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freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF files

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Phantazm

08-06-2008 12:01 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Is there a solution that actually works with Vista WITHOUT having to sacrifice your OS or other issues?

Stream Recorder

08-06-2008 02:21 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phantazm (Post 6904)

Is there a solution that actually works with Vista WITHOUT having to sacrifice your OS or other issues?

Lossy DRM removal software

gzim	08-08-2008 12:19 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

I'm using Vista and only get fake SIDs from drmdbg; looking like "<SID>mJiYmJiYmJiYmJiYmJiYmJiYmJg=</SID>" and those do nothing but corrupt files in freeme2. I'm using 6000.7000 and I've tried both the most recent versions of drmdbg, since appearently the newest doesn't do 6000.7000

Any ideas?

sectroyer

08-09-2008 02:50 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

There is some problem with your OS. Everything will work if you will downgrade to XP with WMP.10.

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wadster21

08-10-2008 06:14 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Sectroyer, did you see my posts? Do you know how I can solve the issue of Zune reinstalling IBX 11.0.6000.6324? Everything works fine except for that last step, when I go to reaquire my licenses for my protected files, by playing them in Zune, it bumps it back to IBX 11.0.6000.6324, which renders the tools (fairuse4wm and freeme2) useless. Thanks for any insights.

sectroyer

08-11-2008 02:24 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Hmmm. I think you should stop using zune. Or you could try using zune under Linux/MacOSX. Besides iPhone/iPod is much better choice :)

wadster21

08-12-2008 04:12 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

We're definitely on the same page there. I stopped using it a while ago. I used it back in the day when all the 99 cent downloads started, but have since switched to Amazon (89 cents, higher bitrate, and no drm).

However, it seems like the licenses for all the songs that I got through zune can only be acquired by playing the song in zune, which reinstalls 11.0.6000.6324 and messes everything up.

Does anyone know of any other way to acquire the licenses for my protected .wma files besides through zune?

WhiteWizard42

08-19-2008 06:29 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

I posted on the last page, but nobody seems to have responded.

My program that supplies DRMed music messed up and required that i get new keys, and now I don't know how to find my new keys and tell FairUse, so that i can decrypt them and put them on my mp3 player.

Problem in a nutshell: How do I extract keys?

Heh, what an age-old problem: Can't find my keys.

emailka

08-21-2008 06:51 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Please! Could someone decrypt this video (380MB) and upload it to rapidshare or etc.? I wasted a lot of time. I can't belive, that is posible! :-(
http://download.kinomania.cz/downloa...59bc75c6f4.wmv

thetoad

08-24-2008 11:08 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

sectroyer, I don't run vista in general for my DRMing stuff (heck, I'm generally in Linux). However, There are files that will only get authorized in vista, hence why ignoring it doesn't really help all people.

But with that said, thanks for your work. hopefully people will figure out how to get it to work with vista eventually.

wadster21

08-26-2008 08:24 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by wadster21 (Post 6981)

Any suggestions for this yet? Is there a way to get the licenses for my protected .wma files without having to play them in zune? Sorry to quote myself, but I really want to get this figured out. Thanks.

chedder66

08-30-2008 11:52 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

So I have wmp 11.0.6001.7000 on vista and I followed all the instuctions. However, after upgrading drm components, the drm folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\DRM\ does not exist. I checked the registry and that is the correct location. Please tell me what i am doing wrong.

Thanks

Stream Recorder

09-08-2008 02:46 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by chedder66 (Post 7160)

Windows Media Player 10/11: How to determine IBX version (Windows XP)

wadster21

09-09-2008 10:05 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by wadster21 (Post 7129)

I guess I'm going to have to wait and see if these lossless programs get updated in the future to beat the new IBX, since there doesn't seem to be any other way to acquire the licenses. If anyone does find a way to do it, please post on here. Thanks.

chedder66

09-09-2008 11:01 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stream Recorder (Post 7219)

Windows Media Player 10/11: How to determine IBX version (Windows XP)

