DRM

[nabby68]

Hi guys,
I have a DRM protected WMV music video file which i have the purchased the license to be able to play on my pc. The problem is, that i would like to convert the file to vcd so i can play it on my home dvd player. Up to now i have tried TMPENC and WinAvi, but none of them are able to open the file and convert it.
Anyone got any ideas on how to convert it?

 

[singalong]

The disc you are trying to convert is presumably a CD that contains moving pictures and sound i.e. a VCD. I thought VCD disc's used a compression standard called MPEG to store video and audio. It maybe worth checking the internet out via Google for WMV to MPEG file conversion software.

 

[nabby68]

no. the file has been dowloaded from a music website which i subscribe to. as i said, it is a wmv file with drm protection embeded in it. what i wish to do is convert it to vcd (mpeg1) so that i may play it on my dvd player.
i can play it ok on my pc with wmp 10, but this is not what i wish to do, can anyone help.
thanks.

 

[Igorian]

You asked this before I think. Did the info not help?

//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=31563&highlight=

 

[nabby68]

hi igorian,
yes you are right, i did ask this before. the site you pinted me to, and more specifically, a programme called freeme, did not work. The reason being is that freeme is only useful for files of drm 1, the file i have is embedded with drm 2.
i find it very frustrating because i have purchased the license to be able to play it but i am unable to encode the file to a more suitable format.
Any more ideas igorian would be greatly appreciated

 

[pc1962]

Have a read of this!

http://cryptome.org/ms-drm.htm

pc

 

[nabby68]

Thanks pc1962 for your response.
The link you point me to seems to only be viable with wma files and as mine is a wmv file, i think it may be fruitless although i will look into it and let you know.
Any other ideas would be appreciated.

 

[Igorian]

Have you tried emailing the site you downloaded the file from to see if it's possible?

 

[fireblade23488]

have you tried using programs like ulead dvd creator ?
as its a wmv file which stands for (windows media video - or something like that) is their not a setting in windows media player to convert the file to mpeg-1 -2 -3 -4 ? seen as though the site has used windows media player to convert it in the first place

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try this converter i have previously used it and it seems to have worked fine !!

good luck !!


http://www.zealot-soft.com/download/wmvconverter.exe

 

[nabby68]

just tried that programme fireblade but unfortunatley, as i suspected, it didnt work, it just froze the programme itself.

anybody else got any ideas?

 

[dougb]

play the file with windows media player. if your graphics card has an svideo port, connect the svideo to an external dvd recorder and record.

 

[VideoGuru]

You need to be pretty clever to break Windows Video DRM. Having worked with DRM for the last couple of years, unless you find the right cracking software, I would bother with the hassle.

Obviously by breaking the DRM, you are also breaking the law!