DRM Restrictions

[Pedro675]

Have been using MM5 (from iTunes) for a short time and have MM Gold.

All my music is stored and accessed from an external hard drive, which is the same as when I was using iTunes.

When playing some music there is no sound. Error message states " File cannot be decoded - DRM restrictions" Properties list this music as MP3. It played fine when using iTunes. All my music is from purchased CDs

On a search there was a suggestion to covert to different format then back to MP3 and another to convert to "Flac". Not sure what the best fix for this is??

Can anyone help? Thanks

[yarguy]

I wouldn't convert these DRM tracks to FLAC as that would be a waste as their audio quality is no greater than an MP3. There are several approaches to converting these files (their extension is probably M4P). You can Google various approaches - some you have to pay for, but the one I found most useful is to use iTunes to burn the files to a cd as an audio disc (not an MP3 disc) and then use MM to rip the disc as MP3. I was able to convert all my M4P files this way.

[Lowlander]

Are you sure they're MP3 files and not iTunes DRM protected files from the iTunes store?

Which Build (Help > About) of MediaMonkey are you using?

[Pedro675]

MM version: 5.0.1.2433

None of my music was purchased online or from iTunes.

I have uninstalled iTunes since MM was working so well - maybe not so?

Cumbersome to re-record all the tracks to CD then back into MM. Not a better solution?

[Pedro675]

Yes, it seems these tracks are M4P. But the few I found are from CDs.

Can I not just go to properties/format and convert to MP3?

[Lowlander]

Then they probably have iTunes DRM. DRM protected files can't be converted as the DRM protection prevents this. If you install and play a file with QuickTime you may be able to play them in MediaMonkey: https://www.mediamonkey.com/support/kno ... aac-files/

Note that 5.0.2 is the latest release: viewtopic.php?p=492178#p492178

[Pedro675]

There are 3rd party software to convert. Any of those work?

[Pedro675]

What if I locate the CD, will MM download the music to playable format?

[Pedro675]

I just did a search for "M4P" and came up with only 17 tracks. Maybe not such a big deal. Still want to convert.

[Lowlander]

Yes, MediaMonkey can Rip from CD: https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/WebHel ... om_CDs/5.0