Nero and WMA files

**eboyjones** · February 12th, 2004, 03:24 AM

Wife bought some songs online and they came in the wma and a few in the asf file format. I have Nero 5.5.10 and it does not support ither file. Need a way to convert them to wav or mp3 so I can burn them. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Saw many different audio file converters on Google, but I prefer talking to someone that has tested them out first.

Wondering does Nero 6 suport ither file format?

**charlescpc** · February 12th, 2004, 07:51 AM

i Have Nero express 5.5. It came with my burner. It does support the windows format WMA.
I don't know about the asf format. I had a full version 5 of Nero too and I think it also supports the wma files..

You can burn the wma files to a music cd using either real player or windows media player.

I don't use either one to make a cd, I like Nero.

I know to use the windows media player to burn cds you have to have the software to burn a cd loaded and windows uses some of that software.

You might give it a try and see how it goes.
Hope this helps some....

**Taz Devil** · February 12th, 2004, 07:53 AM

Check out dbPowerAmp music converter...can do almost any time of file, with quality settings you choose. FREE, and easy to use. I've been using their programs for a couple of years. Audio player is also nice.
http://www.dbpoweramp.com/

**confus-ed** · February 12th, 2004, 08:00 AM

Somebody else is confus-ed , this time !

Originally Posted by Nero

MOV/ASF/WMV/WMA support added

That's for nero 6

picked up from the revision history but the update is version 5 'something' (sorry couldn't figure which !)

**hudsonsmith** · February 12th, 2004, 10:03 AM

You need this plug-in http://www.nero.com/en/wma-plugin.php

**eboyjones** · February 12th, 2004, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by hudsonsmith

You need this plug-in http://www.nero.com/en/wma-plugin.php

downloaded and installed this plug-in and still get the message Nero does not support wma files as they are Microsft protected.

Any other ideas to make nero burn wma file?

**Humilliation** · February 13th, 2004, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by eboyjones

downloaded and installed this plug-in and still get the message Nero does not support wma files as they are Microsft protected.

Any other ideas to make nero burn wma file?

Just asking but have you tried burning the music to disc using Windows Media Player like someone had already suggested? I've used WMP to burn discs and they turned out fine. I've also burned .wma files with nero 5.5.10.54 so you may have something corrupted within nero, maybe? Are you trying to burn using Nero Burning ROM or express? I've almost never had any issues with the ROM, express was iffy. Are you trying to convert .wma to wav. = .cda? Open ROM with wizard and choose audio cd and just drag and drop - it should convert with no problem.

**eboyjones** · February 13th, 2004, 01:50 AM

The message I get from Nero Burning Rom is,"The selected wma files are protected and can not be processed."

These are legal, bought and paid for files not "illegals" and I don't want wma files, I want mp3 to go with my other files.

By the way will wma files play on other devices than Medai Player? I am not familiar with this music format.

I downloaded dBpower music converter and Media Monkey and both were unable to convert the wma to mp3.

**confus-ed** · February 13th, 2004, 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by eboyjones

The message I get from Nero Burning Rom is,"The selected wma files are protected and can not be processed."

These are legal, bought and paid for files not "illegals" and I don't want wma files, I want mp3 to go with my other files.

By the way will wma files play on other devices than Medai Player? I am not familiar with this music format.

I downloaded dBpower music converter and Media Monkey and both were unable to convert the wma to mp3.

Right so that sounds like the files are somehow encoded so that you need to have a matching 'paid' key somewheres to get it open & the 'paid' bit isn't getting matched up by windows ... there's some 'recommended' downloads on windows update concerning this - got them ?

They might even be encoded so that you can't 'easily' change the format & therefore 'accidentally' lose the copy protection (I somehow get the impression that, that is the entire idea !!!!)

I think all this stinks with windows, they don't make it clear on these sites just exactly what it is you are buying ... which in this case looks like a file that only can be played on your pc & only with media player through this 'locked' file business ... see if there are any clues on whatever site you download from - if there are 'limiting factors' they should tell you somewhere ...

**Platypus** · February 13th, 2004, 09:07 AM

Welcome to the world of DRM (Digital Rights Management)...

Licensed music files are sold as WMAs because they can be limited to being used according to the licence they were purchased under.

I must find the time to understand this properly one day - there's licence migration, 30-day licences, all kinds of junk.

I don't think it should be possible to copy these files by any (legal) digital means. Once the data is converted into analog form though, DRM can't do anything about it...

**hudsonsmith** · February 13th, 2004, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by Platypus

Welcome to the world of DRM (Digital Rights Management)...

Licensed music files are sold as WMAs because they can be limited to being used according to the licence they were purchased under.

I must find the time to understand this properly one day - there's licence migration, 30-day licences, all kinds of junk.

I don't think it should be possible to copy these files by any (legal) digital means. Once the data is converted into analog form though, DRM can't do anything about it...

That's hit it on the head. wma files can be encoded w/ specific rights, i.e., that you can download the file but not burn it, or that you can play it for only 30 days, etc. The specifics are up to the owner of the rights.

As far as playing wma files on other devices, that would depend on the software you are using for playback. Most of the majors offer plug-ins to allow wma playback.

**eboyjones** · February 13th, 2004, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by hudsonsmith

That's hit it on the head. wma files can be encoded w/ specific rights, i.e., that you can download the file but not burn it, or that you can play it for only 30 days, etc. The specifics are up to the owner of the rights.

.

But that's the problem. When the songs were downloaded the came with the licenses and rights to burn copies. That is the only reason we bought them in the first place.
I can understand that problem with illegal downloads but not legal ones.

I am most puzzled by this. As yet not eard back from customer support.

Company name is,
http://musicrebellion.com/

and here is what there fact sheet syas about burning copies,
http://musicrebellion.com/userFAQ.jsp

If I use Media player it won't convert to MP3 or wave and that is what I want.

**hudsonsmith** · February 13th, 2004, 05:35 PM

Can you burn them to cd directly from windows media player? There is a cd burning (roxio?) plug-in.

**Poseidon** · February 13th, 2004, 07:24 PM

The way I see it, you paid for something and did not receive what is expected. Is there a way to contact Customer Service from the site you downloaded the files from?
Also, did you use a credit card to pay for the files? If so, you could dispute the charges until the issue is resolved.

My .02¢

**eboyjones** · February 14th, 2004, 04:14 AM

I contacted customer support and they agreed to give me a full refund. One has to be careful of these sites as they offer burning rights, but you are limited to what software and players you can use. A lot of sites ither use Media Player or Real Player, both of which I don't care for.

So I'll look some more for sites that specifically say they can use Nero and players like Winamp.

Anybody have any favorites please post them.

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