DRM Protection Convert

How do I convert iTunes tracks into a non-DRM format in the easiest and fastest way?
I got thousands of iTunes DRM protected songs.
They cannot play on professional DJ software like Traktor.
Now that apple changed its policy to iTunes Plus (non protected), how do I convert the old songs into a non-DRM format in the easiest and fastest way possible. I know that I can burn Audio CDs and Re-Import.... it will take days and hundreds of CDs... I am looking for a simpler, automatic process.
Please help!

What does iTunes+ have to do with converting your DRM iTunes?
Not all content is DRM free - only some - that does not mean that all content will be DRM free. You have the option to update/upgrade your DRM tunes to DRM free for a fee but they will still be in an AAC format.
The only way that I know of 'converting' DRM tunes is to do it one audio CD at a time.
MJ

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I have a 30 gig library, everything works great, except for the fact I cant create mp3's from some of the protected songs, which I have in my library from years ago before Itunes sold DRM free music.
My problem is that now that I have duplicates of those songs in mp3 and mp4 format and after I imported them into my library they are listed under different albums. The tags must be wrong, for instance, I have a song by Autograph called "Turn up the Radio" from the album Sign in Please, but when the .mp3 version was imported, its listed under a album just called "Autograph".
My question is, I know how to delete duplicates, but how do I import these songs under the correct album name? I dont mind buying 3rd party software if thats what I need to do to accomplish this.
Thanks..

To change the album name or other info, just select the track, Get Info and type the correct info into the appropriate field.

Possible to convert DRM protected WMA files to mp3?

I've been attempting to find a relatively simple way of converting DRM-protected WMA files to mp3 using my Mac and can't seem to find anything. Surely somebody must have figured this out by now. I can convert non-DRM WMA files to mp3 using EasyWMA, but this does not work for WMA files with DRM protection.
I want to purchase songs from the 7digital store that are in the WMA format and have DRM protection, convert them to MP3 on my iMac, and then import them into iTunes. Seems like it shouldn't be that hard.
Any suggestions?

iTunes Windows will convert non-DRM tunes into .mp3. If you have iTS purchases that have DRM you can burn them to an audio format CD as AIFF file format.
Check the terms of use and see what your options are for converting them to another format. With iTunes the path is to burn an audio CD. See if that is possible with the wma DRM.
Likely in your case you are trying to crack DRM outside the original terms of use when you purchased the tunes.
MJ

Convert Purchased DRM-Protected Songs to DRM-Free Versions

Convert Purchased DRM-Protected Songs to DRM-Free Versions
as per iTunes / Help / Usage rights for iTunes Store purchases:
"All songs offered by the iTunes Store now come without DRM protection. These DRM-free songs, called iTunes Plus, have no usage restrictions and feature high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding.
If you have older iTunes Store purchases that are now available as iTunes Plus downloads, you may upgrade your existing purchases. To do so, visit the iTunes Store and follow the onscreen instructions."
Looking at iTunes / Store / Purchased, which shows the list of songs that I have purchased, I do not see how I can tell if my older songs are with or without DRM protection.
How do I identify what songs have DRM protection? I want to convert any purchased music, which have DRM protection, to newer DRM-free versions.
Thank you.

Yank,
The upgrade program described in that document was discontinued by Apple a few months ago. Here are the options now:
If you have a lot of tracks to upgrade, you can do it by subscribing to iTunes Match and following the instructions by which to delete your DRM copy and download the non-DRM matched copy. See the section "Can I upgrade my previously purchased music to iTunes Plus?" in this guide: iTunes Store: iTunes Plus Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
If you only have a few to upgrade, you can buy them singly.
How do I identify what songs have DRM protection?
In your library, use Songs view, and look at the "Kind" column for ones with the word "Protected."
If you do not see Kind, enable it by going to View > View Options.

Philips mp3 go gear raga wont convert drm protected old purchased songs, goin crazy please help!

as the long title states, my old (waaaay old purchased songs) tunes wont convert from the drm protected state to get into my new mp3 player. My new purchases synch no problem.
I have downloaded drivers,updates, addons etc from phillips with no luck.
The apple itunes site is confusing as **** for support questions.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks all.

