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OT: Protected AAC files
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Hello kiddies.
I have a vast music collection but fancied listening to a track I
didn't own. FrostWire was playing up too so I couldn't download it
from there so I downloaded and installed iTunes.
I couldn't think of any other online song purchasing sites so stumped
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I've used them in the past but it appears that it is now nigh on
impossible to get them to take any money, unless you have a Diners Club
or JCB Charge card.
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Why not just download it gratis from your local neighbourhood p2p
network? It's about as legally and ethically valid, and saves pumping
money at a bunch of dodgy Russians.
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This is true, but I'd pretty much given up on p2p, having used LimeWire
and a couple of others with varied success in the past. What's the p2p
network of choice these days?
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I'm still using eMule for music with no real problems.
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up 79p for the track I required which I now have. It plays in iTunes
but the software is a real resource hog and I much prefer WinAmp.
I dumped the 'm4p' file into WinAmp which didn't like it. After a
quick hunt around it looks like a protected AAC file @ 128kbps.
How can I convert this encrypted AAC file into a non-encrypted AAC
file?
A short-term workaround was opening GoldWave, hitting record (sound
card to sound card so lossless) and then hitting play in iTunes, then
saving the file as an uncompressed .wav so that I may convert it to an
ogg or something later on, but it's not an ideal solution but will
work in my iRiver.
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