Converting protected wma files to mp3- any ideas ?

[Sheena]

Anything free I can download ? Basically a friend has a wanadoo account with loads of protected wma files she has downloaded and they won't convert for her iPod. Any thoughts ????

Thanks EVER so

[Christian]

Burn them as an audio CD then import them in the desired format.

That's the way around the iTunes Music Store's protection.

[Toyah]

Yeah, as Christian said. It's a bit of a hastle but it's the only way around it. I just burn them onto a re-writable CD and then transfer them into my iPod.

[Sheena]

You need to burn them as in make them playable on a cd player ?

Or can you just burn them as "data" files, if you get my drift...

[Toyah]

Well I burn them on WMP to make them playable on a CD then transfer them to the iPod.

[Christian]

Make them CD player playable. That'll reduce them to some standard CD readable format (AIFF or whatever) which doesn't have built in copy protection.

If you use a CD-RW like Toyah said, you won't waste a disc either if you don't want to keep em.

[Sheena]

Thanks LOVES

[loomer]

AH, so THAT'S the way around it. Pity there isn't an easy converting program. Real audio is a PARTICULAR cunt of a format that you can't convert or use. :angry:

[ameraal]

i need some fresh help with this old bummer

i want to ipodize an album which is in protected wma format
easy peasy, you say, but these files:

- cannot be imported to itunes
- cannot be burned to an audio cd by nero
- cannot be burned to an audio cd by wmp

ideas?

[Moonbaby]

record on audacity and export as mp3s?

[ameraal]

i don't have audacity, i remember downloading it for SOME reason, but something about it was off

are you sure it'll work? cause if there's no other way i'll have to reluctantly give audacity another go

[lolly]

AH, so THAT'S the way around it. Pity there isn't an easy converting program. Real audio is a PARTICULAR cunt of a format that you can't convert or use. :angry:


You CAN convert real audio files with a program called 'Super' I downloaded from http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html. It's converted all the ra files I've downloaded to mp3 without problem.

I've also used it for converting avi or wmv to mp4 to watch it on the iPod. I imagine it's capable of much more as well. It claims to do lots of other things I don't quite understand :D

I don't think it will convert protected files, though.

[WiDGe->]

Download foobar, open them in foobar, highlight, right click, convert.

Easy and no cd burning.

[WiDGe->]

Foobar does all, plays all... its the best media player

[ameraal]

Download foobar, open them in foobar, highlight, right click, convert.

Easy and no cd burning.

it says:
Could not load info (IWMSyncReader::OpenStream failed (C00D0BBD)) from:
"D:\Downloads\01 Say Ahh.wma"

help me, WIDGE, you're my only hope
*inserts*

[Moonbaby]

i don't have audacity, i remember downloading it for SOME reason, but something about it was off

are you sure it'll work? cause if there's no other way i'll have to reluctantly give audacity another go

It works okay for me, it's how i take stuff from youtube or myspace et al. Did you have the file you need to export things you make as mp3s?

[WiDGe->]

oh yeah, you must have the free version of nero burning rom... it uses some of that to write with

[ameraal]

it doesn't even PLAY the wma files, it just gives the same prompt - could not load info

[WiDGe->]

send it to me

[ameraal]

it's whole album, so i'll send you one track and you can tell me how you've cracked the code
deee-lite - bittersweet loving
http://www.zshare.net/download/03-bittersweet-loving-wma.html

[WiDGe->]

holyfuck, even Soundforge won't take it.

Try this:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/25/fairuse4wm-strips-windows-media-drm/