Re: Music downloads and linux

From: Kamus of Kadizhar (yan_at_NsOeSiPnAeMr.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:33:06 -0400

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:57:11 +0000, Jack Strangio wrote:

>> So.... Is there a WMA to MP3 converter out there somewhere?
>>
>> Or better yet, is there a music download service that works with linux?
>
> I am not 100% certain of this, but I think I saw that mplayer with
> the MSFT codecs will play WMA files.

Well, yes, sort of.....

Unfortunately, the wma files I'm dealing with seem to have an additional
level of encryption or something, so they don't play with mplayer....

I've been fighting with this all morning; I'm ready to shoot somebody at
Walmart.... (I understand the need for piracy prevention, but I don't
understand the bizarre need to lock out everyone but Windows users....)

--Kamus

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