wma and interfering microsoft

[fig]

I have a number of wma extension files which I'm trying to play and when I do, a browser window from microsoft pops up and asks me to change licences. The cheek!

how do I get around it?

[Spanky]

Are you trying to play wma files on one computer that you ripped on another?

[Griffin]

Convert them to MP3

[fig]

yes, someone else ripped them for me, what tool do I need to use to convert them to mp3?

[Griffin]

Advanced WMA studio isn't bad & provides a free trial

[JoeyJoeJoe]

when they were ripped there was a copyright option clicked. Get your mate to knock off the option and go again or you can covert them to mp3 as suggested.

Tools - options - copy music tab - protect content.

[Spanky]

I've encountered this before.

When they're ripped to wma (by Media player I think) a sort of copy protection thing is encoded into the wma file. (Windows Media Rights Manager) I think there's an option to turn this off when ripping, though.

I've used a utility called unfuck to break this encryption, but it will only work on files encoded with versions of WMRM older than version 7.

If you can use this to break the encryption, there's lots of converters out there to give you the MP3s.

Unfuck (http://go.to/unfuck)

[fig]

grumble grumble grumble damn microsoft, click ok and they play its only for when the user ripped american cds, damn microsoft grumble grumble grumble, the link doesnt work - must be something to do with the latest version. f**king microsoft. grumble grumble grumble why do we put up with this sort of sh1t every go to linux and mp3's

[scruff monkey]

or get iTunes and use it to rip nice good quality correctly named
mp3 files with no issues.

[mmcg]

Copy protection on CDs is worse though. All I wanna do is save the tracks as MP3s on my laptop. Is that too much to ask for?

[fig]

come on the hackers!

[The Invigilator]

Bugger that, I went to D/L itunes media player and its 19MB and I'm on a dial up.... Grrrrrrr....

[mmcg]

Originally posted by fig
come on the hackers!
I have a cunning plan involving an SPDIF chip, a CD player with SPDIF outputs and an SPDIF-to-USB adapter - though I'd only get 1x recording...

Is thinking about crime criminal?

[mmcg]

But that'd just be exercising my fair use rights?
Is it illegal to exercise your rights by hacking DRM?

[scruff monkey]

Originally posted by The Invigilator
Bugger that, I went to D/L itunes media player and its 19MB and I'm on a dial up.... Grrrrrrr....

so down load EAC (exact audio copy) and a copy of the lame encoder then