Posted by Paul Hill on 10/25/05 15:36

I'm not sure if Winamp plays DRM encoded WMA's but if it does you might be
able to use the Diskwriter output plugin that sends the data to a .wav file,
instead of to the sound card.

I don't have any DRM files to try it though, sorry.

"Malcolm H" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:fn76f.7292$65.5146@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
> 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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