Thanks for the response but I have tried that and it seems that C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\DRM does not exist on my computer. Show hidden files is checked because I am able to see the ProgramData folder but the DRM folder is not there. I have confirmed that this is the correct location by looking at the registry key. I don't know what else to do :confused:

lefty

09-13-2008 06:29 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by sectroyer (Post 3792)

[*]Extract your license keys. You can do this with drmdbg. If you use drmdbg you can take the drm2-i.key file generated by drmdbg, rename it to drm2.key and copy it to the FreeMe2 folder.

i seem to be stuck here. here's my setup:

winxp with no hidden files
drmdbg 2008/01/01 10:20 for IndivBox.key v11.0.6000.7000
media player version 11.0.5721.5145

when i run drmdbg it says "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM\Cache\Indiv02.key v11.0.6000.6324" to the left of the "Multi Scan" button. I click the multiscan button.. it plays the movie, but it doesn't create any keys.

any ideas what i need to do? freeme2 is asking for my IBX key & SID. I just hit enter on the IBX question (i have no idea what I should put there if anything). And my understanding is that I need to run drmdbg to get my SID. hence, i'm stuck :(

Any help would be appreciated! :D

Quote:

Here's my console from running freeme2:

C:\Temp\drm>freeme2 p4.wmv
Enter IBX private key or hit enter:

Decrypted content key is too big!
Enter SID for this file:

sgtstephan

09-18-2008 09:38 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

So I saw this message "When I click on FreeM2.exe it gives this message :

Usage: FreeM2 [-vs2] protectedfile
Press <ENTER> to acknoledge error

It doesn't say which error and when I press "enter" it closes." I am having this same problem, but I have not seen anyone answer this question.... how do I get around this. Any advice would be grand

sgtstephan

11-05-2008 07:36 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media .WMA audio fi

Quote:

Originally Posted by sectroyer (Post 3924)

Tell me what is the size of your drmv2.lic file. But I think this is not the problem. The real reason is that Vista has many bugs :) One of them is that it doesn't allow some files (i.e. FreeMe2) to allocate as much memory as they want :). You may try uninstalling Vista and FreeMe2 should work.

I actually do not have Vista, I uninstalled it long ago, because it sucks..... Any other ideas?

ZenMasta

12-08-2008 03:30 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Here's my progress so far. I tried at home but turns out I have the newer indivbox key and I didn't want to mess with WMP so I am trying on a different pc that is also win xp pro. I started by going to add/remove programs and removing wmp 11 and the runtime. Rather then uninstalling it asked it just said rolling back to wmp 10. So after rebooting Iwent again to add/remove programs and choose add/remove windows components. I selected windows media player. This rolled me back to 9.5

I uninstalled rhapsody.

Then I rebooted and installed WMP10, then installed rhapsody, rhapsody said it needed an update to wmp 9 and 11 runtime so it installed it.

I then downloaded drmdbg and freeme2
I edited my drmdbg.ini like the original poster suggested. Here is my complete ini.

Code:

[Form1]

State=0

Left=30

Top=128

[wmvdir]

path=C:\Program Files\drmdbg\

[drm2dir]

path=C:\Program Files\FreeMe2\

[TopWindow]

0_or_1=0



[IndivBoxKey]

path=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM\Cache\Indiv02.key

[drmv2clt]

path=C:\WINDOWS\system32\drmv2clt.dll

[MakeDRM2Dir]

0_or_1=1

[SubDirScan]

0_or_1=1

I am 100% certain that I have show hidden files and folders enabled.
I navigated to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM\Cache\

but it was empty.

Regardless of that I decided to copy one DRM file into the drmdbg folder and then double click drmdbg.exe

The box just next to multiscan displayed
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\DRM\Cache\Indiv02.key v11.0.6000.7000

So that looked like it is supposed to.
Then the WMV dir is C:\Program Files\drmdbg\
and the DRM2 Dir is C:\Program Files\FreeMe2\

Makr DRM2 Dir and Sub Dir Scan were both ticked.

