Secure WAM Files

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I paid for downloads from WalMart and while they play fine on my home pc they
do not play on my SMT5600 Windows media player. Each song says it is a
protected file and asks for a license to be downloaded. When I ask it to
download it says I already used the license. Any ideas on getting these to
play?

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Thanks Tony. I am not sure how to sync WMP. Do you have a link I could use to
learn?

"Tony A." wrote:

> BobL wrote:
> > I paid for downloads from WalMart and while they play fine on my home
> > pc they do not play on my SMT5600 Windows media player. Each song
> > says it is a protected file and asks for a license to be downloaded.
> > When I ask it to download it says I already used the license. Any
> > ideas on getting these to play?
>
> Sync the files to the device using WMP, rather than copying them directly.
> Also I believe you'll have trouble unless you are using the same version of
> WMP on both the desktop and device.
>
> Tony
>
>
>

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Don't bother. With WMP 9 on the SMT you have the potential of moving file
using the desktop media player, but only to main memory, not to any memory
cards. I expect you won't want to waste the meager RAM you have on music.
Not until MP10 on both the desktop and portable device do you get support
for license transfer to flash (or removable) memory.

You best bet is to curt an audio CD of the songs, assuming Wally lets you,
and reripping them to unprotected files. Then you can do what you want with
them.

--
Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
"Tony A." <what@where.why.com> wrote in message
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>I don't have a link, but you can't really go wrong. Hook your device up to
>the PC, click the Sync tab in WMP 10 on your PC, select the songs to sync
>in the left pane, select your device and destination folder in the right
>hand pane, click "Start Sync".
>
> Tony
>
> BobL wrote:
>> Thanks Tony. I am not sure how to sync WMP. Do you have a link I
>> could use to learn?
>>
>
>

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Whoops, my bad. Listen to Tony. The 5600 does indeed come with MP10. You do
need to use MP10 on the desktop to get the license transfer capability to
flash cards though. At that point it is pretty self explanatory. There is a
tab at the top that says sync.

I still suggest burning and re-ripping, unless of course your entire library
is WAM downloads. Do figure out how to back up the licenses though.

--
Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
"Tony A." <what@where.why.com> wrote in message
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>I thought the SMT5600 shipped with WMP10, but if that's not the case, then
>listen to Sven, BobL.
>
> Sven wrote:
>> Don't bother. With WMP 9 on the SMT you have the potential of moving
>> file using the desktop media player, but only to main memory, not to
>> any memory cards. I expect you won't want to waste the meager RAM you
>> have on music. Not until MP10 on both the desktop and portable device
>> do you get support for license transfer to flash (or removable)
>> memory.
>> You best bet is to curt an audio CD of the songs, assuming Wally lets
>> you, and reripping them to unprotected files. Then you can do what
>> you want with them.
>>
>>> I don't have a link, but you can't really go wrong. Hook your device
>>> up to the PC, click the Sync tab in WMP 10 on your PC, select the
>>> songs to sync in the left pane, select your device and destination
>>> folder in the right hand pane, click "Start Sync".
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>> BobL wrote:
>>>> Thanks Tony. I am not sure how to sync WMP. Do you have a link I
>>>> could use to learn?
>
>
>