Thank you for the response. I did indeed find the Itunes plus feature and when I clicked that it brought up an option to purchase drm free versions of an entire album of movie sound track songs that my ex had bought 6 years ago but I had no option to purchase drm free versions of the single track purchases that I had made years ago.
So instead of a bunch of great Pere Ubu, Suicide, and Killing joke tracks I wound up with drm free versions of Loyd Weber tracks.... I purchased the darn movie album hoping that maybe it would somehow apply to all my old songs but it did not.
My guess is that perhaps old songs purchased individually are not eligible for the plus service?
All I know is that now when I click on the itunes plus option it says I have no eligible Itunes plus songs available. Key word being eligible Im guessing, so 40 songs sit unusable.
I am going to hit up their customer service email thingee but I dont see having a happy ending.
Thanks for the response anyway.

LEGALLY convert iTunes DRM protected .MP4 to .MP3 on a Mac?

How can I legally do this?
I'm looking to move my library off of my Mac, and onto a PC without using iTunes, and am trying to use a more "open" file format.

From the terms of use of this forum:
"Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store."
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Can I download a DRM protected music video to a IDVD project and burn a DVD. The music video is not showing up in the media window in IDVD. Only ITunes Plus songs and videos, make it to the media window. I can't drag the video directly off ITunes. They say, I can burn a up to seven copy's of the DMR protected video/music, but how.. Thanks for any help.

Didn't work, Window came up saying "Could not be converted because protected files cannot be converted to other formats. I was able to burn it to a DVD, it came up as a MPEG 4 file. Then I first went to the ITunes tool bar Preference>Advanced>importing>importing using>Aiff Encoder. Then tool bar again File> import. Music video imported another copy to ITunes library. Right mouse clicked second copy> convert selection to Aiff. Then "Could not convert" window came up.

Data recovery planning for DRM protected musi

Hi folks,
I'm curious to hear from you on this topic: <FONT color=#cc0000>how do you protect your DRM-protected music (with download license, <EM>not subscription</EM>) - and I mean: data backup and recovery.
Let me put it this way: I'm interested in buying music online, as opposed to buying CDs as I did until now. But I'm real concerned about the implications of the DRM.
If I see how much trouble it costs to do proper data recovery planning (i.e. a backup plan and execution) for my home pc, and how much data tends to get lost when transitioning to new PC or OS, and how quickly internet economy can shift to new hypes and solutions, I'm simply afraid that all these DRM restrictions will mean that in 5 years from now, I will not be able to use the music I buy today.
Reason can be : data loss, format changes, companies out of business, changing to OS (Linux, ...) that doesn't have the DRM appropriate software, etc, etc...
So, for instance, do you convert all your DRM music to DRM-free formats? Or how do you answer the above question for yourself?
I emphasize that I'm talking about personal and legal backups here, and no more than that.
thanks for sharing!
Fred