When I clicked multi scan it found the WMA file that was in the drmdbg folder and it displayed below showing the full path/filename.

And in the final box it also showed
<DRM2WMV2>
<KID>some characters</KID>
<SID>some characters</SID>
<INFO></INFO>
</DRM2WMV2>

Then I went to the freeme2 folder and the DRM2 folder does exist with a file called DRM2.key. Opening the file will show the XML or whatever code that drmdbg displayed for each file you scanned.

Then I tried dragging and dropping the same file (meaning the WMA file that was in the drmdbg folder) onto freeme2.exe

The cmd prompt window opened up and showed a progress animation in black and gray text. When it got to 100% it closed and in the drmdbg folder was a new file called
Freed-myfile.wma

So after successfully being able to do tracks one at a time, I tried the perl that was in this topics first post. I had to install active perl first though of course.

I took 3 folders that contained 1 drm file each and moved them to a 2nd hard drive (just for testing sake I didn't want to test on my entire library yet.The objective was to confirm that the batch would scan all the subfolders and then free each file.

So my folder was like this
e:\testfolder\freeme2 batch.pl
e:\testfolder\folder1
e:\testfolder\folder2
e:\testfolder\folder3

drmdbg opened and successfully scanned found the key for each file. However freeme2 did not launch and begin the decryption process.

Then when I went to drag and drop the file one at a time onto freeme2.exe

The window said
No ENABLINGBITS elements in license!
Press <ENTER> to ackknowledge error.
And doing so closes the window

So for some reason only ONE of my DRM tracks can be freed Every other I've tried so far shows the error.

I don't understand why this process would only work for one of my files. They are all from the same provider and the licenses were acquired the same day.

Before I dragged and dropped the WMA files onto freeme I confirmed that the DRM2.key file contained 4 unique KID/SID entries

kulouie

12-28-2008 07:37 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Hopefully I'm not being redundant, but just trying to get a clear picture of where things stand today, 12/28/08. Fairuse quit working for me about a month ago due to updates to WMP and Rhapsody. I am able to rollback WMP and get an older IBX that Fairuse and Mirakagi recognize, but declares that the files I attempt to strip DRM from don't appear to be licensed to me. This is because Rhapsody ceases to function once I rollback WMP. In order to get Rhapsody up and running (so my licenses are squared away) I am forced to update WMP, and in turn get the new IBX that Fairuse won't work with (file requires a different private key).

From what I gather, this seems to be where we're all at right now. If anyone has a working solution, please explain it to me as if I were slightly retarded, so that I might understand. If my explanation of my problem is indeed where we are all stuck, any info on what the next steps might be would be awesome too.

This is on a PC using XP Pro. And my Rhapsody music is all paid for. Free brownies for anyone who can make this work for me again

Stream Recorder

12-28-2008 08:41 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Services like Rhapsody force you to upgrade. I don't really know how to make fu4m 1.3 fix-2 or freeme2 or any other lossless DRM removal tool to work with them.

So the only suggestion I have is to use lossy DRM removal software.

ZenMasta

12-31-2008 09:26 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

"please explain it to me as if I were slightly retarded" haha nice one.

It's interesting to me that I was able to strip a couple of the songs using freeme but as I posted before the rest had the enabling bits problem. I tried sound taxi the only problem I have is the limitation on how it copies the folder directories. ie if you have them in your documents/music/rhapsody and you export to c: it creates a folder structure exactly so c:\staxiconverted\documents and settings\myusername\my documents\my music\rhapsody\username@email.com\artist\album

I'd have hoped it would just only recreate the folders that were actually important such as artist/album.

Woozy82

01-11-2009 02:29 AM

Eazy way to remove DRM protection

Try google search Soundtaxi 3.6.5

ZenMasta

01-12-2009 06:27 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

That's the version I have.

kokkus

02-19-2009 04:18 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media .WMA audio fi

Where can I find the license thing?
The reason why people use programs to remove drm is because they don't have or have lost the license.So what's the point of this program anyway then?
You have to have the license to remove the drm.

