Posted by Mike Walsh on 10/21/05 15:26

If the DRM people had their way you would not be able to convert from audio CD to any other format. Since the audio CD format is not a computer file, once you have the music on a CD you are free to do whatever you want with it.


Malcolm H wrote:
>
> I have downloaded (and paid for) music tracks from the MSN music store .The
> downloaded tracks are in .wma format protected by DRM (Digital Rights
> Management).
>
> My media player (Squeezebox http://www.slimdevices.com/) will not play these
> files - so I wish to convert them to unprotected mp3.
>
> Using Windows Media player I have successfully burned the downloaded .wma
> files to a CD and then ripped the files from the CD to mp3 format. These
> files can then be played by my Squeezebox.
>
> Thus I have achieved my objective, but my question is - why is it necessary
> to burn a CD to achieve this result? Surely there must be a way of
> achieving this conversion directly without going via a CD??
>
> Answers will be awaited with interest.

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

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