[LAU] Sony's .fl Codec

[Peder Hedlund]

Quoting David Baron <d_baron at 012.net.il>:

> She bought rather than stole these songs. This is the reward. Friends have
> pirated mp3's galore.

That's DRM in a nutshell for you...

If you check the site where she bought them chances are there are some  
info about which format and copyright protection (if any) they use.

> These files ARE mp3's. Such files would normally have a "magic number'
> identifying them. Since vi can edit anything as long as one does not change
> its length (I have used it to modify magic stuff in compile .ko's for
> example), maybe it be possible to use it to place appropriate magic   
> into these files?

Did you try using mplayer?
  $ mplayer -v AlHaaor_AitzikAsh_f.fl
chould perhaps give you some clues

Even if they are mp3's at the core, my guess is that they reside  
inside of the fl container, which is DRM protected. In that case just  
chopping off/replacing the header or other random bytes probably won't  
do any good.

You could, of course, connect the headphone output from the phone to  
the soundcard of the PC and record the signal.
It's also possible that you could play the file in Windows, using the  
Windows Media Player which supports DRM.