3 Mar
2011
3 Mar
'11
10:08 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 08:47:35AM -1000, david wrote:
Joel Roth wrote:
Since they are encrypted, it looks like some sort of dance
would be needed to convert them to ogg, etc.
That dance would take place under Windows. Unfortunately
it's a difficult environment. Not only the OS, but the
various ad-ware that continuously pop-up.
I tried to install Firefox, but some virus causes
IE to run instead!
There appear to be some decent DRM removal apps out there,
however they some measure of tinkering.
I found out he's got Windows Media Player v. 11, and IBX key
version 11.0.6000.6324. There is FairUse4WM and Mirakagi
that appear to work for that, *if* you sign up for a Napster
account just in order to install breakable keys. What a
PITA!
I may just leave him to use his old Windows partition
as a media player.
Thanks.
--
Joel Roth
A friend has an old laptop with Windows XP that
is
misbehaving.
He has a lot of music and playlists in the above formats.
Does Linux have a player that is compatible with these?
Wine is also possible, especially if the apps can be
run off an existing Windows partition.
If the WMAs are encrypted, I don't think any Linux distro can play them.