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  • bla2

    4 years ago

    Why not just use the embedded "write to disk" -plugin, that comes with WinAMP? ..Then you won't have to rip in real-time, but pretty much faster..
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  • -

    4 years ago

    This involves playing the file through and recording at the same time. An easier method is to use a program called tunebite.

    Same way of working but it also labels your music automatically and can record into mp3 directly. Maybe one to try out.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Doesn't work for me. When i try to play a file in Winamp it says "aquiring license" and then stops. :(

    I have it set as per the instructions.
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  • Nappie

    4 years ago

    It has been working well for me. Sometimes napster's license server burps a little which causes the errors you describe.

    A couple of times winamp has stopped working for this reason. Sometimes picking another file will restart it. A couple times I have actually needed a reboot.

    Make sure that you allow winamp to have access through your firewall to the license server as well.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>bla2 wrote:</h6>Why not just use the embedded "write to disk" -plugin, that comes with WinAMP? ..Then you won't have to rip in real-time, but pretty much faster..</ul>

    That's exactly what is being done, just in a roundabout way. Winamp won't let you go directly from WMA to the diskwriter plugin. The reason for the Stacker plug-in is to trick Winamp into thinking you aren't using the disk writer plug-in.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    However, disk-writer cannot be the first entry in the Stacker list (I'm not sure why). You have to put something before it - that's why out_ds is being used. However, you can probably any plug-in, e.g. a visualisation one.

    Also, instead of using the stacker, you can use the LAME MP3 encoder plug-in (http://out-lame.sourceforge.net/). This lets you go from WMA to MP3 directly (although you lose some sound quality because the file is being re-encoded).

    More details here:

    http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?p=86951...
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  • cfc5mu0

    4 years ago

    being able to play it i on my phone is/WAS annoying
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  • kingdave80

    4 years ago

    how do i play napster downloads in winamp after i configed the output file to Force WAV file so i can burn them? please help :?
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  • napie

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>kingdave80 wrote:</h6>how do i play napster downloads in winamp after i configed the output file to Force WAV file so i can burn them? please help :?</ul>

    You drag the downloaded files into winamp's play list or onto winamp or FILE ->open file.

    You play the file just like you would play anyother file in winamp.
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  • kingdave80

    4 years ago

    FOr some reason i can drag but when i drop it in the playlist nothing happens, any idea why?
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    i have tried to find dietmar output stacker but it is not on winamp
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  • Christoph

    4 years ago

    It looks like they've taken the Output Stacker plug-in down from the site
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  • bjcmccarthy

    4 years ago

    Winamp took it off there site. Does someone know where I can find it or can someone email it to me? Thanks!
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  • bjcmccarthy

    4 years ago

    I am sorry - my last message was not very clear. Winamp has removed the Dietmar's Output Stacker plug-in from their site. Could someone kindly email me the plug-in or direct me to a site that has it available for download. Thank you!

    I can supply my email on here if someone is willing to send it. :)

    Bob
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  • AlexTheBeast

    4 years ago

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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>Doesn't work for me. When i try to play a file in Winamp it says "aquiring license" and then stops. :(

    I have it set as per the instructions.</ul>

    Same here:

    Windows Media Update

    In order to play this file, you need to upgrade your media player to a version compatible with Windows Media Rights Manager V7. Select View Compatible Players below to see a list of compatible media players.
    If your current media player does not have a Windows Media Rights Manager V7 compatible version, you should select a different player with the Windows Media Rights Manager V7 identifier.
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  • ginjaroner@gmx.de

    4 years ago

    I can't find it anywhere, did winamp take it down?????
    -> ginjaroner@gmx.de
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  • rcani

    4 years ago

    when i try to play the wma file nothing happens and to even get to the file i have to select "all files" they dont show up under "suported file types
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>However, disk-writer cannot be the first entry in the Stacker list (I'm not sure why). You have to put something before it - that's why out_ds is being used. However, you can probably any plug-in, e.g. a visualisation one.

    Also, instead of using the stacker, you can use the LAME MP3 encoder plug-in (http://out-lame.sourceforge.net/). This lets you go from WMA to MP3 directly (although you lose some sound quality because the file is being re-encoded).

    More details here:

    http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?p=86951...>

    Do you think the quality would be better quality if it was ecoded to m4a (for an ipod) instead?
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  • wobble

    4 years ago

    Works like a charm...Thanks!!

