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How to remove DRM protection from WMV video files

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:42:10 +0000

Originated by Microsoft, WMV is widely employed by big online media providers, like Zune Marketplace, CinemaNow, Amazon Unbox, Movielink, as a codec to encrypt and transfer video & movie files with DRM protection. Generally, if you don’t have specific digital players that are in line with the “play for sure” rule, or your PC is not authorized with playback license, you have no way to access those WMV video files.

Applications can remove DRM protection from WMV video files :

1. Freeme2

Freeme2 is a free DRM removal used to remove DRM protection from Windows Media audio and video files. freeme2 is a command line application.You need to learn how to use console applications to run it.

1). Put your DRM protected media files in the same folder as freeme2.

2). Run the Windows command console: Hit “Start” -> Hit “Run…” -> type CMD -> Hit the “OK” button.

3). Then, once in the command console, chage the directiry by using the “cd” command to the directory where your FreeMe2 is located.

4). Extract your license keys. You can do this with drmdbg.

5). Type the following in the command line console: “freeme2″ (without quotes) and press the Enter button.

2. Aimersoft WMV Converter

It is a professional DRM removal and media converter competent to:

1). Remove DRM from WMV of Windows Media, Zune Marketplace, CinemaNow, Amazon Unbox, Movielink, etc.

2). Convert copyright protected WMV to MP4; WMV to M4V; WMV to MOV / FLV / 3GP / AVI / MPG, etc.

3). Convert DRM protected WMA to M4A / MP3 / WMA / WAV / OGG / APE / AC3 / MKA / AIFF / FLAC, etc

4). Afford output video & audio formats support iPod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Zune, Xbox, AppleTV, Zen, Archos, Iriver, Sansa, Blackberry, Samsung, Sonywalkman, Nokia, HTC, etc

For more input & output formats supported (like iTunes DRM M4P, M4V), check Aimersoft Media Converter.

How to remove DRM protection from WMV video files with Aimersoft WMV Converter:

Step 1: Click “Add” to improt DRM WMV files; Or just “drag-and-drop” them to the main window in easy way.

Step 2: Choose single or batch target WMV files, hit “Settings” to preset the output effect as the following picture shows

First to choose the output formats from red circled “Format Preset”

Then Aspect Ratio, Frame Rate, Bit Rate, Resolution from the “Settings” board for specific output quality you like.

Step 3: Back to the main window after finishing the preceding settings, pick a “output path” you like, then hit the “Start” button bottom-righted. When the conversion process finishes, you can enjoy the DRM protected WMV files in whichever format, and on whatever player as you like.

3. Automate unDRM

It is a free DRM remover packed with drmdbg, drm2wmv, DecryptIt for copy protected WMA, WMV(Windows Media audio/video files).

Automate unDRM is not at the point what you might thought it be, you must have VALID license to play the DRM protected files first. Automate unDRM is intended to be used to make fair-use backups only, so you get lossless conversion of DRM protected media files.

Automate unDRM works only with Windows Media Player 9 or 10.

Note: If you rollback WMP to a previous version, you may lose all your license keys after that.

You might also like to check for even more “How-To“ transfer the DRM protected music, video, movie to media devices like iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, Xbox 360, PS3, Creative Zen, Archos, Sansa, Iriver, Samsung, Cowon, Sony Walkman, as well as mobile phones like HTC, Blackberry, Sony Erricsson, LG, Nokia, Motorola, etc.

How to play FLV files online and offline with free FLV player?

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:32:53 +0000

Do you have met such problem? Download a video from YouTube but you can not open it with Windows Media Player or Real player, so you can not enjoy the video on your PC. That is because the video you downloaded from YouTube is FLV format and Windows Media Player and Real player can not play this format video. But do not worry; you can solve this problem by installing a FLV player to player these FLV videos.

Here I recommend you the best free FLV player: Moyea FLV Player. It is totally free and can play YouTube videos (FLV) on your local or online video with the help of the video URL. The best thing is it is easy to use and open files very quickly.

You can play FLV files with this free FLV player like the following steps.

Step1. Install this FLV player.

