DRM Removal

I use Freecorder, a free tool that simply records the output of your sound card and converts it to mp3. Just play a WMA file in MediaPlayer and Freecorder does its thing on the fly, whether the file is DRM protected or not.

Quality suffers, as the file is converted from digital to analog in the sound card, then back to digital and compressed to mp3. But I mainly use it for listening to WMA audio books on an iPod.

Yes, there are many usful to help people.

to convert DRM protected music or convert iTunes music to mp3, here is more one wonderful software to sharing.

http://www.removing-drm.com

And, there is detial using guide, I think it is also helpful

http://www.flash-on-tv.com/resource/wondershare-music-converter-helps-you.html

After iTunes stoped selling DRM protected music, most of this software became unusefull. As file format converters they are not perfect. What I found great is sofware pack that comes from http://media-converter.info
They offer nice conerter and a tool to download video from youtube/hulu/etc...
Their converter (don't remember name - it's black) worked out for me as best from all listed.

I'd love to use some of this free decoder software, but I'm finding it quite difficult.

Two links in this article lead nowhere. And on the hymnproject page I'm finding the same.

Please help.

This is all well & good for music files. But you don't give any consideration to video files. What if I want to burn a movie I bought of iTunes to DVD?

I used aimersoft media converter.

Quoted from its website:
"Remove DRM from protected music video movie from iTunes, BBC iPlayer, Windows Media Centre, Zune MarketPlace, Napster, Rhapsody, Nokia Music Store, Spiralfrog, iMeem, iMesh, Bearshare, eMusic, Puretracks, MusicGiants, CinemaNow, Blockbuster, Amazon Unbox etc"

I think its an all-in-one software which performs all round as DRM remover and music & video converter, fast and very easy to handle.

drm remove software can help you remove drm protection and convert any formats

almost never touching Windows Media Player except to activate DRMed music, which I would quickly rip into MP3s with the help of this DRM removal program

drm remove software can help you remove drm protection and convert any formats

Thanks, I took the Audacity route which, very simply, is: The audiobook will play in iTunes on your Mac. Soundflower will route the speaker audio to the microphone where Audacity+LAME will pick it up and re-record it and export and .mp3 file. Complete instructions at my my blog ...

http://slapphappe.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/drm-workaround-for-your-audio-books/

good job ! thanks for sharing. with your guide, remove drm become a simple thing

Thanks for your sharing this information, Tune4mac iTunes Audio converter is also better software on Mac.
http://www.tune4mac.com/mac-itunes-audio-converter/

Great information, thanks!
I'm looking for a good audio converter to convert DRM files, so it might be very useful for me =)

you can use wavepad from http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad
it will directly convert itunes to mp3, even giving you the option of variable bit-rate encoding. Good stuff!

Freeme2 is also a free DRM removal used to remove DRM protection from Windows Media audio and video files. drm removal

I'm looking for a good audio converter to convert DRM files, so it might be very useful for me =)

I just want to mention that NoteBurner doesn't appear to work anymore. The version compatible with my OS hangs up on m4p files when used in conjunction with iTunes 11. If I assemble a playlist of M4Ps that read "Protected" under "kind" in my library, the first track will convert and the rest will not.

Beyond that, NoteBurner is not $29 anymore. I paid $39 and it's NOT working on M4Ps that contain pre-2009 DRM. I feel as if I've been scammed! I own over 300 DRM-protected tracks, all lawfully purchased through iTunes, and even iTunes Match, as advised on MacWorld, Wired Magazine, LifeHacker and Apple's own support community, DOES NOT SUBSTITUTE OR REPLACE M4Ps with M4As.

As a warning to those who are late to the DRM-headaches that arise when attempting to use a non-Apple playback device: I did receive M4As after my initial iTunes Match signup, but iTunes Match re-converted them to M4Ps, while still continuing to list them under "kind" as PURCHASED (sneaky, eh?). My library is one hot mess after subscribing to Match. I turned Match off in iTunes 11 after thinking the process had been successful — doing so because I thought it would prevent Apple from continuing to alter the contents of my library — but apparently there's no REAL way to turn off Match/iCloud enabled services through iTunes 11. Apple continued to modify my library at will in the week subsequent to my Match signup, and now my library is populated with duplicates (the original M4Ps, which I kept but unchecked in my library after signing up for Match + the M4As that Match began *reverting* to M4Ps, hence the duplicates).

I turned Match back on to re-grap M4As after they completely disappeared and now I have even more duplicates (because what was on the iCloud became outdated while Match was off —— and once turned back on Match re-deposited playlists I had removed or edited locally with older copies).

The old standby for those who wanted to create MP3 counterparts is to rip a physical CD back into iTunes. As far as I can tell, however, that method no longer works, either. For one, iTunes 11, even though the option to "get track names" is checked, won't grab them. That means I have to name each CD track manually (of 300+ old DRM purchases I need to rip!). Meanwhile, in the tests I made the ripped CD brought the M4Ps back in the same way they went out —— sans track names —— even though the converter was set to MP3 in iTunes 11 (Mac OS 10.6.8). Long story short, Apple has rendered a lot of the workarounds that have been mentioned on the Internet ineffectual.

My DRM "crime" consisted of my total ignorance that my pre-2009 iTunes purchases would not be "future proof" enough to run on a non-Apple device. So here I am with an Android smartphone and yet I am still dependent upon my iPod 20GB Photo for playback! Hey, Apple I used that dang iPod for 10 years. Do you think I'm going to spend more money buying iTunes content or subscribing to iCloud services if I am disgruntled by your micro-managing tactics? I realize Apple wants to protect their "ecosystem" (business interests) but at some point don't the changes rendered by iCloud-capable versions of iTunes cross the line into anticompetitive business practices?

Thanks for your sharing. When mention about Audio DRM removal, I always use iTunes Music Converter (http://macsome.com/itunes-converter-mac/index.html). It is simple tool for me.

Here is a purchased Audiobook DRM removal tool - Macsome Audio Book Converter (http://macsome.com/audio-book-converter-mac/index.html), which supports all the purchased Audiobooks from iTunes Store and Audible.com and other protected Audiobooks.

Free download M4B DRM Remover and Converter - Epubor Audible Converter.https://www.avdshare.com/remove-drm-from-m4b