.WMA right protected ??

[Bob T]

If I try to import audio that I have (legally) downloaded
into Movie maker I get this sort of message. "The file
D:\Music\Bob Wills - South Of The Border (Down Mexico
Way).wma is protected using digital rights management and
cannot be imported."

Is there a way to overcome this. I'm trying to do some
DVD's for my wife for Christmas??

Thanks

BT

 

[davedaw_ms]

Unfortunately not. DRM'd files are specifically blocked so
that these files cannot be copied and redistributed.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[Guest]

Here's what I do.....
Make an audio cd from your wma,...or other copy protected music file types.
(i use roxio easy media creator 7, but any application you have for making
audio cd's should work). After creating the cd of all the files you want to
use in the movie project, you will have to rip (copy) cd audio files to wav,
mp3 or wma using any application capable of doing so. I use simple42 (Simple
Mp3 Maker) to rip music from an audio cd as a wav or mp3 file. Once it's
coppied back to a folder or file on your hard drive it should be unprotected.

Tedious, but that's the way I'm presently doing it. Maybe someone can offer
any other methods.

Hope this helps


Randypc

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

I play the music in WMP or iTunes and capture it as it plays as a narration
in Movie Maker..... see the Importing Source Files > Music/Audio page of my
site.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org

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[John Kelly]

Hello there,

In whatever software you use to download your audio, ensure that the DRM is
turned off. If the software will not let you do this then you should scrap it
and get the free version of MusicMatch and proceed from there....saves a lot of
messing around with intermediate steps, its also a nice program to use.

MusicMatch can be obtained here.....

http://www.musicmatch.com/home.htm