    If you follow all the directions in the original post...it will work

    You need media player 10
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  • Turismon

    4 years ago

    Just download the Full napster version, i think i had the lite only, downloaded full and its working now.
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  • AlexTheBeast

    4 years ago

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139728&cid=11708759

    warlock1711 of club cdfreaks responsed on slashdot...

    As the originator (as far as I can tell) of this "hack" (I wouldn't call it that), it is absolutely amazing how quickly this got around. 4 weeks from post on cdfreaks, to worldwide news, and an article on slashdot. Yay to me.

    Click here to see the original post I made on this [cdfreaks.com]

    Anyhow, I hope you all are enjoying it. I merely wanted to transcode the files I had bought (3207 and climbing....) so I could load them on a non-WMA-aware MP3 player like any other piece of music I own. I certainly didn't intend for Napster to start a 14-day free trial, nor did I expect this method to get "out into the wild" (although, posting on the internet is no way to keep anything secret.....). I would like to take this moment and kindly remind you all that unless you actually *buy* some tracks, Napster loses money. Napster loses enough money, they'll fold shop. The artists will then get reamed by iTunes. Don't let it happen guys, lets at least try to be honest.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>Turismon wrote:</h6>Just download the Full napster version, i think i had the lite only, downloaded full and its working now.</ul>

    I only saw the one. Should I have tried the trial of 'napster to go'? Ah well...
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  • bob4949383

    4 years ago

    8) :P :P :? 8O :D 8) :( :( :( :( :roll: :twisted: :evil: :x :!: :?: :arrow: :wink: :cry: :oops: 8) :? 8O :D :) :( :o :lol: :cry: :wink:
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  • suneomon

    4 years ago

    why do you need the full version of napster for this to work?
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  • suneomon

    4 years ago

    i followed all the directions, but the output file is winamp media file. I still can't get it to a .wav. file. Any suggestions.
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  • guest

    4 years ago

    is anyone having any luck avoiding the occasional crash on a certain song? I would like to run it all night but it seems like every 6-7 songs in winamp it has an error and is forced to close winamp.
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  • meesila

    4 years ago

    Please help me.I configured exactly as the instruction
    install the plugin, configure it.
    But when try to play wma file, a alert window jumped out
    "sorry, no .wav writing support for DRM enabled WMA streams"

    What's happening?
    Thanks
    Meesila
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  • The Winds

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>suneomon wrote:</h6>i followed all the directions, but the output file is winamp media file. I still can't get it to a .wav. file. Any suggestions.</ul>

    I have the same problem: No WAV copies after playing it in Winamp. Does anyone have a solution?
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  • el barto

    4 years ago

    do i need to find a folder with the music i'm downloading? because when i drag the music from my napster player into winamp, nothing happens!
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>wobble wrote:</h6>Works like a charm...Thanks!!

    If you follow all the directions in the original post...it will work

    You need media player 10</ul>

    no you don't.

    wmp 9 here, works fine.
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  • JimBoBob

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>el barto wrote:</h6>do i need to find a folder with the music i'm downloading? because when i drag the music from my napster player into winamp, nothing happens!</ul>

    Yea, I got the same the problem. I can drag/drop from other sources and get my *.wav file. But nothing happens when I drag/prop from Napster. Any help most apprcciated.
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  • AlexTheBeast

    4 years ago

    You have to actually download them...

    and then drag the files from the windows folder into winamp.
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  • JimBoBob

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>JimBoBob wrote:</h6></ul><ul id="quote"><h6>el barto wrote:</h6>do i need to find a folder with the music i'm downloading? because when i drag the music from my napster player into winamp, nothing happens!</ul>

    Yea, I got the same the problem. I can drag/drop from other sources and get my *.wav file. But nothing happens when I drag/prop from Napster. Any help most apprcciated.

    OK so I'm slow, thier in the Napster download file as set in file/options
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  • The Winds

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>JimBoBob wrote:</h6></ul><ul id="quote"><h6>JimBoBob wrote:</h6></ul><ul id="quote"><h6>el barto wrote:</h6>do i need to find a folder with the music i'm downloading? because when i drag the music from my napster player into winamp, nothing happens!</ul>

    Yea, I got the same the problem. I can drag/drop from other sources and get my *.wav file. But nothing happens when I drag/prop from Napster. Any help most apprcciated.

