Tuesday, 16 December 2008
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TuneClone V1.30 - remove DRM from iTunes M4P M4B WMA Napster using virtual CD drive  terry007 06:27:41 |
| | TuneClone V1.30 - remove DRM from iTunes M4P M4B WMA Napster using virtual CD drive
The newest version of TuneClone - TuneClone V1.30 - was released on December 15,2008!
http://www.tuneclone.com/index.php
TuneClone Audio Converter is a powerful yet easy to use DRM remover and music converter program for removing DRM from iTunes music, Windows Media Player music, RealPlayer music, WinAMP music, Napster music, Rhapsody music, etc., with the music metadata well preserved.
Unlike other media converters, TuneClone Audio Converter applies the virtual CD burning technology to remove the DRM. It generates a virtual CD-ROM drive, tricking your PC into believing that you are burning a CD. Therefore, the DRM is removed without wasting a CD.
TuneClone Audio Converter can be used to convert iTunes protected AAC (M4P), M4B, M4A, protected WMA to MP3, WAV and unprotected WMA. It removes the DRM from protected iTunes M4P or protected WMA so as to help you enjoy DRM-laden music on media players or MP3 players like Microsoft Zune, Sony PSP, BlackBerry, Creative Zune, iriver, SanDisk Sansa, Sony Walkman, Cell Phone(Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia N-series, Samsung Anycall, LG, etc.) Pocket PC, PDA and so on.
Key features of TuneClone V1.30: http://www.tuneclone.com/index.php
1. Easy to install and easy to use via a simple user interface.
2. Remove DRM from purchased or protected music from iTunes, Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, WinAMP, Napster, Rhapster, etc, using automatically generated virtual CD drive.
3. Convert DRM protected music to plain MP3 format for playback on all kinds of MP3 players or media players like Zune, PSP, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, iriver, Walkman, etc.
4. Remove DRM from purchased music files by applying the virtual CD burning technology, which adopts the maximum writing speed so that your music files can be converted at a very high speed.
5. Convert iTunes protected AAC (M4P), M4B and M4A to MP3, WAV and WMA.
6. Convert protected WMA (Windows Media Audio) to MP3, WAV and unprotected WMA.
7. Well Preserve ID3 tags for artist, album, title names, artworks, etc.
8. The converted songs will have no DRM restriction any more.
Availability, price and support
More information about TuneClone V1.30 is available at http://www.tuneclone.com/index.php . You can free download TuneClone V1.30 from http://www.tuneclone.com/tuneclone_setup.exe for a try. The full version of TuneClone V1.30 costs USD 34.95.
If you have questions about or show interest in TuneClone V1.30, please feel free to contact TuneClone support team via support@tuneclone.com.
Tags: Remove DRM, Remove iTunes DRM, M4P to MP3, WMA to MP3, DRM removal |
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Friday, 7 November 2008
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| How to transfer WMAs and iTunes 8 library from Windows to Mac terry007 07:56:46 |
| | "My laptop HDD recently failed, so I replaced it with an iMac. Fortunately, my iTunes library was on an external HDD, so I have copied it across to the iMac. However, the songs that I have purchased from iTunes do not seem to be available. They have copied across, but are 'greyed out'. I have authorised my new computer to play purchases. Is there anything else I am forgetting?"
It is relatively painless to switch over from Windows to Mac as Mac has support for a lot of commonly used files like Microsoft Word documents, Powerpoint slideshows and Adobe PDF files. So, compatibility is hardly an issue. What you do have to take note of however while switching over to Mac are your iTunes library and WMAs. Note: This tutorial was written under the assumption that you are running the latest version of iTunes ( iTunes 8 ) on both your Windows and Mac.
1. Add WMAs to iTunes on Windows
iTunes for Windows is built with Windows Media Audio (WMA) support - it is able to play and convert WMAs. However, because WMA is a proprietary codec, it isn't available in iTunes for Mac. If you're not careful, you'll be left with a lot of WMAs which will be unplayable on your Mac.
The easiest way to dodge this problem is to convert all the WMAs you have while you're still on your Windows machine. In your iTunes General preferences, under 'Import settings', make sure to have AAC or MP3 selected. Configure the bit rate if you like but because you will be converting from one lossy codec to another, there's bound to be a profound loss in quality.