I wish music store wouldn't try to hide the important info relating to their DRM/audio format infrastructure. I mean, some make it clear, but some are just straight up opaque. Here is my list as of right now of what I know about each service and what it allows for purchased music.
I Li've In The US, So I'm Only Posting Usage Guidelines for US Music Stores.
Apple iTunes Music Store:
Format = AAC (M4P)
Bitrate/Quality = 28kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 5
Can Re-download Purchased Music = No
DRM = FairPlay
Subscription Service = No
Subscription Devices = No
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
Napster 3.0:
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate/Quality = 28kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 3
Can Re-download Purchased Music = Yes
DRM = Windows Media DRM
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = Yes
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
MusicMatch Jukebox 0. (Purchases)
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate/Quality = 60kbps VBR
Allowed Machines = 5
Can Re-download Purchased Music = No
DRM = Windows Media DRM
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = Yes
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
MusicMatch Jukebox 0. (On-Demand Subscription)
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate/Quality = 92kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 3
Can Re-download Subscription Music = Yes
DRM = Windows Media DRM
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = Yes
RealPlayer Music Store
Format = RealAudio 0 (RAX)
Bitrate = 92kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 5
Can Re-download Purchased Music = No
DRM = Helix*
Subscription Service = No
Subscription Devices = No
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
RealRhapsody 3.0 (Purchases)
Format = RealAudio 0 (RAX)
Bitrate = 92kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 3
Can Re-Download Purchased Music = Yes
DRM = Helix*
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = Yes
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
RealRhapsody 3.0 (Subscription)
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 60kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 3
Can Re-Download Subscription Music = Yes
DRM = Windows Media DRM
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = Yes
Yahoo Music Unlimited (Purchases And Subscription)
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 92kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 3
Can Re-Download Purchased Music = No
Can Re-Download Subscription Music = Yes
DRM = Windows Media DRM
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = Yes
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
Sony Connect
Format = ATRAC3 (Not ATRACplus)
Bitrate = 32kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 5
Can Re-Download Purchased Music = Yes
DRM = OpenMagicGate (OpenMG)
Subscription Service = No
Subscription Devices = No
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Unlimited for all, except Warner Music Group Music which is 3.
Virgin Digital (Purchases)
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 28kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 5
Can Re-Download Purchased Music = Yes
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = No
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
Virgin Digital (Subscription)
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 28kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 3
Can Re-Download Subscription Music = Yes
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = No
MSN Music
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate 60kbps VBR
Allowed Machines = 5
Can Re-Download Purchased Music = Yes
Subscription Service = No
Subscription Devices = No (Coming)
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
Wal-Mart Digital Downloads***
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 28kbps CBR
Allowed Machines =
Can Re-Download Purchased Music = Yes
Subscription Service = No
Subscription Devices = No
CD Burning = 0 Burns
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
MusicNow*** (Purchases)
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 28kbps CBR
Allowed Machines =
Can Re-Download Purchased Music = Yes
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = No
CD Burning = Unlimited On Some, 0 On Others.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
MusicNow (Subscription)
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 28kbps CBR
Allowed Machines = 3
Can Re-Download Subscription Music = Yes
Subscription Service Yes
Subscription Devices = No
F.Y.E Digital Downloads (Purchased)
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 28
Allowed Machines = 5
Can Re-Download Purchased Music = No
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = Yes
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
F.Y.E. Digital Downloads (Subscription)
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 28kbps
Allowed Machines = 3
Can Re-Download Subscription Music = Yes
Subscription Service = Yes
Subscription Devices = Yes
PureTracks
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 28kbps
Allowed Machines = 3
Can Re-Download Purchased Tracks = Yes
Subscription Service = No
Subscription Devices = No
CD Burning = Unlimited On Some; 0 On Others.
Device Exportation = Unlimited.
BuyMusic.com
Format = Windows Media Audio
Bitrate = 28kbps and selected 256kbps Songs.
Allowed Machines = Generally 5
Can Re-Download Purchased Tracks = Yes
Subscription Service = No
Subscription Devices = No
CD Burning = 7 Playlist Burns Of The Same Music In A Row.
Device Exportation = Varies.
***To Obtain Licenses For Purchased Songs On Other Machines You Might Haft to E-mail Them.
Some Of These Providers Do Not Gi've Anymore Licenses. BuyMusic I believe does not. Virgin gives 5 licenses and that it.
iTunes, MSN Music, Real MusicStore, Sony Connect, Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, and MusicMatch all use the authorize/deauthorize DRM scheme. The others just give you up to, 3 license's at a time, sometime just .
MSN Music U.S. States:
What if I lose my music?
MSN is not responsible for lost downloads, and you should always ensure that you maintain a current backup of your music. MSN Support can replace lost downloads only under certain circumstances such as the crash of your computer's hard disk dri've.
If you feel you have encountered circumstances that warrant a replacement of one or more of your purchased tracks please contact MSN Support for further assistance.Message Edited by bigcraig0 on 09-08-2005 0:05 PM

How to Identify whether my WMA file is DRM protected?

A friend just loaded some audio files of our lecture class onto my computer that are .wma files from a usb drive recorder she owns. I downloaded one or two programs to try to convert them so I could play them on iTunes but the programs didn't work.
I can play them on QuickTime but I would really like to be able to play them on my iPhone and format/organize them on my iTunes (since that is where all of my other audio files are).
I'm worried they aren't converting correctly because they are DRM-protected, though I don't know why they would be! Can anyone tell me where to find out in the audio file if the file is DRM protected or not?

I can play them on QuickTime
They're not protected. Try using Switch or EasyWMA.
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Bypassing DRM protection

If I download a WMA that is DRM protected, how can I bypass that and convert it to an mp3. Very important to know asap. thanks

if your on a mac, "flip to mac" will convert it to QT then you need to burn it as a aiff and reimport it, then the most important part...
WRITE A LONG LETTER OF APOLOGY TO THE ARTIST TRY TO SUPPORT HIM/HER SELF FROM DRM "DIRECT RIGHTS MANAGEMENT"

HT4623 What's with audio xciter, it only plays a few songs, ones that it won't gives me a message ,upgrade to iTunes plus, what's with that, oh, it ALso says the music is drm protected, upgrade to iTunes plus?

