Text 5089, 76 rader
Skriven 2005-06-17 18:13:12 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 5084 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Sony CDs - No rip to Ipod from PC
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>


Are those WMA files compressed audio?

 /m

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:34:08 -0400, "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Mike '/m'" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message
>news:70f6b113m3tnk54611smcg3ok77dhsq7ve@4ax.com...
>>
>> What better way to find out how many people actually want to rip from
>> the CD?  And get the email address of people who do so?
>>
>> /m
>>
>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:09:10 -0400, "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>This is ridiculous. Complain that you can't rip to the Ipod and SonyBMG
>>>will
>>>send you an email with a "back door" to enable the rip.
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/sony/sony-bmg-pirate-battle-10
8260.php
>
>
>The instructions are already out. I wonder what "LaunchCD.exe" buries in
>one's PC?
>
>http://www.tuaw.com/2005/06/14/on-buying-the-new-foo-fighters-album-from-the-i
tms/
>
>If you have a PC place the CD into your computer and allow the CD to
>automatically start. If the CD does not automatically start, open your
>Windows Explorer, locate the drive letter for your CD drive and double-click
>on the LaunchCD.exe file located on your CD.
>
>Once the application has been launched and the End User License Agreement
>has been accepted, you can click the Copy Songs button on the top menu.
>
>Follow the instructions to copy the secure Windows Media Files (WMA) to your
>PC. Make a note of where you are copying the songs to, you will need to get
>to these secure Windows Media Files in the next steps.
>
>Once the WMA files are on your PC you can open and listen to the songs with
>Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher. You may also play them in any compatible
>player that can play secure Windows Media files, such as MusicMatch,
>RealPlayer, and Winamp, but it will require that you obtain a license to do
>so. To obtain this license, from the Welcome Screen of the user interface,
>click on the link below the album art that says If your music does not play
>in your preferred player, click here. Follow the instructions to download
>the alternate license.
>
>Using Windows Media Player only, you can then burn the songs to a CD. Please
>note that in order to burn the files, you need to upgrade to or already have
>Windows Media Player 9 or greater.
>
>Once the CD has been burned, place the copied CD back into your computer and
>open iTunes. iTunes can now rip the songs as you would a normal CD.
>
>Please note an easier and more acceptable solution requires cooperation from
>Apple, who we have already reached out to in hopes of addressing this issue.
>To help speed this effort, we ask that you use the following link to contact
>Apple and ask them to provide a solution that would easily allow you to move
>content from protected CDs into iTunes or onto your iPod rather than having
>to go through the additional steps above.
>http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipod.html
>Please let us know if we can assist you further.
>

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