    OK so I'm slow, thier in the Napster download file as set in file/options

    I downloaded them into a Windows folder, but it still doesn't make a WAV copy. My 14 days are burning up... anyone have a solution yet?
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    I am playing the d/led files in winamp 2.9, and it opens IE with the message not being able to play cos of DRM...
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  • guest

    4 years ago

    I read that you will have problems if you have this plugin first on the list. It is first on the list and I am having problems. Could anyone tell me how I could move it? The wav. file will appear if I try to put the music in a playlist, but I then cannot play the music.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Remove both, and add the ds.dll first, then the disk.dll

    I was having problems with DRM in winamp, but managed to find that winamp 5.03 is the answer.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    I followed the instructions however I'm getting an error message saying "Please select DirectSound output plugin to play Windows Media Content" Can somebody help me??
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Select that plugin then. Ctrl P, Output, and select it. That is just for playing, without creating the wav though. For that you have to select the Dietmar Output Stacker plugin.
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  • texmex

    4 years ago

    Seems that the new version won't let you select anything but Direct sound. I tried several versions of winamp and found this one to work the best. Version 5.03 you can get it here http://www.pcw.co.uk/downloads/1144784. This seems to work with the directions just fine.

    No DRM errors, or V7 errors that I got with the others.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Repost!
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    It worked great !!! Thanks !!!
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  • runtru1

    4 years ago

    How come .wav files aren't coming out? I keep getting Winamp Media Files...can these files be converted to mp3's?
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  • livoqzo

    4 years ago

    okay, i just did this yesterday, and worked awesome...and now i can not play my wma files; i have to use directsound, and then i'm not allowed to burn my files. any help will be appreciated! thanks.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    http://www.betanews.com/article/AOL_Updates_Win...

    So, I had it working fine with 5.03, would it have auto updated the player so it would not work?
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Is it still working for anyone?? If so, what winamp version do you have?
    Bah, AOhell
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  • guest

    4 years ago

    I also had no problem doing this till yesterday and now zap it does not work anymore...did napster do something to their downloads so that this backdoor no longer works????
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  • runtru1

    4 years ago

    Doesn't work anymore, anyone have any other suggestions? Also, I tried using LAME and it keeps shutting down Winamp...HELP!
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  • Sketcher

    4 years ago

    hey guys, Ive been trying since yesterday and so far no luck. Ive tried multiple ways to get around it but to no avail. Ive tried Virtuosa, but no luck either. Also tried downloading the new LAME enc dll for winamp and nothing still, same problem, winamp keeps shutting down. My thinking is, ... we might have to give up on winamp and use another media player that plays wma's (for free hopefully) and then use a output stacker plugin or a lame plugin that will do the same trick. Any ideas? suggestions?
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    The party's over...

    As the article states, the newest version of winamp (5.08e) forces the DirectSound output for DRM files.
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  • AlexTheBeast

    4 years ago

    About just uninstalling winamp and reinstalling the older version...

    http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=winamp
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Alright guys here it is. The newest and fastest way to convert your drm wma's to mp3 format. Yes it is faster than using winamp. On my computer it takes about 1 min. to convert one drm wma file to mp3 format(note i am running winamp in the backround and also a antivirus. and also my computer is only 900mgz and 256 mb ram, so it will be much faster for you the better the computer you have.) the downfall to this is you cannot do anything else while vertuosa(yes i said vertuosa, it works like a charm with a little modificaion)is running in the backround. Follow these steps and you will be jamming your legal backup copies of your songs in your car and on your house system.

    1. download virtuosa v5.0 you can get it here
    http://www.download.com/3000-2167-10018979.html

    2. download the lame 3.97a7 zip file found about halfway down this page:
    http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src?file=lame3
    note: get the lame 3.97a7 zip folder that is about .58mb, if there is more than one, just pick one

    3. Install virtuosa v5.0

    4. open up virtuosa system folder, the one found on C: drive>program files>virtuosa

    5.once you have opened the program file, double click the plugins folder, then once in there double click the MpgL3 folder, you should see a lame dll file in there.

    6. unzip the lame 3.97a7 file you downloaded

    7. right click on the lame dll file found in the zip file and hit copy

    8. go back to the Mpgl3 folder and paste the new lame dll file in there. it will say file already exist do you want to replace, and you will say yes.

    9. close everything out and start up virtuosa 5.0

    10. BAM!!!! import the tracks you want to convert. click on the first track that you imported located in the movies and audio database located on the right side of the virtuosa media player screen. then scroll down to the last song in the database. click on this while holding down shift. this will highlight all of your songs in the database.

