i'm having trouble converting wma napster files to mp3 with standard programs, any suggestions?

9/18/2005 11:39:23 PM

iTunes does it automatically.

9/18/2005 11:57:32 PM

dont have that, nero, roxio, and several wma to mp3 converters i have tried havent recognized the files as anything, even though wmp can play them fine along with napster, its like its a microsoft conspiracy, i'm just trying to convert them to mp3s so my xbox can read them on the network and so i can burn some cds with these napster files

9/19/2005 12:00:23 AM

iTunes does it automatically.




(and it's free - http://www.apple.com )

9/19/2005 7:42:11 AM

Napster's WMA files have copy protection on them (I think)

9/19/2005 9:31:04 AM

yes, I looked it up and Napster's WMA files do have DRM protection on them.

and iTunes can NOT import DRM protected WMA files

9/19/2005 10:31:15 AM

Quote :

"its like its a microsoft conspiracy"

yea and it's to avoid people from illegally downloading and burning music they didn't pay for.

9/19/2005 10:51:40 AM

oh look at that, he said napster right there in the first post. guess i skipped that part.


All of the online music stores stick DRM in their files ('cept those crazy russian ones)

But you're gonna have to look a bit deeper to crack it. Commercial programs won't work to do it (itunes, nero, anything like that).
You're gonna have to pull up some obscure illegal program to do it.

9/19/2005 12:31:50 PM

WMA DRM hasn't been cracked yet to my knowledge.

If you do find a program that does it, send me a PM.

9/19/2005 2:04:31 PM

Quote :

"i'm having trouble converting wma napster files to mp3 with standard programs, any suggestions?"

With Napster you are "renting" the music.

You do not own any of the songs; you are simply paying to listen to them for a month.

9/19/2005 2:14:36 PM

I'm not familiar with DMA-protected files, but the way I converted the protected Apple m4p to mp3 was by burning the songs onto a CD through iTunes and re-importing them as mp3.

9/19/2005 2:28:10 PM

That would entail paying for those files.

9/19/2005 2:28:47 PM

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"I'm not familiar with DMA-protected files, but the way I converted the protected Apple m4p to mp3 was by burning the songs onto a CD through iTunes and re-importing them as mp3."

At least with iTunes you bought that music (which is why you were able to burn the songs).

With Napster, you have no right to reproduce the music in any medium.

Also, although this is from the Vorbis FAQ, the same applies to MP3, M4A, WMA and any other "lossy" codec:

Quote :

"You can convert any audio format to Ogg Vorbis. However, converting from one lossy format, like MP3, to another lossy format, like Vorbis, is generally a bad idea. Both MP3 and Vorbis encoders achieve high compression ratios by throwing away parts of the audio waveform that you probably won't hear. However, the MP3 and Vorbis codecs are very different, so they each will throw away different parts of the audio, although there certainly is some overlap. Converting a MP3 to Vorbis involves decoding the MP3 file back to an uncompressed format, like WAV, and recompressing it using the Ogg Vorbis encoder. The decoded MP3 will be missing the parts of the original audio that the MP3 encoder chose to discard. The Ogg Vorbis encoder will then discard other audio components when it compresses the data. At best, the result will be an Ogg file that sounds the same as your original MP3, but it is most likely that the resulting file will sound worse than your original MP3. In no case will you get a file that sounds better than the original MP3."

[Edited on September 19, 2005 at 3:54 PM. Reason : http://www.vorbis.com/faq/#transcode]

9/19/2005 3:52:54 PM

for fuck's sake use google

9/19/2005 4:17:47 PM

any ripping program you can find with google isnt going to last long before it gets shut down, i was hoping someone had found a program they could send me a link to

9/19/2005 4:33:08 PM

this isn't fucking server-side ripping. if you find the program, you don't need to worry about it being shut down. you'll still be able to use the damn thing.

9/19/2005 4:45:30 PM

yeah that'd be pretty silly

9/19/2005 4:52:40 PM

you know what i mean, i have searched, its hard as fuck to find one, and none of them i have found have worked, and since you two are so retarded, let me explain this better, anybody whose creates a program and puts it out there, is gonna have it quickly yanked by the man, so the chances of catching a good one on a random google search on a particular day is nil.

9/19/2005 5:06:36 PM

i didnt know people shared wma's through limewire

9/19/2005 5:45:59 PM

legal recourse: http://www.tunebite.com/ this is digital --> analog --> digital though. you can try TotalRecorder as well.
illegal: http://www.theregister.co.uk/media/657.zip (info at http://www.infoanarchy.org/story/2001/10/19/102257/10 )

so now you ask how did i find this?
http://www.google.com/search?q=drm+wma+to+mp3

fuck you, bitch.

9/19/2005 5:58:42 PM

Winamp has plugins that do this...I got it to work one time, but now it doesn't work anymore (even with the licenses) so I gave up...

9/19/2005 5:59:35 PM

^^ already tried that one

Quote :

"See: http://sms.napster.com/help/Napster/faq/client/lfm/What_is_a_Napster_download.htm Napster offers two types of downloadable WMA files. As part of you premium service; you may have downloaded WMA files under the "...download an unlimited number of tracks without purchasing them. These tracks are identified in your library by the icon in the Type column. If you try to burn or transfer a Premium service download, you will [need to purchase the track]." -- source. In order to burn to AudioCD; you must Purchase the track; which costs $0.99 per track. You cannot burn the premium tracks as they are "play only"; you must purchase them as "Purchased Downloads" to burn to AudioCD or convert the WMA to MP3."

from the instructions

9/19/2005 8:59:24 PM

...your point?

9/20/2005 12:00:43 PM

so besides tunebite, which sounds like shit after its converted, still nothing has worked for me so far

9/20/2005 7:46:02 PM

not a big suprise.

I mean it doesn't make much sense for someone to spend hours trying to crack a DRM and then publish it on the web only to risk legal penalties.

Its easier to either:

- Take the risk of downloading it from a P2P service
- Borrow a CD
- Buy the damn music

9/20/2005 7:49:13 PM

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9/20/2005 9:12:03 PM

I'm trying that, but i cant seem to get it to work, do you use it, and if so, why does the command window close after the freeme filename.wma command and nothing happens?

9/21/2005 6:35:19 PM

How has this thread not been locked?

At this point it is obviously focused "illegal software."

(Seriously, is this any different than people asking for product keys?)

[Edited on September 21, 2005 at 6:52 PM. Reason : pk]

9/21/2005 6:51:28 PM

yes it is, its beatng the man at his own game

9/21/2005 7:30:31 PM