wma help

[Josh Coffman]

--- Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:

> Josh Coffman wrote:
> 
> > I could really use some help converting WMA files
> to
> > another format. I bought some songs from
> walmart.com,
> > but they are WMA's. I just want to make an audio
> cd
> > for my wife.
> 
> Can you play the WMAs in mplayer, or are they DRM'd
> up the wazoo?  If
> you can play them in mplayer, you can use -ao pcm to
> get the output
> spooled into ./audiodump.wav, and that will go into
> k3b to create the CD.
> 
> If they are DRM'd... I guess that's a sign from
> $DEITY not to give
> walmart your money and encourage this nonsense.
> 
> -Andy

I'm not sure if I have the right codec for WMA or they
are just too DRM'd, but they won't play in mplayer or
the other players I currently have installed.

I did find a script that uses mplayer to convert them,
but all I get is an empty file. 

I booted WinXP just to see if I could burn them there,
but no good. Win Media Player wouldn't burn them
either. Didn't think to try to play them; just got fed
up and went to bed.


		
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