However, if the WMAs are DRM protected, it will be a little bit difficult. One method of dealing with the DRM protected WMAs is to get an audio converter. Make a simple Google search and you will get a lot of converters that can convert WMA to MP3. However, those that can convert DRM protected WMA to MP3 are rather limited. The one that attracts my attention is TuneClone Audio Converter http://www.tuneclone.com/index.php (fow Windows only), which isn't free but very well worth a shot if you have lots of DRM protected WMAs ready to be switched to Mac. TuneClone Audio Converter is capable of removing DRM protection from WMA files and convert WMA to iTunes (both Windows and Mac) compatible MP3 format by installing a virtual CD burner. Here is the guide: http://www.tuneclone.com/how-to-convert-wma-to-mp3-for-ipod.php
Apart from that, TuneClone Audio Converter can also be used to convert iTunes M4P (protected AAC) to MP3 for non-Apple MP3 devices. Here is the guide: http://www.tuneclone.com/itunes8-m4p-to-mp3.php
After getting the protected WMAs converted to MP3, add to your iTunes library the MP3 files, which will be transferred to Mac along with all the music in iTunes library.
2. Backup iTunes library on Windows
In Windows, open iTunes. Consolidate your library from the 'File -> Library' menu.
This will move all the music files into the iTunes Music folder and sort them by artist and album.
Navigate to your My Music folder. It's typically found at C:\Documents and Settings\~username~\My Documents\My Music.
Copy the iTunes folder to the Desktop of your new Mac. Depending on the size of your library and the method of transfer, this could take a while.
3. Organize iTunes on Mac
If you are running iTunes on your Mac for the first time, you'll be prompted with the initial welcome setup procedure. When it asks to search your drive for music files, make sure to decline. At the end, you'll be presented with a fresh, empty iTunes library. Now, quit iTunes. By default, it would have already set up its own iTunes Music folder located in ~/Music. Go over to this location and delete the iTunes folder then copy and paste your iTunes Music folder from the desktop into it (the one which you have just brought over from your Windows computer). After all this is done, launch iTunes and you'll be rewarded with your old, personalized iTunes library.
Tags: WMA, ITunes 8, ITunes for Windows, ITunes for Mac, WMA to MP3, Protected WMA to MP3, DRM |
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008
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| How to convert protected WMA to MP3 for iPod terry007 05:58:39 |
| | "The majority of my albums are in my Windows Media Player and I would like to transfer those albums to my iPod. Now I don't know how to. All I know is that WMA is not compatible with Apple iPod. So how do I rescue my songs? I tried to use limewire to download free music but it is a mess."
If you meet the same problem, you got the right place! The following tutorial details how to put both protected and unprotected WMA (Windows Media Audio) music files to iPod.
If the WMA files you are going to play on your iPod is unprotected, you just select and drag them into iTunes Library and they should be automatically converted to whatever iPod format you selected in iTunes preferences for importing.
If they are WMA files protected by DRM, it is not that easy. You need to use some software to strip the DRM off your WMA files and then convert the WMA files to the much more widely-supported MP3 format.
Note: As with any transcoding, the quality will go down. But if you've got a lot of protected WMA files you'd like to get on your iPod, this solution would do the trick.
In this tutorial, I'd like to show how to remove DRM from WMA files and convert the WMA files to MP3 format using TuneClone Audio Converter(http://www.tuneclone.com/index.php ). Let’s take a look at how it performs:
1. Settings at TuneClone
Download TuneClone (fully compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista) and install it. After launching TuneClone, click the Settings button. In the pop-up dialog of Options, you can specify the Output Folder, Output Filenames, Output Format (here we choose MP3), etc. for the output files.
Tip: You can get the output protection removed MP3 music folder by clicking the Folder button after the whole process.
2. Burning at Windows Media Player(WMP 11)
Create a new playlist and drag into it the WMA files you are going to enjoy on your iPod. After that, click the Burn button and select Audio CD from the drop-down list. On the right panel of CD Drive, click Next Drive to locate the CD drive to TuneClone's Virtual CD Burner.
Note: If you are unsure whether TuneClone's Virtual CD burner is successfully installed or where it is installed, please refer to the bottom left corner of TuneClone:
Then, drag the playlist you created just now to the Burn List and click the Start Burn button to start burning the playlist. While the burning gets started, TuneClone will automatically convert the WMA playlist to MP3 files. You can open the manager screen to show all the converted music files.
Note: If you get the output files formatted as 01-1.mp3, 01-2.mp3, etc., please click the output MP3 songs in the manager screen and drag the counterpart original WMA songs to the Track Info panel of TuneClone one by one. The information about the artist, album, title, etc. will be changed accordingly. It would be a time-consuming process if you are burning a big collection of music. However, since Windows Media Player 11 doesn't support CD-text burning, this seems to be the only way to get the information back.
After you get the output MP3 files converted from the WMA playlist in your Windows Media Player, you can now begin to transfer the MP3 files to your iPod with the sync of iTunes.
Tags: Wma to mp3, Windows media player, Wma to ipod, Drm wma to mp3, Convert wma to mp3, Wma to mp3 for ip |
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