Stream Recorder

02-20-2009 04:01 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media .WMA audio fi

Quote:

Originally Posted by kokkus (Post 9411)

The reason people use DRM removal software is to avoid losing licenses (as well as to listen and watch legally purchased files on any device they have). Nobody has cracked Windows Media DRM yet, so you can only remove DRM protection from files having valid licenses.

any ANONYMOUS forum user

03-04-2009 03:14 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by kulouie (Post 8825)

Try using the new drmdbg that was released this week with freeme2.

New drmdbg found at

Code:

http://www.mediafire.com/?yimyyomtmzy

(it works with Vista!)

ZenMasta

03-05-2009 03:56 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

This new drmdbg version didn't help me. I still get the error:
No ENABLINGBITS elements in license!

I noticed also that if there are spaces in the file name freeme2 will not work. that's a major PIA for me because every file name I have contains spaces.. usually track number - song name or

artist name - track number - song name.wma

Stream Recorder

03-05-2009 10:01 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenMasta (Post 9609)

I noticed also that if there are spaces in the file name freeme2 will not work. that's a major PIA for me because every file name I have contains spaces.. usually track number - song name or

artist name - track number - song name.wma

I use freeware Unreal Commander to rename files. You can also use free renaming software to change spaces to say underscores.

bostonartist5

03-09-2009 11:37 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Is there an explanation of how to remove DRM from WMV for complete idiots who know nothing about computers, a simple step by step?

Stream Recorder

03-09-2009 02:54 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by bostonartist5 (Post 9664)

Is there an explanation of how to remove DRM from WMV for complete idiots who know nothing about computers, a simple step by step?

Please let me know if the following tutorials are too complicated for you:

HowTo Instructions for Removing DRM with drmdbg & FreeMe2 (from Windows Media Player)

How to remove DRM from Windows Media Player files with FairUse4WM 1.3 fix-1 DRM-Remover 2009-01-10 Fix for Windows XP (by milOtis)

ZenMasta

03-10-2009 10:15 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

I would consider doing a batch rename if I could figure out how to get past the "No ENABLINGBITS elements in license!" problem. I use EF Multi File Renamer

kulouie

03-17-2009 05:52 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

I just downloaded the latest drmdbg and freeme2, and seem to have gotten it all to work. I drag a protected .wma onto Freeme2 and presto - a "Freed-awesome song" file pops out. The problem is, when I play this freed track, it sounds like fingernails on the chalkboard for about 5 seconds and then quits. I saw that someone else had this problem a while back but didnt really see a solution given. This is the closest I've gotten to getting this thing to work since Rhapsody/MS forced the updates. So, if anyone could explain how to fix this problem, I'd really appreciate it. Also, as I put it in my last post, explain it as if I were slightly retarded, so that I might understand. Thanks

flyinonice4

04-05-2009 02:04 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by kulouie (Post 9795)

Im in the same position as you. Im experiencing the same exact thing. Any help guys?

streamsteam

04-15-2009 05:18 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

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Despite the great tutorials I prefer a script to automate the DRM removal. Check out the attached script and see if it works for you. The script must be renamed to "pilatesdrm.js".

Code:

// Put this script somewhere on your system together with FreeMe2.exe and

// dmrdbg.exe. Run drmdbg to generate the keys and then run the script.

// The script will not enter sub-directories.



function ReadIni()

{

  var ForReading = 1;

  var line;

  var fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

  var dso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary");

  var ts = fso.OpenTextFile("drmdbg.ini", ForReading);

  var key, w, subkey, val;

  while (!ts.AtEndOfStream) {

    line = ts.ReadLine();

    if (line.substr(0, 1) == "[" && line.substr(line.length - 1, 1) == "]") {

      key = line.substr(1, line.length - 2);

      dso.add(key, WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary"));

    }

    else {

      w = line.split("=");

      if (w.length == 2) {

        subkey = w[0];

        val = w[1];

        if (subkey == "path") {

          // val = val.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');