After you successfully installed the FLV Player on your computer, you can see the main interface:

Step2. Import FLV files this player.

Choose File> Open File, then you can see the Open FLV File dialog box pop up as the following picture:

The other way to import FLV files is via Open URL as well as from your local computer via Open File.

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Select “Open URL” and you will face a pop-up asking you to enter your actual URL to grab the FLV files for playback:

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And if you checked Associate .flv File, the program can be optionally associated with .flv files, so you can just double-click them to play.

Step3. View FLV information.

With this player, you also can view the FLV file’s information like codec or bit rate etc. So you can know your FLV video in detail.

Step4. Various view size to choose.

As you see, we have four size to choose: Original Size (100%), Double Size (200%), Fixed Size and Full Screen.

Step5. Play list

Can you believe that this small player even has playlist function? You can choose View> Display playlist to show your playlist.

You can add video on the list by right click on the blank area> Add Files to Playlist.

So, do you find that you have already loved this player? If yes you can download it here.

ASUS P320 Windows Mobile

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:12:33 +0000

Introduction

Make a smart move in your professional life with ASUS P320 PDA Phone. It is a multi tasking device that gives you functionality of both a mobile phone and a computer. It incorporates multimedia function to help you enjoy on the move.

Key Features

The ASUS P320 PDA Phone comes with wide range of powerful and useful features to help you in your everyday task whether it is for professional or entertainment purpose. This handheld mini PDA is pocketable and comes with host of other features and functions. It comes with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system along with features like GPS navigation, EDGE/GPRS, Bluetooth, and USB. The High speed connectivity will keep you in touch with your loved ones while you are on the move.

The other convenient features include icons such as time, calendar, messages, weather and the media player for users to access their needed functions. It keeps users updated with current events through blog and news with the help of ASUS RSS Reader. The Auto Cleaner Function ensures the hidden applications to be closed freeing up space and memory for other functions.

Design

The ASUS P320 PDA phone is small and versatile; this bar phone feels good while holding as the grip of the phone is very comfortable. You can carry it anywhere while on the move. It comes with a dimension of 99 x 13.35 x 54.5 mm and weight of 105 grams. It comes with a display resolution of 240 x 320 with a touch screen size of 2.6″ and 65k colors.

Entertainment Features

A respectable number entertainment features makes ASUS P320 PDA phone strikingly different from the rest. The 2 megapixels camera with Auto focus gives you good quality picture and with Windows Media Player you can listen to your favorite songs on the move. You can also record videos, listen to Polyphonic, MP3 ring tones. Features like SMS, MMS, Email, Push E-Mail, MSN add flexibility to the everyday use of the PDA.

Conclusion

With so many PDAs in the market ASUS P320 makes a mark. It is affordable and provides users with much needed mobility and versatility. It makes a good choice for professionals and corporate executives who are constantly traveling.

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How to Make a Windows Xp Boot Disk

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:14:06 +0000

When you press the power button on your computer and it just sit

there with none of those clicking and beeping sounds along with

the monitor still having that blank screen,you know that you’re

going to have a bad day.

A computer that fails to boot can be one of the most pain

staking things that can happen to a pc user.And in most cases,

the user don’t have a clue as to what procedures they can take

to get the PC up and running again.

When you do experience pc bootup failure, always start your

troubleshooting by checking the obvious.It the cord plugged into

the wall outlet and is the other end securely plugged in the

rear of the system unit.

In many cases the cause is a corrupted startup file which

prevent the computer from going through the bootup from start to

finish.In this case, an easy way to start your PC is to have an

emergency boot disk handy.

A Boot Disk contain copies of critical files needed for startup

that you should have made earlier.To use the floppy disk, all

you need do is to place it in the floppy drive and reboot the

computer.

As the computer start the boot process, Windows will use the

good files to get itself going.The Windows XP boot disk will

enable you to resolve a corrupt Ntbootdd.sys driver, missing or

corrupt Ntdr or Ntdetect.com files.

These files are used by Windows XP and are crucial to its

startup and configuration.The boot disk have also repair a

damaged MBR or Master Boot Record.

