! AAAAARGH!

I haven't got any other cd playing devices with a digital out. So I guess I'll go the analog route then. Shouldn't be that bad, my home setup is pretty decent.
But if there is still a way to just rip the tracks, I would be most interested.