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"Neil C" wrote in message
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Folks,

Has anyone got any real experience of successfully downloading tracks
from Tesco (in format wma) and converting for CD (wav)?

nope. I generally buy off the shelf CDs because I know the quality of the
recording should be a constant (can't say that for my music tastes mind
you!)


If so can you tell me whether, once I've got the track onto CD, can I
then copy (rip) it as many times as I like without limit? Or does DRM
protection somehow get built into the track and prevent this?

Once converted to a CD you should in theory be able to make as many copies
as you like. Bear in mind though that you should try and always cut from
the master, each copy will degrade to an extent esp at high reading/writing
speeds. I suspect its one copy for the car one for the bedroom etc, so to
be honest unless you have audiphile grade equiptment in each room then copy
quality won't be a major problem. Personally I put all my CDs onto my PC,
my ipod then syncs and has a docking station in the smaller rooms linked to
an amp of some description and I also have a squeeze box in the living room
which ties into the itunes playlists etc :-)



Can you recommend a reliable cheap wma-to-wav convertor tool, doesn't
have to be windows, DOS based is OK. (I'm running win98se)

hmm, google is probably your best bet as software will be a personal choice
in a lot of cases. You'll no doubt be able to find free software out there
if you look hard enough, however personally I like Nero CD burning software,
it's easily worth the £30 or so as it does so much.You can do basic audio
editing with it. I'd recommend buying a retail box rather than the download
as it comes with a few more bits and pieces; reloaded is the latest version,
it's what I use, and have used previous versions for about 5 years, it's
also what I use at work, I must have bought around 100 copies for my work
now (I work in IT support). Buy a copy it's well worth it!

HTH HAND etc


Cheers Matthew.

I hope Nero's WMA plug-in can handle Tesco's 'protected' WMA files.

NC

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Neil C