WMA is Encrypted?

[Unregistered]

Hi Guys,
Im currently trying to convert WMA files to MP3..Whenever I try to convert the file, (Ive tryed more than one) I get this Message (The file 'C:\Documents and Settings\Zack.ZACK\My Documents\My Music\Ludacris\Chicken - N - Beer [Explicit]\003 Stand Up [Explicit].wma' is encrypted which dMC is not able to decode.) Im downloading the music from Best Buy music..NAy help id appretiate it, Thanx

[MasterOfPuppets]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

Zack,

Unfortunately the music you download from Best Buy is copy-protected AKA encrypted or protected. They encrypt the files to make it harder to obtain them illegally, although this also means that you cannot convert them by normal means, including using dBpowerAMP. A note from Spoon himself:

Microsoft will not let me do protected WMA files :(

There are ways to circumvent this, though, you could check them out.

Note to Spoon: you might want to put a small explanation under the error message to clarify exactly what encrypted means, possibly.

[Unregistered]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

Zack,

Unfortunately the music you download from Best Buy is copy-protected AKA encrypted or protected. They encrypt the files to make it harder to obtain them illegally, although this also means that you cannot convert them by normal means, including using dBpowerAMP. A note from Spoon himself:



There are ways to circumvent this, though, you could check them out.

Note to Spoon: you might want to put a small explanation under the error message to clarify exactly what encrypted means, possibly.

Ok, thanks alot. I guess I'll just stick with iTunes

[Unregistered]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

Convert from encrypted WMA to RM using jetAudio and then from RM to MP3 using dBPowerAMP.

[Spoon]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

You are going from Lossy >> Lossy >> Lossy not good for quality, if you are really stuck burn a CD from the WMA files and rip to mp3.

[krishnapula]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

When I try to convert a .rm file to wave, I got this error "The file 'D:\new\LNS1.rm' is encrypted which dMC is not able to decode."

Can anybody help me how to over come this

Thanks
Krishna

Hi Guys,
Im currently trying to convert WMA files to MP3..Whenever I try to convert the file, (Ive tryed more than one) I get this Message (The file 'C:\Documents and Settings\Zack.ZACK\My Documents\My Music\Ludacris\Chicken - N - Beer [Explicit]\003 Stand Up [Explicit].wma' is encrypted which dMC is not able to decode.) Im downloading the music from Best Buy music..NAy help id appretiate it, Thanx

[Rhino213]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

Hi there! I had the same problem with a certain music sites free trail. The WMA files have a license attached that basically means you cannot do much with them convert, burn, transfer are all blocked and the files become unusable after your trail runs out.

Save your tears though! I have found a way round it. If you use the Aux input that comes with dMC r11 and link your soundcard output to the microphone input (you can also link speakers into the loop if you like), you can record all the tunes you downloaded from napster as mp3 files.

I tried using the stereo mix input option as detailed in another thread but found that using the above method gives much better results. There is no detectable loss in quality, the only tricky bit of the whole exercise is setting the volume on the speaker output correctly so you don't get distortion through the microphone input. If you do a couple of test recordings and set the volume so that the VU meter never goes above about 50% you can use the preamp on most decent media players (such as iTunes) to increase the volume of the recording.

[neilthecellist]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

Ugh how many times have I seen similar threads regarding copy protection? Read the FAQ for God/Allah/Buddha/athetist/whatever God's sake!!!

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=7406

I'll post it again

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=7406

and again

http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=7406

Get it in your heads, people! FAQ is there for a reason!!

[ChristinaS]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

Hi there! I had the same problem with a certain music sites free trail. The WMA files have a license attached that basically means you cannot do much with them convert, burn, transfer are all blocked and the files become unusable after your trail runs out.

Save your tears though! I have found a way round it. If you use the Aux input that comes with dMC r11 and link your soundcard output to the microphone input (you can also link speakers into the loop if you like), you can record all the tunes you downloaded from napster as mp3 files.

I tried using the stereo mix input option as detailed in another thread but found that using the above method gives much better results. There is no detectable loss in quality, the only tricky bit of the whole exercise is setting the volume on the speaker output correctly so you don't get distortion through the microphone input. If you do a couple of test recordings and set the volume so that the VU meter never goes above about 50% you can use the preamp on most decent media players (such as iTunes) to increase the volume of the recording.

dMC Auxiliary Input is enough and perfect for the job, plus simpler and cleaner. Connecting output to mic input is overkill and can lead to great distortion. If you got poor results, check your settings.

[Rhino213]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

dMC Auxiliary Input is enough and perfect for the job, plus simpler and cleaner. Connecting output to mic input is overkill and can lead to great distortion. If you got poor results, check your settings.

You might think so but, I've tried all the other methods and doing it that way produces the best results. The set up can be a little tricky but once you get it set correctly its quality is just as good as the original.

[LtData]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

One other things: mic input jacks are MONO, not stereo. It would be better to use a Line -In jack instead of the mic jack.

[adaywayne]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

dMC Auxiliary Input is enough and perfect for the job, plus simpler and cleaner. Connecting output to mic input is overkill and can lead to great distortion. If you got poor results, check your settings.

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And will also result in a mono audio file!

[ChristinaS]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

You might think so but, I've tried all the other methods and doing it that way produces the best results. The set up can be a little tricky but once you get it set correctly its quality is just as good as the original.

It's not that I might think so, I know so. :D

dMC Auxiliary Input can be a bit tricky too, so maybe that's where you ran into problems.

[neilthecellist]

Re: WMA is Encrypted?

lol, you guys! Auxiliary Input gives you 2 channel sound, great for recording audio. Who wants to use the mic? It's overkill! (Neil plagarizes what others say)