[ltp] how to play drm WMAs (on my thinkpad)

[The Dave]

Vijay-

You might look at the dries, and dag repositories for the libraries
which crack this stuff.

I was able to find the libraries to manipulate my AAC's from iTunes and
the MP4 files fro my cell phone that way.

Also, look at the mplayer
(http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html) web site, they have
a library of all the windows codecs and how to install them.

Almost, all that DRM stuff is instantly cracked.  Try googling for:
crack wma drm linux dvd jon

D.

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 17:26 +0200, Vijay Garla wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Unfortunately, there I don't know of any music services which offer 
> non-drm protected downloads (aside from magnatunes, whose selection is 
> great, but limited).  Does anybody have any tips?
> - AFAIK only ITunes allows the purchase of non-drm music (via dvd jon's 
> hacks). 
> - AFAIK ITunes DRM can be hacked because music is sent over the wire 
> unencrypted; with WMA music is sent across the wire/stored in a file 
> encrypted and decrypted by the software
> - In summary, poorly implemented DRM can be hacked; it seems as if WMA 
> is well implemented.
> 
> Buying cds is sooo stone-age; in addition, I'm on the move quite a bit 
> (hence the laptop) - I want my music on my hard disk.  I don't mind 
> paying for music - I just want to listen to it, and am too lazy to order 
> cds, wait for them to come in the mail, and rip them.
> 
> - vijay
> 
> Paul RIVIER wrote:
> 
> > Vijay Garla wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I've got a dual boot win xp pro/suse 9.3 thinkpad.  I'dl like to play 
> >> my legally acquired WMAs (from rhapsody) on linux as well as 
> >> windows.  How can I do this?
> >>
> >> Googling around a bit, it seems the only way to "rip" drm protected 
> >> WMAs is to burn them to a cd (or iso) and rip the cd (sounds like a 
> >> pain).  At any rate, I really don't need to rip the wmas - I just 
> >> want to play them on linux.  Any hints?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >>
> >> - vijay
> >
> >
> > I would suggest to you to avoid those DRM. As you can feel, it will 
> > cause you a lot of problems and will *never* improve artist's 
> > condition. The only one who profit from that is the end seller 
> > (editor, maybe), and the owner of the file-protection (miscrosoft in 
> > this case) because it can control the way you listen to your music, 
> > and force you to use its software on its OS.
> > Just avoid it, audio cds are cheap on the internet, and the pleasure 
> > to have a real album is important.
> >
> > paul
> 
>