Need Help Removing a DRM [Archive]

njshadow

11-02-2006, 11:14 PM

What's up guys, I'm having a little bit of trouble removing the DRM for a song that I have. I did watch "The Broken" and so far it looks like I need to download QTFair Use 6 and Python. It didn't look like Ramsey was giving to many details. Can anyone help me out with details, the process, etc.?

bird603568

11-02-2006, 11:18 PM

is it a song from itunes?

njshadow

11-02-2006, 11:23 PM

Nah, it was bought from the Windows Media Player Store.

bird603568

11-02-2006, 11:25 PM

that could be why

njshadow

11-02-2006, 11:33 PM

Ohh yeah. I just checked Google and I didn't realize that it HAD to be iTunes. Well anyway, if anyone knows how to rip the DRM off a WMA Licensed song, your help would be appreciated. I was wondering if I could burn it to a CD and then rip it back, that might do it. But I'm assuming that it won't so I haven't tried it yet, but I might.

ariastar

11-02-2006, 11:35 PM

Ohh yeah. I just checked Google and I didn't realize that it HAD to be iTunes. Well anyway, if anyone knows how to rip the DRM off a WMA Licensed song, your help would be appreciated. I was wondering if I could burn it to a CD and then rip it back, that might do it. But I'm assuming that it won't so I haven't tried it yet, but I might.

This is what I did for a few songs. Apparently the DRM doesn't transfer to the disk.

njshadow

11-02-2006, 11:44 PM

Ha ha ha YES!.... Thanks, I'm gonna get on it ASAP :D

rowlodge

11-02-2006, 11:45 PM

removes drm ...http://www.dvd-ipod.biz/remove_drm_from_wmv.html

njshadow

11-02-2006, 11:54 PM

Oooo Thanks :D As I'm reading this I'm rippin' the song from a CD. Thanks though. :)

njshadow

11-03-2006, 12:18 AM

removes drm ...http://www.dvd-ipod.biz/remove_drm_from_wmv.html

Niice. I ended up going with that because ripping it from the CD diminished the quality. Thanks a ton. :cool:

m4rvman

11-03-2006, 03:18 AM

I didn't know people still bought music.

avcabob

11-03-2006, 10:56 AM

If the DRM allows burning the song to an audio disk, you can always just re-rip it. When you burn as a music cd, the file is converted into normal audio which can't have DRM, otherwise it wouldn't play in cd players. It's referred to as the analog hole. Yes it does lower the quality, but transfering from analog to digital or digital to analog you only lose 1/12th of a dB of quality, so doing the whole thing, you lose 1/6th dB of quality which is impossible for most people to hear as long as when you reimport the song you have the quality set high enough.

ariastar

11-03-2006, 07:01 PM

I didn't know people still bought music.

*evil grins*