    11. right click on the highlighted area. and hit convert and replace.

    12. an options box will appear, change the output format to mp3 then hit advance.

    13. use the constant bitrate and set your bitrate to whatever you want. i use 128 and it works, i havnt tried it with any other bitrate.

    14. check the box support ID2v2 tags(as im assuming this will tag the song when it is converted)hit the checkmark, then hit the next checkmark and give it some time to start up. once it starts up it is smooth sailing. Dont get frustrated if it dont start right away, as the more songs you have highlighted the longer it will take to start up. but like i said once it starts there is no stopping it. Like i said it takes about 1 minute on my computer, with nothing running and a 2.0ghz computer i bet it does take 20 seconds. This sure beats the winamp way. as you can convert 5 to 1 using virtuosa. 5 to 1, that sounds familar, oh yah thats right, that is a Doors song i downloaded off of napster,(hahahahhahahah).

    note: when right clicking the highlighted area and hitting convert and replace, this will automatically replace your wma to mp3 in its original folder. Now i have heard that there is some kind of problem with napster in doing that, it might mess up the napster program. so i would recomend making a new folder and when you right click the highlighted area to convert and replace, instead of convert and replace use the option convert.. and convert them to the new folder you made.

    Once again i would like to give a shout out to everyone that made this possible. good job guys, step out and take your curtain call.

    Props to 'joe751' for this one. I use it, works like a charm, create wavs for cds, or mp3s. When it says something to the effect 'install Windows media player 9', don't install it, assuming you already have it, cos it removes wma codecs. I did, and had to reinstall them, and then reinstall virtuosa. that aside, happy burning!
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    I cant unzip the lame plugin........
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  • FrnakaB

    4 years ago

    Everything is working fine, and then Winamp quit converting files to Wave Files. Any suggestions :(
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  • Guest

    4 years ago

    :? What do you do if virtuosa wont load on computer? can you use newer version?
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  • GUEST

    4 years ago

    Tried running it. Didnt work! :oops:
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    I forgot to say, you have to use the version from download.com, cos the newer one on their website doesn't allow WMA files with DRM to be copied.

    Check out the thread where it is from, starting from the post about Virtuosa... http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=78454...

    I initially changed the lame plugin, but after reinstalling, to get it to work, I used the one in there by default, and works it works fine.
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  • AlexTheBeast

    4 years ago

    They stopped the winamp trick.

    Using virtuosa still works.
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  • GUEST

    4 years ago

    When your using virtuosa, how do you make sure that you selsct all tracks? ive been trying with the shift key but not working. tired of doing each one by hand 8)
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  • happy

    4 years ago

    click the first track and hold down the shift key while clicking the last track and voila!

    Also, does anyone know if after the trial period do the mp3's made using virtuosa expire too if we cancel our subscription?
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  • deanoBlue

    4 years ago

    Started to use dietmar's Output stacker last week and was working fine until I had to reinstall win amp.
    Now when I configure the output plug in and try to play a file from napster it says "Please select DirectSound output plug in to play media content" :evil: :evil:

    Why is it doing this now?? And they have also taken output stacker off the win amp site.

    Is there another way to get round the DRM? I have tried Freeme.exe but it doesn't work

    Thanks
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  • crimp

    4 years ago

    "Does anyone know if after the trial period do the mp3's made using virtuosa expire too if we cancel our subscription?"

    Will our mp3's become unplayable?
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    edit -> select all ?
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>GUEST wrote:</h6>When your using virtuosa, how do you make sure that you selsct all tracks? ive been trying with the shift key but not working. tired of doing each one by hand 8)</ul>

    edit -> select all
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  • guest

    4 years ago

    I had this working fine, but when I restarted my computer it stopped working. I tried deleting winamp and starting over but that did not work. The music files will not play in winamp, I get a message that says "opening failed." The songs will play in Windows Media Player or Napster, but that doesn't help me to convert the songs. Any suggestions?
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    WINAMP METHOD = DEAD!

    Read the long post on page four of this thread, a good method using Virtuosa. Once you encode your WMA's to MP3 or wav, all DRM is gone, the files have no limitations.

