problem with encryption when converting from wma to wave file

[johnboy05]

I have audio files saved a wma files saved from a cd store bought I want to save as a wave file , but it won't let me says encryption problem in each line of audio file line . can you help? already downloaded wma91 codec for xp am downloading file to file on harddrive
this is the wording? song.wma' is encrypted which dMC is not able to decode.

thanks john :cry:

[iTunesIsEvil]

Those sentences are awfully hard to read... try some more punctuation next time and check your spelling. It might help.

Since I couldnt make out what you were saying, I have some questions:

Did these files come from an online music store or did you buy a CD from an actual store (i.e. Best Buy, Circuit City, Karma, etc etc)?

If it was a CD did you rip it to WMA format using Windows Media Player?

If you bought them from an online shop, which one did you use?

You have to be careful ripping in WMP because it defaults to using WMA format with Copy Protection turned on. This causes a lot of people problems because they either did not pay attention, or didn't bother checking the settings, they assumed that the computer could read thier minds.

If you bought the tracks from an online store, then things can be more difficult... depending on where you bought them, then you need to use the program you used to download the tracks to make an audio CD out of them.

For some reason, I'm feeling suspiciously like this is about turning Napster's downloads (MS Janus DRM Encrypted WMA files) into a WAV file so you can remove the protection. If this is the case, then you should probably just go Google for a tutorial on it instead of asking around here. The only reason I say that is because there has been a big deal made lately of their being an easy way around the protection Napster is using, and it involves turning WMA files into WAV files.

Let me know if any of this information is helpful.

[Wayne]

dMC is unable to convert encrypted audio files.

It sound like the wma files you have are protected by DRM which depending on the online store's licencing terms limit what you can do with them.

If you can play the songs you could tried using the Auxiliary Input program to 'record' them as you play them. However this takes place in real time and is similar to recording music heard on the radio to cassette tape.

This subject has been covered many times so try a search of the forums for other postings.

Wayne