encrypted .wma file

[Julie B.]

Hi,

I just bought music and I am unable to convert my .wma file to MP3 format, I have the error message

The file 'C:\Documents and Settings\Outkast - Speakerboxxx The Love Below - 2 - 09 - Hey Ya!.wma' is encrypted which dMC is not able to decode.


Is there a way I can solve this problem?
thanks,
Julie

[Wayne]

Possible solutions:

1. Burn the wma file to CD using Windows Media Player and re-rip as MP3
2. Play wma with Windows Media Player and use dMC Auxiliary Input to 'record' the track as it is being played.

Wayne

[Unregistered]

Possible solutions:

1. Burn the wma file to CD using Windows Media Player and re-rip as MP3
2. Play wma with Windows Media Player and use dMC Auxiliary Input to 'record' the track as it is being played.

Wayne

Yeah... those are the legal ways :)

Mti

[Wayne]

Has anyone tried using the Advanced Encode Decode Tools, however it is not free. Found here http://www.mediatwins.com/products/aedtools.htm.

[Spoon]

I wouldn't have thought it would do protected wma files.

[m300]

Thanks Wayne - That solution works great. A pain to have to burn them twice but it works. :smile2:

[ptizetre]

Hello,

I've read your post about the possibility to convert .wma into .mp3 but it still doesn't work.

I bought the licence at 29.95 $ but still receive :

DRM protected file cannot....

Sould I modify a setting or something ?

Thank you
David

[Wayne]

Which of the methods are you attempting to use. Can you play the song in Windows Media Player?

Since posting my entry I now know that DRM offers different levels of protection. The type of protection effects the price paid. One level will allow you to burn a wma file to CD whilst another may only allow you to play the track on a single machine a limited number of times.

Do you know the terms under which the track was sold to you?

Wayne

[ptizetre]

Hallo Wayne,

I can play these .wma files with Window Media player and it is possible to burn them on a CD as well.....

I tried the free version, should I maybe deinstall this version ?

What would you try ?

Thank you for your point of view.
David

[Unregistered]

does anyone know how to convert .WMA files into mp3 files? if u do please e-mail me at shillbillyboby@hotmail.com... PLEASE... thanks

[Wayne]

I think you'll find that it is impossible to convert encoded/protected wma files into mp3.

All I can suggest is that you check out this link http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=5362

[zoist]

What I did was used Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net) which is a great audio editor program must I say. Basically, what you do is select the "Record Master" setting, and press the play button on Winamp or Win media player and then straight away click the record button on Audacity and it records. When the song is over, press stop and then save it to a mp3 or wav file. You need to tell Audacity in the settings where the Lame (mp3) encoder file is too.

This has worked for me fine. But of course it's by a track by track job. No batch process here.

I too have downloaded 'bought' tracks and wanted to convert them to mp3 format because I don't like the wma format. I am also a proud customer of the dbPoweramp project :)

[ChristinaS]

dMC Auxiliary Input can handle separate tracks in one shot, if you line them up to be played in the player in sequence.

You either set the track lengths precisely in Auxiliary Input, or use Auto Start and Auto Stop to break the tracks at silences. This one's tricky to get right.

[micromouse]

m'kay - well, here's the real deal with your wma file. First, you HAVE to have a license for it to play...otherwise it sits there encrypted and it simply won't open properly for it to be heard, burned, converted etc (if I'm wrong here, please elaborate as I've spent a good deal of time trying dbPoweramp, Nero ad nauseum and haven't gotten squat without the license).

Now, once you have your license to play it, you should be able to burn it and return it just fine. However, as I recently found out with a little ditty I picked up via VCast, even then you can run into trouble. So what's a person to do??? Well, in my particular case, despite the presence of a license I paid HANDSOMELY for, the only place I could play my particular music piece was on the device I downloaded it on [despite clear language on the license stating I could copy it to my PC for free, meaning apparently I could copy it but not PLAY IT...ARRRG!]. SO! I simply hooked it up to my sound card on the PC, played it and recorded it as a WAV file. Then converted that to MP3 without all of the other nonsense and I was off and running. Took all of 5 minutes.

Make sure you have an analog input on your sound card (I actually have stereo RCA jacks hard wired into the front of my machine hee hee hee), a 3.5mm (headphone jack) to stereo RCA cable (widely available for home use) and that your player is able to utilize the 3.5mm jack [unbelievable amount of converters out there if need be].

And please, for God's sake, don't use the Microsoft Sound Recorder...omg...what a piece of doo doo. Use ANY WAV recorder but that. I used Nero Wave editor, dumped it to MP3Pro at 96kbps and you wouldn't BELIEVE the quality. Just MWAH! Hope that gives you what you need. :komisch9: