From: mrlipring <mrlipring_at_tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 02:10:12 +0100

There's a couple of progs to remove the protection from wmas.

http://members.home.nl/icq99/unfuck/index2.htm
http://www.spinnaker.com/crypt/drm/freeme/

not sure if they still work ok. they used to.

mrlipring


----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin" <mailinglists_at_samuraipanda.com>
To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: buymusic.com


> I tried buymusic.com yesterday and noted a couple of issues.
> 1. As you noted, they are encoded in WMA. That's not that big of a deal
> (except to us Arcos users), except they also lump it with Digital Rights
> Management, which limits you on where you can listen to the songs.
> 2. You can only download individual tracks. Even if you buy an album, you
> have to download each track instead of a single zip.
> 3. Of the 31 songs I got (I bought an Oingo Boingo albume with 2 CDs), 6
were
> non-functional. If I tried to run them in Windows Media Player, it
prompted
> by for a user id and password, followed by a screen saying I wasn't
allowed
> to download anymore licenses for that song.
>
> Overall, I was un-impressed by the service, though it had a nice selection
of
> mainstream titles.
>
> As for using Total Recorder, I haven't tried it yet as I haven't had much
> success with the high-speed option. Also, the standard edition doesn't
split
> the tracks, so you could end up with one long track.
>
> Another option is to burn the buymusic.com music to a CD and then
re-encode
> the CD as MP3. At worst. you might lose a little quality and the cost of
a
> CD.
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Chris Holt <amiga2k_at_cox.net>
> To: "rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 17:47:06 -0400
> Subject: buymusic.com
>
> > I looked at emusic.com and they don't seem to have near the
> > selection of buymusic.com
> >
> > I think it would be possible to use TotalRecorder (
> > www.highcriteria.com ) to very quickly convert the rights protected
> > (ain't protecting my right to enjoy it!) WMA files into MP3. I've
> > used the combination to convert audible books so I can play them on
> > the Archos, and while Audible uses a WMP plugin, I think it's the
> > same sort of operation.
> >
> > TotalRecorder is neat in that it wedges itself in as a sound driver
> > and can record directly from the software, fully digital and at many
> > times normal playback speed. It can record to PCM for multiple
> > purpose files, or encode MP3/OGG "on the fly" when the desired
> > bitrate and sampling frequency is known.
> >
> > It costs a measly $12 and can be purchased online.
> >
> > Chris
> ------- End of Original Message -------
>
Received on 2003-07-24