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help - i've lost my licences to play wmp files on my laptop

  • 20-09-2011 12:05pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4


    I knew my laptop was going to die so i backed everything up onto an external hard drive including my entire music library but either failed to transfer the protection license or later deleted it. Now i can't play any of the cd's i burned onto my laptop, i know i could just go and burn them all again but that would take ages cos there are 100's of them!

    Does anyone know of a quick way around this??

    I would be so grateful if someone knew a solution to this smile.gif


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    Use VLC to play them rather than Windows media player.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 marthacat


    Thanks FSL, i tried that on two different computers. Frustratingly it opened the files and looked like it was playing but no sound :mad: the same thing on both computers!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭ronkmonster


    If you rip your own CDs, you can disable the protection for future rips.

    There are free tools to remove the protection but they need to be able to play the music with the license first


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4 marthacat


    thanks rockmonster, I'll keep that in mind for future reference. If anyone knows any way round being able to access them now though or some programme i can use to play them i'd appreciate it :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭ronkmonster


    marthacat wrote: »
    thanks rockmonster, I'll keep that in mind for future reference. If anyone knows any way round being able to access them now though or some programme i can use to play them i'd appreciate it :)
    Why do people call me rockmonster :(


    http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/10/remove-drm-from-wmv/
    You could try the steps in this, one of the steps recreates the license so it might work. You should continue through all the steps and remove the drm if you get them playing so you won't be stuck another time.


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