Wmv Licences

[Madchris]

I have downloaded some .wmv fiels from kazaa lite, but they are licenced protected (it goes to web site and asks me for a username/password). Surely there must be a way to crack these files?

[Mik3ll]

Simple, dont download .wmv, get .mp3

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by Mik3ll@15 December 2003 - 03:49
Simple, dont download .wmv, get .mp3
*.wma as opposed to *.mp3 surely? :)

[Mik3ll]

Originally posted by 3rd gen noob+15 December 2003 - 04:50--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (3rd gen noob @ 15 December 2003 - 04:50)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Mik3ll@15 December 2003 - 03:49
Simple, dont download .wmv, get .mp3
*.wma as opposed to *.mp3 surely? :) [/b][/quote]
Oop, I forgot the formats, try getting .avi.

[camille]

MP3 is the best in town.

[Madchris]

Yes, all very useful but the file I wish to view is a .wmv file(its not available as a .mpg file). Theres got to be a round this protection. Even various convertors can`t deal with it.

[dhsbase]

Got the same problem as you, a real pain. Some one out there must be able to help?&#33;? ;)

[internet.news]

Originally posted by dhsbase@21 December 2003 - 20:30
Got the same problem as you, a real pain. Some one out there must be able to help?&#33;? ;)
I&#39;ve got similar issue with wma-file.

I looked up for the mp3 of the song.

[badboyblue2k]

i was scared when i was downloading a song.. and i tried to preview it.. and it took me to. http://www.geocities.com/dem0nzx7/untitled.gif and i was scared.. did it log me and stuf?&#33;&#33; ahh


So.. i just put .wma (or whatever it was) in my filter list.. :P

[muchspl2]

there is a way to do it, but you really should just avoid wmp and anything to do with it
google unfuck.exe as pointed out by someone else here

[Madchris]

got unfuck, but only works form wma files, that already have a temporary licence. i`m afer one for .wmv files, with no licence.

[muchspl2]

try free me



freeme utility may work. For transcodeing remember that WMV files can be read as directshow sources, so graphedit will usually convert them, possibly loseing AV sync in the process through.

Directshow has proven a bit of a problem for Microsoft. Directshow was designed to replace the Video for Windows (VfW) system which handled AVI and audio codecs. As well as VfWs outdated AVI handlers trouble with large files, VfW was too convenient for Microsoft to keep. VfW programs can be ported to macos or even linux. So MS designed Directshow. Its a much more flexible system that VfW, based on connecting componants together into graphs to do whatever you want. Input, processing and output are completly independant. Now this has caused a new problem for Microsoft. Directshow is also too convenient. People have started makeing their own directshow filters, and MS doesn&#39;t approve of them. Thanks to a directshow filter its now possibly to have WMP play ogg vorbis or OGM files. How embarissing for Microsoft :-). So WMP9 has a new limit built in. Althrough WMP9 would be perfectly capable of playing any directshow file, before opening a file it checks its type. Windows Media formats, AVI, MP3, WAV and some others are opened, but anything else, such as ogg or ogm, is blocked. This is a deliberate limit in WMP9. Asside from the limit, directshow is very unreliable. Ive got AVI files which can only be played in a legacy player because directshow wont open them, and its AVI output filter ruins AV sync.


http://www.goldenpi.no-ip.org/drm/protection.shtml

[Madchris]

Nope, won`t work, the program says file too big. Thanks, nice try. Anybody got any more suggestions?

[Madchris]

thanks anyway