    Another way to select all in Virtuosa, what I do, click one file, and Ctrl A.
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  • Sketcher

    4 years ago

    ok guys, need a lil help here, the expected has just come,..

    virtuosa has been taken off the download.com site...

    what we need to know is what version Exactly is the virtuosa that works.

    what version,
    how many KB/MBs it is.
    any particular place we can get it?

    or email / IM it to me ::whistles::

    :D

    anyway, stuff we need to know, so we can go google and track this file down. great post btw, thanks for the detailed instructions
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  • Sketcher

    4 years ago

    ok guys, need a lil help here, the expected has just come,..

    virtuosa has been taken off the download.com site...

    what we need to know is what version Exactly is the virtuosa that works.

    what version,
    how many KB/MBs it is.
    any particular place we can get it?

    or email / IM it to me ::whistles::

    :D

    anyway, stuff we need to know, so we can go google and track this file down. great post btw, thanks for the detailed instructions
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  • tmod4eva

    4 years ago

    Download.com has not taken down the Virtuosa program. I just downloaded it about 5 min ago. Time now is 2:13pm PST Feb 26, 2005.
    It did however take forever to start up. I was d/l on average from 2-16kb's. Very slow considering I usually get a d/l speed of about 400kb's from download.com.

    So what I am trying to say is. give it some time, the servers may be overloaded. After all, this is a hot topic.
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  • SamKG

    4 years ago

    could this be?
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  • SamKG

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>SamKG wrote:</h6>could this be?</ul>
    right, it is so. virtuosa is still available on download.com.
    get them while they're hot!
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  • Pixiesticker

    4 years ago

    winamp is much faster because you can open more than one instance. i had it going at 12x, but virtuosa only allows one instance, unless i'm missing something. sucks almost enough ...
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  • GUEST

    4 years ago

    This might be a stupid post but napster can't tell what we are doing right?
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  • AlexTheBeast

    4 years ago

    <font color="blue">Edit: The hole in the system has been corrected and no longer seems to work. Winamp can not be used to convert files any longer.

    The 14 day trial is still open. Another older program still works well for converting these files, however. You can read about that technique here:

    Napster: Convert DRM WMA files to MP3s

    </font>
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  • Guest

    4 years ago

    In the last post it says to back up wma's. will they work without the napster software in your pc? so say if you backup all the wma's and try to convert them after the trial period what happens? :?
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    In the last post it says to back up wma's. will they work without the napster software in your pc? so say if you backup all the wma's and try to convert them after the trial period what happens?


    As long as they are WMA's w/ DRM the files will not be playable after cancellation of napster trial.
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  • schmied

    4 years ago

    did Virtuosa get "fixed" by Napster as well? I just followed the instructions and all the files are coming up with an 'unauthorized conversion: the source file has been secured' warning.
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  • guest1

    4 years ago

    i followed all the directions till i reached the part of adding the out_ds.dll ...where do i find it..its not showing anywhere in winamp plugins..although i can see the outstacker in the output folder of plugins...please help
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  • Guest

    4 years ago

    Neither seem to work right now, so we need something new. They seem to have changed the protection, or someting, one day it works the next it does'nt. :cry:
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  • sfpatton

    4 years ago

    Anyone got a working solution to convert Napster protected DRM WMA files to MP3? Tried Winamp now fixed...... Virtuosa.......file secured......
    Anyone got a working solution???
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  • destep

    4 years ago

    Ok yesterday I loaded a recipe for working around DRM, but its a very long process. Anyway you use your built in windows xp recorder, when I summited the recipe, they sent me a messege that it had to be verified first before it would be displayed...don'nt know how long that will be though.
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  • destep

    4 years ago

    do a recipe search, for, work around for napster , and you should see my long drawed out solution. At least it works for now though
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  • yo810

    4 years ago

    I downloaded over 1,000 songs off napster thinking I would be able to convert them using winamp. After winamp was fixed, I tried using tunebite and it sounds absolutely horrible, is there a way to use an older version of winamp and if anyone knows, plase help, thank you!!!!
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Sorry, meant to hit 'reply'...

    Virtuosa still works! Here is a link someone posted...
    http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2DWYYOI5ZU07...
    That should be for the proper Virtuosa version.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    ^
    it works great. thanks alot man.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Hi, I've been really trying to get my winamp and output stacker plugin working again. It just stopped working overnight, one day i was making wav files the next day, it weren't. I am trying to convert my wma protected files. I'm not a complete novice and i followed the directions to a T. Only winamp is having none of it. I keep getting an error message 'Please select Directsound output plugin to pay windows media content'. I swear i didnt touch anything to stop it working and am seriously cheesed off with it. Anyone able to help me dig myself out of this one? I am really capable at following instructions. I'd be really grateful. Thanx.

