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

[Konstantin Filtschew]

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hi,

as far as I know, this is not possible. The songs are protected by a
system written in closed source. If someone would find out how to play
them on linux(on an open source software), he will find out, how to rip
them in a propper format.

wma =3D windows media audio

As windows tells you, this is made by Microsoft and Microsoft will be
the last one, who develops a linux player ;)

Try the cd-rip Version, after that you will be able to play your songs
on every system(freebsd, solaris, ipod, mpl3-player, dvd-player,
cd-player, etc.).

This is the disadvantage of DRM and that's why I wouldn't by such songs
and protected CDs, because they are not user friendly, but problem
friendly :(

Greetz


Konstantin



On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 08:58 +0200, Vijay Garla wrote:
> Hello,
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> I've got a dual boot win xp pro/suse 9.3 thinkpad.  I'dl like to play my=20
> legally acquired WMAs (from rhapsody) on linux as well as windows.  How=20
> can I do this?
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> Googling around a bit, it seems the only way to "rip" drm protected WMAs=20
> is to burn them to a cd (or iso) and rip the cd (sounds like a pain). =20
> At any rate, I really don't need to rip the wmas - I just want to play=20
> them on linux.  Any hints?
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> TIA,
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> - vijay
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