[Creaphis]

I have an audiobook that my music player can't play because of some tricky DRM in the files, so I've been researching various solutions. Daniusoft's DRM Converter (http://undrm.info/remove-DRM-protection/Daniusoft-Digital-Media-Converter-Convert-copy-protected-WMA-WMV-M4A-M4V.htm) looks good to me, but a sudden expense has completely wiped out my savings so I can't really spare the $40 for it right now. Are there any free utilities that do more or less the same thing? Yes, I know that it's possible to re-record audio with Audacity, but I don't want to have to record every segment of the book manually - I'm looking for an automated process that I can start at night that'll be done in the morning. I'm also not thrilled by the idea of wasting time and CDs by burning the audio to a disc and then ripping it back.

[Stream Recorder]

Daniusoft uses spam to promote its software. Want to support spammers and get more spam? Then buy software from them.

For QuickTime files you can use freeware Requiem (http://undrm.info/remove-DRM-protection/Requiem-freeware-Mac-and-PC-DRM-remover-for-iTunes-files.htm). Again it works much better than re-recording from sound card. It won't work with rental audiobooks, but you shouldn't abuse rental licenses anyway.

If you use Windows XP, you can try to use freeware FairUse4WM (http://undrm.info/remove-DRM-protection/FairUse4WM-freeware-DRM-removal-Windows-software-Strip-copy-protection-from-WMV-ASF-WMA-Windows-Media-Player.htm) for removing DRM protection. It is not re-recording from your sound card, it is much better.

[Creaphis]

Yeah, I'm not thrilled by how Daniusoft software is marketed, but Soundtaxi (http://undrm.info/remove-DRM-protection/SoundTaxi-Convert-DRM-protected-music-from-Windows-Media-Player-iTunes-Napster-Yahoo-Music-Rhapsody.htm), Tunebite (http://undrm.info/remove-DRM-protection/TuneBite-Convert-DRM-protected-WMV-M4P-M4V-video-WMA-AAC-M4B-AA-music-audio-books-preserving-ID3-tags.htm) and etc. all seem just as sleezy. If you had to use one of those programs (and if there really is no free software that works in a similar way) then which would you choose? If one of those software suites is better than the others for ethical or practical reasons then I'd love to hear why.

I don't have the right system environments to run either FairUse4WM or Requiem right now, and I'm looking for a more general-purpose solution anyway. I don't mind that re-recording is lossy; I'm just planning to use this for audiobooks so as long as I can still understand what the narrator is saying, that's good enough.

[Stream Recorder]

Personally I prefer to use lossless DRM removal software (http://undrm.info/remove-DRM-protection/). I just don't want to lose neither quality, nor time.

Lossy DRM removal tools (http://undrm.info/remove-DRM-protection/) are discussed in the following thread:
Lossy DRM removal software: SoundTaxi, Tunebite, NoteBurner, freeTunes, MuvAudio