Digital rights management (DRM) media

[DJ St. Lou]

What's up guys. I have a question, is there any program out there that allow you to convert digital rights management (DRM) media to wave?

[anonymez]

if you do convert DRM, you're facing years in the slammer

[drfsupercenter]

Not always. Most DRM files, such as those downloaded from Wal-Mart and Napster, allow a certain number of burns to a CD. Simply burn them to a CD using either Windows Media Player, or Nero or Roxio or something else (AUDIO MODE). Then use a CD ripping program to rip as an MP3 file, and then convert to WAV.

I just figure, if you are allowed to burn the files, they become any other ordinary audio CD, which can be ripped to MP3. Whether this is legal or not, I do not know, but that's how to do it.

I mean, why wouldn't it be legal? You DO pay for the songs...

Please, I am not sure on this, so don't quote me.

[anonymez]

by drm, he likely means microsoft wma. you cannot play drm content unless you have an active internet connection and obtain the license, let alone convert it. no program will accept the wma file.

Then use a CD ripping program to rip as an MP3 file, and then convert to WAV.

why rip as mp3 first? all you're doing is losing quality

[blutach]

Whether they do or not, let's stick to digital video stuff and not legal advice please.

Regards

[Chewy]

this question is better discussed here

http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=57

[drfsupercenter]

blutch, I wasn't trying to give legal advice... just showing how you can convert those files.

[Andrews_web]

something like that

What's up guys. I have a question, is there any program out there that allow you to convert digital rights management (DRM) media to wave?

Hi, Lou! I've heared about such program - "SoundTaxi". You may learn about it here: http://www.soundtaxi.info/english/index.php
I like it cause it's easy, quick and solves the problem of DRM successfully

[drfsupercenter]

Hmmm, does the free trial work, or does it have a limitation?

[Andrews_web]

No, it doesn't have any limitations functionally at all! Just 30 days free trial )

[drfsupercenter]

Cool! And it works on DRM'ed WMA's?
I will try it when I get home.

[Andrews_web]

Hm... It seems to me it does!

[drfsupercenter]

Now, does it need to reencode? What I mean by this is, a program like Nero Wave Editor - just open and save as something else (if it's not DRM). Whereas burning to a CD and ripping is reencoding

[Andrews_web]

no, burning to a cd is unavailable. "Taxi" just directly converts from one format to the other in spite of DRM!

[drfsupercenter]

It has a 30 second restriction... any other ideas?