    :?
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    It isn't your end, winamp doesn't work anymore, period! Try Virtuosa, read earlier on in this thread... :)
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Thanks! I'll quit muttering profanities at my computer then and give virtuoso a try. I'll get to hear this music somehow!!!! You can't get owt for nowt. Well here goes.........
    :)
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  • edmini

    4 years ago

    has virtuosa caught up? :(

    Did everything including replacing the dll but get the "file secured" message.

    As far as the winamp hack - have an older (last week) version of winamp but it will NOT even play the napster WMA!

    Am I doing somethin wrong here?
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  • edmini

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>Sorry, meant to hit 'reply'...

    Virtuosa still works! Here is a link someone posted...
    http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2DWYYOI5ZU07...
    That should be for the proper Virtuosa version.</ul>

    :D
    <font color="red">

    It sure does!!!!!!

    Thx 10**6 !!!!!!!! :lol:</font>
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  • tmwilkinson

    4 years ago

    The registered version of Virtuosa must have caught on - it doesn't work. On the other hand, the old trial version (link posted above, 3/3/05 5:07pm) worked fine for me, and if you install that trial version over the registered version, the registration is retained but you get past the file secured impediment.

    I did replace the lame_enc.dll file with version 3.97a7 (as suggested on page 4 of this thread), but I haven't tried it with the newer dll.
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  • sad

    4 years ago

    My Vert trial quick working for the most part two nights ago, and then last night blocked every conversion. I even tried a new trial download and that failed. It is interesting to note that I was about 12 hours away from the Napster freeview end. I would have stayed, if I could have played.
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  • Sad

    4 years ago

    If I could spell and proof read I would be a danger to someone. Let us see....That should have been Virt for Virtuosa, not vert, and quick working? I meant quit working. Though when it worked, it was quick.


    <ul id="quote"><h6>sad wrote:</h6>My Vert trial quick working for the most part two nights ago, and then last night blocked every conversion. I even tried a new trial download and that failed. It is interesting to note that I was about 12 hours away from the Napster freeview end. I would have stayed, if I could have played.</ul>
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    okay, I've tried virtuosa and it ain't working. For some reason convert and replace is blanked out and it's having none of it. The only thing i can think of now is to forget winamp and virtuosa and start with a clean sheet. I have tried a few things with nero but haven't had any success there either. There must be some way around this......
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  • Guest

    4 years ago

    Just curious, does anybody know anything about this TUNEBITE thats supposed to covert all those WMA and other protected music files??????????????????????
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  • ellsmasher

    4 years ago

    Reading the entire thread from beginning to end, I will say that the more recent link(s) to virtuosa version 5.0 (phoenix edition) work (not the c|net version).

    I haven't tried the default lame plugin bundled with this version, but I think this plugin only increases the encoder quality/options, so the upgrade may or may not be required.

    So in summary, install the recent virtuosa, then subscribe/purchase license for this version. Then install over this install with 5.0 phoenix version. Then replace the lame encoder, then you are in business w.r.t to the long post earlier in the thread.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>Guest wrote:</h6>Just curious, does anybody know anything about this TUNEBITE thats supposed to covert all those WMA and other protected music files??????????????????????</ul>

    It doesn't work. Save your money. It will convert WMA files (protected or unprotected) to MP3's alright. BUT they don't sound right. Almost like they are a beat slower than the original.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Ok here goes: The following link is a download of the virtuosa trial that was posted here earlier. This link is a download of that and a patch that will remove the trial and allow you to receive its full potential. It works great. :D heres the link

    http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3VHXDOQAB0UX...
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Oh and if you'd like to donate please email bkbenjy@yahoo.com
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  • sad

    4 years ago

    I can't get the patch to load. It keeps asking for pathways I can't give it. Help



