Remove DRM from WMV files on Windows 7 Pro (RTM) with WMP 12

[marmo31]

Hello everybody,

I'm trying to remove the protection from some wmv files.
But i'm on Windows 7 professional RTM (so WMP 12.0.7600) and i have tried several program but there are many problems like :
- programs are not compatible
- video conversion is ok, but there is no sound (when i'm using Daniusoft Digital Media Converter)

There is no way to convert a wmv protected file on Windows 7 pro ?

Thanks in advance and sorry if there are some mistakes, i'm frenchman. (And not really good in english !)

[marmo31]

After many research and test, i've found the way to remove DRM from WMV files on Windows 7 Pro.
It's not a classic way, but that works !

i'll try to explain my solution (with my basic english).
First step, go on http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/ and follow the instructions to install a virtual machine with xp. (It's free.)
Second step, download windows media player 11 and install on your virtual machine
Third step, install a software of your choice (http://undrm.info/remove-DRM-protection/)
Final step, enjoy !

Note : The network between the virtual machine and your computer is automatically created, each hard drive is shared, there is no configuration to do.

Virtual PC is free for Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate. For many other OSes including different versions of Windows you may use freeware Virtual Box.

Also when removing DRM protection from videos, you can use screen video capture software instead of DRM removal software. The former is more universal and in most cases you won't even notice any disadvantages in using it unless you use lossless DRm removal software like freeme2 and FairUse4WM.

Replay Video Capture / WM Capture use Universal audio driver, so you shouldn't have any problems recording sound with them on Windows 7.

I have an issue with those recording programs. Everything I try(especially HD matterial) and copy comes out with skipping all over the place. The Audio is fine, but the video in high movement scenes studders and skips. I am even on a high end machine and it is giving me problems. So the DRM removal thing seems to be better suited for HD matterial.

You need a very powerful computer to re-record HD videos.