          // val = val.replace(/ /g, '\\ ');

          // WScript.Echo(key + "," + subkey +  "," + val);

        }

        dso.item(key).item(subkey) = val;

        // WScript.Echo(key + "," + subkey +  "," + val);

      }

    }

  }

  return dso;

}





function ReadKeys(ini)

{

  var ForReading = 1;

  var line;

  var fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

  var dso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary");

  var kpath = ini.item("drm2dir").item("path");

  var ts;

  var sid, kid;

  if (ini.item("MakeDRM2Dir").item("0_or_1") == 1)

    ts = fso.OpenTextFile(kpath + "DRM2\\DRM2.KEY", ForReading);

  else

    ts = fso.OpenTextFile(kpath + "DRM2.KEY", ForReading);

  while (!ts.AtEndOfStream) {

    line = ts.ReadLine();

    if (line.substr(0, 5) == "<KID>") {

      kid = line.substr(5).substr(0, line.length - 11);

    }

    if (line.substr(0, 5) == "<SID>") {

      sid = line.substr(5).substr(0, line.length - 11);

      dso.add(kid, sid);

      // WScript.Echo(kid + "," + sid);

    }

  }

  ts.Close();

  return dso;

}





function ReadFiles(ini, dso)

{

  var line, lines, fname;

  var sso = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");

  var fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

  var ds = fso.GetFolder(ini.item("wmvdir").item("path"));

  var fc = new Enumerator(ds.files);

  var spath = WScript.ScriptFullName;

  spath = spath.substr(0, spath.length - WScript.ScriptName.length);

  var cmd = spath + "FreeMe2.exe -s ";

  var se;

  var sid, kid;

  lines = new Array();

  while (!fc.atEnd()) {

    fname = "" + fc.item();

    if (fname.substr(fname.length - 4, 4).toLowerCase() == ".wma") {

      lines.push("File: " + fname);

      // Get KID

      se = sso.Exec(cmd + '"' + fname + '"');

      se.StdIn.WriteLine("");

      se.StdIn.WriteLine("");

      line = se.StdErr.ReadLine();

      while (se.Status == 0)

        WScript.Sleep(10);

      if (line.substr(0, 9) == "Found KID") {

        kid = line.substr(11, 24);

        if (dso.Exists(kid)) {

          sid = dso.item(kid);

          se = sso.Exec(cmd + '"' + fname + '"');

          se.StdIn.WriteLine(sid);

          line = "";

          while (!se.StdErr.AtEndOfStream)

            line = se.StdErr.ReadLine();

          while (se.Status == 0)

            WScript.Sleep(10);

          line = line.split("\r");

          lines.push(line[line.length - 2]);

        }

        else {

          lines.push("KID " + kid + " not found");

        }

      }

      else {

        lines.push(line);

      }

    }

    fc.moveNext();

  }

  WScript.Echo(lines.join("\n"));

}





var ini;

var keys;

ini = ReadIni();

keys = ReadKeys(ini);

ReadFiles(ini, keys);

omegamuff1n

04-24-2009 01:44 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by kulouie (Post 9795)

I drag a protected .wma onto Freeme2 and presto - a "Freed-awesome song" file pops out. The problem is, when I play this freed track, it sounds like fingernails on the chalkboard for about 5 seconds and then quits.

Ugh!!!! Yes! Same exact problem here. Except I use Napster which refuses to download anything without the latest IBX.

El Binky

08-09-2009 02:34 AM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Have the same problem with some movies.
After hours of trying, I have retrieved a key, the SID, the ini file.
When i drag the protected moviefile to freeme2, it creates a 56kb size file with 5 seconds of blur.

Stream Recorder

08-09-2009 02:35 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Binky (Post 12416)

What OS and IBX version do you have?

ZenMasta

08-12-2009 02:00 PM

Re: freeme2 - free software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media WMA,WMV,ASF f

so does this mean the enabling bits problem is solved?

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