I need help importing audio files

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Hello, I am trying to insert my audio files into my movie
and keep receiving the following:

....is protected using digital rights management and
cannot be imported.

Is there anyway that I can change my settings in Media
Player or Movie Maker to allow me to use audio I have
stored in my library???

This experience has made me want to become a MAC user...
any advice anyone has would be greatly appreciated!
 
I am no "computer whiz" and I am by no means very good with WMM. I have been working for two months converting vhs home movies to my computer into WMM. I have added still pictures between movie clips, added various transitions and titles, added audio clips to play music in the background, and added audio clips I've captured using the microphone. I have had more troubles than you could ever imagine. I captured several music/audio clips and also could not import them into WMM due to "digital rights.......". Someone suggested to me to not use Windows Media Player to capture/copy the music. Therefore, I recopied the music using Dell Jukebox and I have not problems importing the clips into my movies

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Hello, I am trying to insert my audio files into my movie
and keep receiving the following

....is protected using digital rights management and
cannot be imported

Is there anyway that I can change my settings in Media
Player or Movie Maker to allow me to use audio I have
stored in my library???

This experience has made me want to become a MAC user...
any advice anyone has would be greatly appreciated
 
The files you are recording are probably protected by the recording company. You can record to them to your Media files, but you cannot use them for other purposes. that is why Moviemaker does not allow them to be imported. I'm new to this, but that's my guess

trick: record the sound files on a regular casette recorder (good quality) by placing it near your computer, then use Sound Recorder to transfer files from cassette tape to your computer. then you can import them with MM2. Not such great quality, but depends on the quality of the cassete recorder and tapes you use. Could be illegal - don't use it for commercial purposes!
 
Jumped in late to this thread and so, if not helpful, simply disregard,

You can try and RIP to hdd using an audio ripper, something along the lines
of CDex, AudioGrabber, or perhaps Total Recorder (really cheap!)...

Freeware examples:
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/features.php
http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/

Note: Audiograbber became freeware Feb 2004.

Really Cheap! http://www.totalrecorder.com/

Freeware Audio Editor:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

My personal favorite - Audio - do-everything app:
http://www.goldwave.com

Alternatively, your sound card may offer a record input option called
something like "What You Hear", or "Stereo-Mix." Using your favorite sound
recorder app, select "Stereo Mix" (or "What You Hear") as the input source,
and the audio from your player application should be available for recording
to hdd.

SoundBlaster Live! (Creative) places a "What You Hear" input in the
Recording section of the Windows Volume Control dialog box by default. In
the case of Turtle Beach (Santa Cruz) and other OEMs, the "Stereo Mix"
record option is usually accessible from...

1.. Control Panel | Sounds and Audio Devices | Volume tab.

2.. Click on the Advanced button.

3.. Select Options | Properties.

4.. In the Adjust Volume dialog, select the Recording option.

5.. In the "Show the following volume controls:", enable "Stereo Mix"

As a last resort -- and this method requires a trail & error approach
because you won't have the use of speaker outputs -- one can forcibly map
the line output to microphone/ aux input, by using an inexpensive adapter
cable purchased from Radio Shack.

At the rear of your soundcard (or front), insert one end of the male-to-male
stereo adapter into Line-Output and the other end is then inserted into
auxiliary or Microphone-Input jack.

With this method, you can then use your favorite sound recording app by
selecting the Aux/ Mic input as the recording source. Finding a correct
balance between output/ input levels will take some care, but it does work
better than placing live microphones placed in front of speakers.
 
To turn off content protection when copying CD
On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Copy Music tab.
Clear the Copy protect music check box.
Note

Content protection helps to protect tracks copied from CDs from illegal distribution. This feature applies only to tracks copied from CDs to Media Library that are Windows Media Audio files.
 
Hello there,

Content protection more properly known as Digital Rights Management applies
to files that you choose to protect in this way.

It does not as a matter of course apply to tracks copied from CD's with ANY
software.
 
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