    <ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>Ok here goes: The following link is a download of the virtuosa trial that was posted here earlier. This link is a download of that and a patch that will remove the trial and allow you to receive its full potential. It works great. :D heres the link

    http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3VHXDOQAB0UX...>
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Make sure you first unzip everything to the desktop or an easy place to remember.Than install VirtuosaTrial-2 in C:Program FilesVirtuosa. Than install the patch when it asks you for the folder location put C:Program FilesVirtuosa. For the first line make a folder called virtuosa stuff (dosent matter what its called ) on your desktop, second line call it virtuosa log and put it in the virtuosa stuff folder than click install. If you can read very small this is what it should look like http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/bkbenjy/...
    Tell me how it works out
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Oh and you can delete the folder after the patch is installed
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>Make sure you first unzip everything to the desktop or an easy place to remember.Than install VirtuosaTrial-2 in C:Program FilesVirtuosa. Than install the patch when it asks you for the folder location put C:Program FilesVirtuosa. For the first line make a folder called virtuosa stuff (dosent matter what its called ) on your desktop, second line call it virtuosa log and put it in the virtuosa stuff folder than click install. If you can read very small this is what it should look like http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/bkbenjy/...
    Tell me how it works out</ul>

    It won't work.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    where are you having a problem with this cause it works fine for me
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    http://s36.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2LZNG924MHC1...



    Thats a download of a picture of what it should look like
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Thats a download of a picture of what it should look like

    http://s36.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2LZNG924MHC1...
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    :cry:
    After a week of successful conversions, Virtuosa tosday stopped handling WMA files completely - won't play or convert. Tried reinstalling Virtuaosa several times. No joy.

    Anybody elze hitting this wall? Any suggestions?
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  • skragmo

    4 years ago

    won't work anymore. nice while it lasted.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    Yup, it's all over. As of today, any attempt to convert WMA protected files results in the progress bar sticking at 0%. Some change was enabled as of earlier this afternoon.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>wny wrote:</h6>Yup, it's all over. As of today, any attempt to convert WMA protected files results in the progress bar sticking at 0%. Some change was enabled as of earlier this afternoon.</ul>

    same here - it worked last night, but anything dl today is a no go

    oh well - was nice for a while, unless someone else comes up with something new
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  • mncordia

    4 years ago

    in your napster file folder there is a snapdrm file. i noticed it was the only daily modified file in the bunch, maybe there is a tweak we could find for it... the track is all there, but it shows 0:00 for the e.t. of the song. i believe virtosa will still work, it just needs a tune up :wink:

    what will happen if i were to delete napster? would that make the wma's invalid or what?
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  • acidburn627

    4 years ago

    k, so i have done all that i am supposed to do, but everytime i try and play a track, i get an ERROR message that reads: "Please select DirectSound output plugin to play Windows Media Content.. now if i do that then it will play but will not supply me with the unprotected wav file.. anyone??? thanks
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  • davak

    4 years ago

    Please read through the threads... this method is dead.
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  • Yeahhh

    4 years ago

    YEAHH! It is ALIVE!! Through some seaching on my best friend google. i was able to find a program that WORKS. I have tried it and it works on my ipod. just google "tunebite". Make sure to import the lame!!!!!!! One bad thing is it's conversions are in real time. 3min song takes 3min. however, i deleted everything because i realized that Jacko has to put food on his table unlike mine. ha ha
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  • Siikki

    4 years ago

    Why not try to google "stream ripper" if I remember right it works, but it just takes as long as the file is: 5min takes 5min.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6></ul><ul id="quote"><h6>bla2 wrote:</h6>Why not just use the embedded "write to disk" -plugin, that comes with WinAMP? ..Then you won't have to rip in real-time, but pretty much faster..</ul>

    That's exactly what is being done, just in a roundabout way. Winamp won't let you go directly from WMA to the diskwriter plugin. The reason for the Stacker plug-in is to trick Winamp into thinking you aren't using the disk writer plug-in.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    download winamp and then
    Download and install the Winamp Plug-in Output Stacker
    this will work.
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  • deklan

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>kingdave80 wrote:</h6>how do i play napster downloads in winamp after i configed the output file to Force WAV file so i can burn them? please help :?</ul>hi
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  • davak

    4 years ago

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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    the musicmatch workaround doesn't work either.. won't let you convert wma's to anything but wma's.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    It stopped working as of Saturday. :cry: Fun while it lasted.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    somebody just needs to write a program that converts these
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  • Alz

    4 years ago

    I have about 3 days left of my napster trial and I realised that i cant convert the files to cd then re rip them to mp3!!! Does ANYTHING at all work to get them into an mp3 coz I downloaded about 30 albums without realising :( help!
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    I have a Napster account too and I have all of ripped and ready to go :)
    I use Tunebite (www.tunebite.com) and it works perfectly and it's perfectly legal too
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  • guest

