Music download services/MP3 player question
 

Note: Please, no replies about "don't pay for music, just get it free" or anything like that.

Here's the deal. I've got an MP3 player, but it doesn't seem to be compatible with any of the legit download services. Apparently Windows Media Player has to recognize your MP3 player so that any .wma files you move to it will play as legal. I can move .wma files to my player but they don't play.

So...

I can either play my downloaded music on my PC while recording it at the same time in a digital editor, then save that as an MP3, or I can somehow, somewhere find a converter that will let me convert my locked .wma music files to .mp3.

I can appreciate that the download services don't want me having their songs in plain, unsecured mp3 format, but if I don't have a tune that way I can't play it and may as well cancel my subscription.

*sigh*

what kind of mp3 player do you have???

A Yapp Y55 by Samsung. Good little unit, except that it's probably two years old and, for whatever reason, not supported by Windows Media Player's digital license thing.

if you looked at Samsung's website you'd have found that they have addressed how to support the Windows Meida Player Digital Rights Management software...

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/co...00_DRM-WMA.pdf

good luck.

Been there. Like I said, WMP doesn't support my media player. I've been to the Microsoft website and they support hundreds of devices, but not mine. I simply need to convert my stuff to MP3. Granted, Mr. Record Company Exec won't like it, but I'm not doing it to share with others... just to play on my little MP3 player.

You could always burn them to a cd and then re-rip them in the format of your choice. That's how I de-right the songs I buy from iTunes. Just get a CD-RW, burn, rip, erase, repeat until you've got them all converted. Takes a while, but you're not actually breaking the encryption this way.

A good idea, though i didn't want to have to by a CD-RW for my notebook. I only wish I could convert a protected .wma to mp3. (Not for sharing/bootlegging purposes, Mr. and Mrs. RIAA!)