The MBR is a small program executed when the PC boots and

resides on the first sector of the hard driveIt looks up the

partition on the hard drive.You can create a MBR with the FDISK

/MBR coomand

A damaged boot sector can also be corrected with the boot

disk.Your Windows XP boot disk will be a life saver when you

have pc bootup failure and you need that file for your next

interview.

A sector is the smallest unit that can be accessed on a

disk.When a disk is low level formatted, it will be divided

tracks and sectors

When making a boot disk make a mental note of the files being

copied.This will give you added knowledge when you will need to

help in making their boot disk.To make a boot disk, perform the

following.

Place a blank formatted floppy disk in your floppy drive and go

to My Computer in Windows XP.Click the hard drive icon and on

the toolbar, click Tools, Folder Options, and then click the

View Tab.

And scroll down and check “Show hidden files and folders” and

just below uncheck “Hide protected operating system files

(recommended). Now we’re getting a little slower.

Take note of this process and as you become more familiar with

this task, you’ll be able to make a boot disk for others in no

time and help them save on down time.

After unchecking “Hide protected operating system files, click

OK.Some grayed out files will now be visible in the drive

window.These files are protected system files.

Now you’re ready to select the boot, the NTDETECT, and the ntldr

files.Now right-click, click Send To, and select Floppy ( A:

).When you have copied all files to the floppy, you now have a

Windows XP boot disk.

You should make two or more boot disks and place them in a safe

place away from any type of magnetic or static charges.Before

putting them away don’t forget to label your life saving floppy

disks.

Should you be unfortunate enough to have to put one of your boot

floppies to use, remember to replace the startup files on the

hard drive with the ones on the floppy.

If you overlook this critical step, you’ll have the same boot

up problem every time.Take your time as you copy the files and

be sure not to reverse the copy procedure.

This is why its important to make two or more boot disks. This

way should you have an accident with one disk, so what, you paid

attention here and made several copies.

You’ve done it.You’re now armed with a repair tool should your

XP computer fail to boot.All Windows 98, 2000, and Me users also

have the resources to create a book disk.

Itunes Music Converter – Convert Itunes Protected Music M4p to Mp3

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:27:06 +0000

As the most popular online music store iTunes has millions of customers which download thousands of music every second.

M4P – a copyright protected iTunes format of “protected AAC”. It is a format of downloaded music from iTunes store that can be listened to only through the iTunes compatible players like iPod.

So, if you want to listen to iTunes music with other mp3 players such as Zune, Creative Zen, cell phone and play itune music on windows media player, window movie maker or share them with your friends, you have to convert M4P to MP3.

Now, we can convert M4P to MP3 with two methods.

1.Burning and re-import.

2.Convert M4P to MP3 with a Professional Protected Music Converter

Solution 1: M4P->CD-> MP3

To convert M4P to MP3, you can burn M4P onto a CD (using the iTunes CD burning option), then re-import the CD as unprotected MP3 into the iTunes library.

1. Buy songs on iTunes.

2. Insert a blank CD. (You’d better use a rewrite CD which can be used circularly and use some software like Nero to wipe off the music files you have processed.)

Note: You need to change iTunes settings in “Edit”->” Preferences” before burn and import.

Follow the picture instructions below:

3. Go to File->Create a New Playlist

4. Drag and Drop files you want from your library to the New Playlist.

5. Right-click playlist and select “Burn Playlist to Disc” or you can left- click “Burn Disc”

6.After conversion, left-click “import CD” to import CD files to iTunes library as MP3 format.

(And you can find the unprotected MP3 file by the side of the original file in > “My Document” > “My music” > “iTunes”.)

Solution 2: Convert M4P to MP3 directly

Daniusoft Digital Music Converter can convert M4P to MP3 with one step and the speed is up to 27x. It also can convert protected WMA to MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG and various file formats on Windows PC.

Simple steps to convert M4P to MP3:

1. Add iTunes M4P and other protected files.

2. Choose “MP3″ as the output format

3. Pressthe “Start” button.

Now you can own the music forever and play it on your mp3 player, cell phone, windows media player and other portable players without restriction