    4 years ago

    i am having problems locating the files afteri play them...i do not even think it is converting them to wave...i have followed the directions exactly and was wondering if i was doing something wrong...any help would be great.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>guest wrote:</h6>i am having problems locating the files afteri play them...i do not even think it is converting them to wave...i have followed the directions exactly and was wondering if i was doing something wrong...any help would be great.</ul>

    What software are you refering to, can you be more specific? :P
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    i have followed the exact instructions of this site...

    http://maison.emdx.org/Crackster/

    i used winamp...i feel that i did not set the output stacker up right, but that is pure speculation on my part. i have not done anything outside of those instructions. when i started playing the songs from napster, and even after they were done i could not find the .wav files anywhere. i even searched my harddrive to see if they went someplace i did not know about.
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  • narn

    4 years ago

    I couldn't ge tunebite to work after I canceled the Napster membership. So now I have all these other music files that don't play. Where do I go from here?
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    dear guest :)

    Why don't you try a profesional software that does it all for you ? I use www.tunebite.com and works perfectly. Till I found it I tried a lot of free software and recipes to free my music, and always ended up with frustration, that they were not reliable, or I didn't have the necessary knowledge to make them work properly :?
    Anyway, for 15$ i saved myself a lot of wasted time, and I have everything legally copied on my hard-drive.
    Maybe this helps your problem a bit
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>narn wrote:</h6>I couldn't ge tunebite to work after I canceled the Napster membership. So now I have all these other music files that don't play. Where do I go from here?</ul>

    I already gave you a hint on another thread, but I'll detail it a bit.
    Tunebite works in the following way: it uses Windows Media Player to play the protected music. When this music is played, the software records the output of your soundcard, using a digital-analog-digital process, and during this process the DRM protection is lost. The other data contained in the song are maintained and are automatically introduced in the ID Tags of the resulting .mp3 file.
    Napster offers you a rental of their music. As long as you pay the monthly fee, you can download and listen as many songs as you want on your computer. But if you stop paying, then the license expires and you can't play the songs in Windows Media Player anymore.

    So, if you want to use Tunebite with Napster files, convert your files, as long as the subscription to Napster is active :!:

    So you should reactivate your account with Napster, convert the files you already have, and then cancel it.
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  • Anonymous

    4 years ago

    For the love of God... who is gonna be the genius to crack this?
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  • Anonymous

    3 years ago

    ok, so winamp is dead, is virtuosa gone now too?

    Any method better than using a tape recorder and my speakers that works at the moment???
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  • Anonymous

    3 years ago

    read the above posts and you will find a lot of alternatives, that is, software alternatives. As I said before my personal favourite is Tunebite. :P
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  • Anonymous

    3 years ago

    The winamp method works fine for me although i need a method of decoding windows DRM portected music so that i dont have to download the liscence as i cant download it.
    any help muchly appreciated
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  • AlexTheBeast

    3 years ago

    <ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>The winamp method works fine for me although i need a method of decoding windows DRM portected music so that i dont have to download the liscence as i cant download it.
    any help muchly appreciated</ul>

    yeah. that's the rub. there is no way to decode without the license.
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  • Anonymous

    3 years ago

    why do you guys even bother??? If you're gonna record the output of your soundcard like that, you might as well pick yourself up a cassette player, record the music, and transfer it back on the computer. that's all this recording nonsense is. And if you want better quality, connect the line out to the line in of another computer and record your audio. simple!

    cracking the DRM isn't impossible. it's just that no one good enough to do it has been willing to do it and risk being prosecuted or sued.
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  • Anonymous

    3 years ago

    could someone please help, i got a message that says there was a problem with the folder whenever I'm trying to install the output stacker plugin, so i either ignore or abort and obviously neither works to properly install the pugin. plz, i need help :?
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  • davak

    3 years ago

    This hack doesn't work anymore. The hole has been fixed.
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  • MickeyMouse

    3 years ago

    woop!
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  • Anonymous

    2 years ago

    Why not try software using Virtual CD-RW drive? I found a program using the Virtual CD-RW method to convert protected music to unprotected formats on www.download.com . The program name is NoteBurner Audio Converter (http://www.noteburner.com). It worked perfectly on my computer. NoteBurner burns music onto a virtual CD-R. I cannot tell any difference between the original and converted music in terms of the music quality. And I would agree that NoteBurner is super fast and reliable.
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