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Title: Windows Media licensing
Post by: pank2002 on April 12, 2008, 11:52:19 am

When I download DRM'ed files with a limited life-time--from the public library's download service--MC will not play them back. MC is not able to acquire the correct license. If I want to play back the files in MC, I have to strip the DRM. I have posted about this previously.

Likewise, when I try to stream a film from cdon.com MC will only play the ad before the featured film, and not the film. In playing now two entries are shown, one "intro" file which play back and the film. Again, MC fails at acquiring the license. The only difference is that this time, MC does not even show a error log.

Both types of windows media play nicely in WMP.

Am I doing anything wrong, or is there some kind of limit in MC's support.

Thanks in advance,
Rasmus

Title: Re: Windows Media licensing
Post by: pank2002 on April 16, 2008, 05:02:42 am

Bump. If somebody knows any "tricks" to make MC understand WM-DRM better, please let me know.

Title: Re: Windows Media licensing
Post by: JimH on April 16, 2008, 06:47:38 am

There aren't any tricks.  It should be automatic.

If you play them in WMP once, do they then play in MC?

What OS?  What version of MC?

Title: Re: Windows Media licensing
Post by: pank2002 on April 16, 2008, 01:10:25 pm

Quote from: JimH on April 16, 2008, 06:47:38 am

If you play them in WMP once, do they then play in MC?

Yes. Everything works in WMP.

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What OS?  What version of MC?

System info:

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Media Center 12.0.475 Registered -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 12\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Intel Core 2 535 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 2087 MB, Free - 918 MB

Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.11 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   No CD drives found.
  Digital playback: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: Yes  Soundfile:   C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Think Theme\default.wav

Burning /  No burners found.
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: No /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

Portable Device Info
  Removed devices:


Interface Plugins:
  last.fm (Active)
  Library Server (Active/Enabled)
  TiVo Server (Active)
  UPnP Server (Active)