I have 60 plus wma tracks downloaded during 2009/2010 from Napster.
When I try to play any of them I get a message indicating that the DRM
information cannot be accessed. When Napster was acquired by Rhapsody
I backed up the DRM licence files via Windows Media Player.

Unfortunately MS have since amended Windows Media Player and it can no
longer access backup licence files and Napster/Rhapsody are not
interested in the problem.

Given this I appear to have just two options - purchase replacement
tracks or buy an audio file converter that is capable of removing the
DRM constraint.

In the event that anyone is able to recommend such a converter (or an
alternative approach) I would be very grateful.
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rbel

rbel wrote:
I have 60 plus wma tracks downloaded during 2009/2010 from Napster.
When I try to play any of them I get a message indicating that the DRM
information cannot be accessed. When Napster was acquired by Rhapsody
I backed up the DRM licence files via Windows Media Player.

Unfortunately MS have since amended Windows Media Player and it can no
longer access backup licence files and Napster/Rhapsody are not
interested in the problem.

Given this I appear to have just two options - purchase replacement
tracks or buy an audio file converter that is capable of removing the
DRM constraint.

In the event that anyone is able to recommend such a converter (or an
alternative approach) I would be very grateful.

Why don't you try using an old media player.

Greg

On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:37:34 +0000 (UTC), gregz
wrote:

rbel wrote:
I have 60 plus wma tracks downloaded during 2009/2010 from Napster.
When I try to play any of them I get a message indicating that the DRM
information cannot be accessed. When Napster was acquired by Rhapsody
I backed up the DRM licence files via Windows Media Player.

Unfortunately MS have since amended Windows Media Player and it can no
longer access backup licence files and Napster/Rhapsody are not
interested in the problem.

Given this I appear to have just two options - purchase replacement
tracks or buy an audio file converter that is capable of removing the
DRM constraint.

In the event that anyone is able to recommend such a converter (or an
alternative approach) I would be very grateful.

Why don't you try using an old media player.


Thanks for the suggestion. AFAIAA the latest version of WMP that
supported DRM file reinstall was WMP 9 which is unfortunately not
compatible with my OS - Win7.
--
rbel

rbel wrote:
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:37:34 +0000 (UTC), gregz
wrote:

rbel wrote:
I have 60 plus wma tracks downloaded during 2009/2010 from Napster.
When I try to play any of them I get a message indicating that the DRM
information cannot be accessed. When Napster was acquired by Rhapsody
I backed up the DRM licence files via Windows Media Player.

Unfortunately MS have since amended Windows Media Player and it can no
longer access backup licence files and Napster/Rhapsody are not
interested in the problem.

Given this I appear to have just two options - purchase replacement
tracks or buy an audio file converter that is capable of removing the
DRM constraint.

In the event that anyone is able to recommend such a converter (or an
alternative approach) I would be very grateful.

Why don't you try using an old media player.


Thanks for the suggestion. AFAIAA the latest version of WMP that
supported DRM file reinstall was WMP 9 which is unfortunately not
compatible with my OS - Win7.

I'm not sure if I tried to run my W98 player in W7, but it works in XP.

Greg

On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:54:31 +0000 (UTC), gregz
wrote:



Unfortunately MS have since amended Windows Media Player and it can no
longer access backup licence files and Napster/Rhapsody are not
interested in the problem.


Why don't you try using an old media player.


Thanks for the suggestion. AFAIAA the latest version of WMP that
supported DRM file reinstall was WMP 9 which is unfortunately not
compatible with my OS - Win7.

I'm not sure if I tried to run my W98 player in W7, but it works in XP.


I downloaded WMP 9 and tried to install it but Win 7 refused to accept
it - just pop-ups indicating incompatibility.
--
rbel

On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:19:07 +0000, rbel wrote:

On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:54:31 +0000 (UTC), gregz
wrote:



Unfortunately MS have since amended Windows Media Player and it can no
longer access backup licence files and Napster/Rhapsody are not
interested in the problem.


Why don't you try using an old media player.


Thanks for the suggestion. AFAIAA the latest version of WMP that
supported DRM file reinstall was WMP 9 which is unfortunately not
compatible with my OS - Win7.

I'm not sure if I tried to run my W98 player in W7, but it works in XP.


I downloaded WMP 9 and tried to install it but Win 7 refused to accept
it - just pop-ups indicating incompatibility.

Have you tried other players, like Real Alternative?

d

On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:07:39 GMT, (Don Pearce) wrote:

On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:19:07 +0000, rbel wrote:

On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:54:31 +0000 (UTC), gregz
wrote:



Unfortunately MS have since amended Windows Media Player and it can no
longer access backup licence files and Napster/Rhapsody are not
interested in the problem.


Why don't you try using an old media player.


Thanks for the suggestion. AFAIAA the latest version of WMP that
supported DRM file reinstall was WMP 9 which is unfortunately not
compatible with my OS - Win7.

I'm not sure if I tried to run my W98 player in W7, but it works in XP.


I downloaded WMP 9 and tried to install it but Win 7 refused to accept
it - just pop-ups indicating incompatibility.

Have you tried other players, like Real Alternative?


I have tried other players such as Media Player Classic to no avail
but AFAIAA as the .bak licence files were created using WMP only WMP
is able to access them.
--
rbel