Re: Pocket PC Windows Media player license cannot be found???
- From: Candaceandco <Candaceandco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:11:01 -0700
Thank you, Sven!!
You totally explained the problem I'm having: WMP 10 on my desktop, WMP 9 on
my pocket PC. If I download to my SD card, the licenses are lost. If I
download to my Pocket PC's hard drive, the licenses are intact, but if I try
to transfer the files to the storage card, the licenses are gone again. I
suppose, for now, I'll try the MP3 tactic that you suggested. I was able to
sync non-DRM files to the storage card without a problem. Do you suppose
they'll offer a WMP 10 upgrade for the 3800 series Pocket PCs anytime soon?
Thanks again-- the info you provided saved me the $35 "support" fee! Candace
"Sven" wrote:
> To be honest I don't deal with DRM much. I buy CDs at the store and
> immediately rip them to my MCE machine, sans DRM. I get the auto sync and
> album art benefit of WMP10 to WMP10 Mobile, but I could just as easily copy
> songs with a card reader to a big flash card.
>
> I got a 'free' trial to Napster a while back and downloaded some stuff from
> them. Mostly it worked fine. I could transfer it to whatever PPC or
> Plays-for-Sure media player using MP10 with no issues. Periodically though
> I would need to rebuild the PPC but not the SD or CF card the songs were on.
> Guess what, wouldn't play the DRM'd songs any more, had to delete and resync
> them. Then I rebuilt the MCE machine, because it was the only way to get the
> upgrade to work on it. No problem, Napster lets you re-download any
> previously purchased songs....except, one of the artists seems to have had a
> falling out with Napster and no longer has the song available, so I couldn't
> get that again. Didn't really pay for them in the first place so I wasn't
> all that miffed, but it did alert me to some potential issues. I had had the
> forethought to burn all my Napster purchases to an Audio CD, so I still have
> all that music, un_DRM'd.
>
> Really is a shame that the lack of integrity in some has ruined it for the
> rest of us.
>
> --
> Sven
> MVP - Mobile Devices
> "RRR" <RRR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:46AACFF1-4EB3-48E4-8419-EC9030038C2E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sven, a savior! DRM is something thay people have to deal with now. I
> > thought there was a tool you could download and that it involved the IDTAG
> > info on the MP3. I guess not...
> >
> > "Sven" wrote:
> >
> >> I must assume that the files you normally move to your PPC are not
> >> protected
> >> files. Likely you ripped them from CDs, and did not have rights
> >> management
> >> turned on the PC. You can do pretty much what you want with these files.
> >>
> >> The two files you downloaded legally, I must assume you bought from a
> >> music
> >> service like Napster or MSN music. These files are protected with a
> >> license
> >> scheme DRM (Digital Rights Management). The scheme is such that it
> >> requires
> >> specific applications and actions to transfer the music from place to
> >> place.
> >> You typically cannot transfer these files to removable media unless you
> >> have
> >> DRM compliant clients on both devices. If you have WMP10 on the desktop
> >> and
> >> WMP10 on the PPC, it should work, if you use the sync function in WMP10
> >> to
> >> do the transfer. That process will transfer the license. It still won't
> >> transfer the license if you just use file explorer to do the copy.
> >>
> >> If you have WMP 9 on the PPC, you are out of luck until you get rid of
> >> the
> >> DRM on those two files. The typical way to do that is to burn the songs
> >> to
> >> an audio CD (MP will do that for you), and then rip the songs back to
> >> MP3.
> >> Yes you lose some quality, but it depends on you, whether you will notice
> >> or
> >> not. Note, that doesn't really get rid of the DRM on the two files, it
> >> just
> >> gives you new copies of the songs without the DRM.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sven
> >> MVP - Mobile Devices
> >> "Callaway" <Callaway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:B3FE8CB9-546C-4C95-AB88-595C71A833E2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >I regularly download mp3s from my computer onto my sd card and listen to
> >> >the
> >> > files on my pocket pc. Last night I downloaded two songs, completely
> >> > legally,
> >> > they play fine on my pc (WM player 10) but will not play on my pocket
> >> > pc.
> >> > I
> >> > get the error: The license for this file cannot be found. Use
> >> > Windows
> >> > Media Player on your PC to copy the file to your device again.
> >> > I have tried this and everyother form of putting the file onto the
> >> > device
> >> > that I can think of and always the same error. Any ideas on how to
> >> > remedy
> >> > this? It looks like microsoft is charging $35-$99-$245 for help, any
> >> > ideas
> >> > how to get help for free?
> >> > Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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