Protected WMA's

[George1978]

I have a lot of protected WMA's on my computer and I want to store them as mp3's so that I can listen to that music everywhere I want. What is the best converter I can use to get passed this DRM protection ?
I hope I'm in the right place to ask

[Stownplayer]

How many songs you talking about? For me it would be easier just to trash those and download new copies. I don't know of a converter for those files.

[Freznic]

I have a lot of protected WMA's on my computer and I want to store them as mp3's so that I can listen to that music everywhere I want. What is the best converter I can use to get passed this DRM protection ?
I hope I'm in the right place to ask

You can find a ton of info if you google DRM and WMV. Also, try Muvaudio and Tunebite.

[silentscream]

ive seen a dos based converter

it even stripped out the drm but no idea where to find it now

and i seem to remember it was a bastard to work (and only 1 song at a time)

Greg

[ABC123666]

if ya cant find a working drm removal tool, open the files in wmp and burn a cd. then ya can make normal mp3 rips. kills the audio quality, i hear audiophiles say, but most people woent notice the difference.

[Auggie2k]

I posted a link a good while ago to a program that removes drm protection in wma's but I can't find it because my "see all auggies posts" only goes to 20 pages. I got reputation for it too but I can't see that either because rep stops and 20 too. Give me a few minutes and I will find it. As for mp3 conversion, dbpoweramp without a doubt. Google here! (http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=dbpoweramp&meta=)

[Auggie2k]

Found it. God I'm good. J/K. The zeropaid search function actually worked for me. Surprise surprise.

Anyway, here is the link! (http://home.wanadoo.nl/lc.staak/freeme.htm) I And here is the thread about it. (http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=27148) I And here is the dbpoweramp homepage! (http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm)

[Auggie2k]

Hey, look at all the mc hammers! Whoo, look at 'em go!

[notbob]

the easiest answer can be found on any windows computer, the icon looks like this

use this magic program, then download the file in a nonuseless format

[grab_grab_the_haddock]

I always wondered what that icon was for.

But seriously, dont transcode them to mp3, at least not if you intend to share them, they will sound like shit.

[ccc1005]

the easiest answer can be found on any windows computer, the icon looks like this

use this magic program, then download the file in a nonuseless format

Exactly the best way to avoid it is not paying for DRM-infected files in the first place ;).

But if you do have some its very easily countered with Tunebite, muvaudio, dbamp etc.

[George1978]

Thanks a lot guys for all the infos. Unfortunately I downloaded a lot of songs from Napster, only to find out when I tried to make an mp3 CD for my car, that they are protected by this license, and we are talking about almost 500 songs :(
Anyway I tested a few of the converters you guys told me about. And the nicest one seems to be Tunebite (http://www.tunebite.com) .
Btw. from some reason dbpoweramp doesn't remove this protection, or is it just me ?

[Auggie2k]

Nope it doesn't. This removes the protection.

http://home.wanadoo.nl/lc.staak/freeme.htm

Dbpoweramp converts to mp3!