Anyone know what's wrong with audio xciter? It tells me to upgrade to iTunes plus, what's that?when I play my music, it plays a few but wont others because it's drm protected, maybe wrong word and tells me to upgrade to iTunes plus, think I bought junk software!

I am seeing the same thing. 95% of my songs are DRM protected -according this app. But they are not. Hopefully someone has an aswer. The web page support for Xciter does not mention this issue.

Seriously? Is there not any way to view DRM-protected books downloaded from iTunes on my MacBook Pro? I cannot believe that there is no way around this?

Seriously? Is there not any way to view and read DRM-protected books downloaded on iTunes on my MacBook Pro? I cannot believe that there is not any way around this! I seem to constantly get confounded by what seems to be the most amazingly unbelievable conundrums with Apple despite having been a champion of the company for years and years. This relates to tethering on iPhone, external Apple hard drives only being usable with MacBook Air, and now this! If anyone is aware of a hack or way around this I would appreciate some guidance. Thanks!

"Seriously? "
Yes.
" Is there not any way to view and read DRM-protected books downloaded on iTunes on my MacBook Pro?"
There is not.
" I cannot believe that there is not any way around this!"
Believe it.

Is there any way i could burn a DRM-protected movie from iTunes?

Every time i burn something i get an error in iTunes (error 4280), so i try to burn it with a more reliable software but then another iTunes-related error pops-up (This video is iTunes-DRM protected). Is there anyway i could possibly burn something from iTunes? or is it completely locked down? please help since i've been trying to solve this problem since yesterday.
I would deeply appreciate any help. If i need to install something or anything at all.

so iTunes wont let us burn anything to DVD's? we have to use iTunes, iPod, Apple TV, to watch it? i think i'll just download some where else in the web for movies and TV shows, at least they actually lets you burn it to a DVD. Or better yet just buy the box set and put it in the computer. IM NOT BUYING ANYMORE TV SHOWS AND MOVIES FROM ITUNES!!!!! until this DRM-scam is fixed.

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I'm facing with following issue - when I package pdf with non-latin data (for example, arabian characters), they are not shown in ADE.
Adobe Content Server: 4.2
Client: ADE 2.0, DL Reader 2.4.7 (Android), Bluefire Reader 1.5.7
Screenshot of 3rd page of document in ADE
Pdf file is here - http://engineering-scratch-copyright-com.s3.amazonaws.com/nonproduction/ACS/arabic.pdf

marlisa324 wrote:
Hello,
Hope someone can clue me into what I am doing wrong. I use Overdrive for EPUB files from the library but they also have PDF files I would like to read which are DRM protected. On the website it says that I can use Adobe Digital Editions and transfer the file from the library website to my computer and then my computer to my phone. I can't seem to get the file to transfer from my computer to the phone. Does anyone know what I may be doing wrong?
Thanks for any help.
To Wildman,
Here is a link to Overdrive where the OP is getting the files that are either epub or pdf format that comes with DRM protection. I looked into using it at one time for lending books from my library and reading on my Nook e-reader, but never got around to setting it up completely.
http://nebraska.lib.overdrive.com/E4B52B8C-D4C4-4F21-BE70-496DD9D689F6/10/502/en/default.htm

Creating DRM-Protected Content for Playback in Quicktime

I would like to create some protected audio content, not for sale, but so that only authorized persons can listen to it. Since I have had problems with Windows Media DRM, I am wondering whether a private person can create DRM-protected content that Quicktime can play back. I don't know how authorizations would work and I am not intending to stream the content, just to make it available for download.
Does anyone know about this? Any ideas? A series of Google searches on Apple's website produced nothing relevant.

Sorry, but there is no scheme for creating copy protection in a QuickTime file, at least none that are practical. There was Media Keys, but that was only supported by the SorensonVideo 3 codec. Apple has not made the DRM they use for the iTunes Store available to other users.
The only way I can think of to copy-protect a QuickTime file for a web site would be to either put the download on a password-protected web page or wrap the QuickTime file in a password-protected archive of some format (Stuffit can password-protect an archive and there are probably other solutions as well).

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