===================================vicky said:I downloaded and paid for music that I wanted to add to the pictures
I was using to make a slideshow. When I try to add the music I am
told that it cannot be used due to Digital Rights Management. Is
there any way to get round this problem?
John Inzer said:===================================
Have a look at the following articles:
Movie Maker 2 - Importing Audio
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Audio.html
(look at the right column under PapaJohn Comments)
Movie Maker 2 - Importing - Digital Rights Management
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-DRM.html
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Thank you for your reply. I am finding this quite complicated and will need to read through this a few times to fully understand what I need to do. I downloaded this music directly to my computer from the Woolworths site and it seems as though I might need to burn it to a CD and then save it again in a different format. I'll study this some more and then give it a go - all very new to me.
vicky said:
Michael J. Mahon said:That's correct.
First, you must burn the protected files to an unprotected format, like
CD.
Then, you "rip" the CD to, say, MP3 files, which are unprotected and
can be freely imported.
It's just part of the silly dance that DRM imposes on legitimate users.
-michael
"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it's seriously underused."
Thanks for your help but, unfortunately, I seem to have come across another problem already. I cannot get to burn any of my music - even those that I have managed to burn to a CD on previous occasions. (I cannot remember whether I have burnt any music CD's since I've had this computer). I have tried to do this using Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 and also tried using Windows XP.
==================================vicky said:I also had a look to see whether I had agreed that Windows Media
Player could obtain licences for music I downloaded. I have not asked
for this option but I cannot seem to stop it from doing this.
I will keep trying but am unsure where to look to see what is causing
me this problem.
John Inzer said:==================================
Maybe the method of recording the
music using Movie Maker would be
an alternative for you.
In the right column of the following
article (under comments) you will find
simple instructions on how to use
Movie Maker to record the music and
save it as a .wma file. Then you can
import the .wma file into PhotoStory.
Movie Maker 2 - Importing Audio
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-Importing-Audio.html
And here are some instructions on
burning and ripping music CDs.
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Windows Media Player 10
Burn Your Own CDs
http://tinyurl.com/55njt
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Windows Media Player 11
Burn Your Own Customized CDs
http://tinyurl.com/yye3ju
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Windows Media Player 10
Quickly Rip CDs to Your Computer
http://tinyurl.com/3nvfu
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Windows Media Player 11
Rip (Copy) Songs from
CDs to Your Computer
http://tinyurl.com/ywmevc
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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP
Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer
Solutions that work for
me may not work for you
Proceed at your own risk
Thanks for all your help - I have now managed to get my music on to a CD so that I can play it anywhere and have also been able to use it in the photo story. A really useful exercise - thanks again.