Overcoming erroneous "license"
 

A friend of my son sent him a song he recorded. It's in wma format, and plays on my son's laptop.

However, it won't play on a portable mp3 player, and it won't play on my computer. I get the message about needing a license, which I know this kid didn't (intentionally at least) set out to do.

I was unable to convert it to another format on my son's laptop, at least with Winamp or Windows Media Player.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

I've never done it before but you should try real player.

Use a program such as CoolEdit, AudioGrabber, Xilisoft, ACE-HIGH....etc.

Here is another link...

http://www.wma-mp3.com/

Thanks for all the suggestions. I tried one or two, no luck.

So I asked a teenager. He told me to burn the wma to a CD, then rip it back. I did, and it worked.

I then discovered that the reason I got this assignment was so my son could get it as a ringtone on his phone. :crazy:

I got some useful knowledge from you, and from the work I did, so I'm happy.

Thanks.

The only problem with that is you can lose audio quality. I had a link somewhere for de-protecting songs, but I didn't need it. I'll check back if I find it.