On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 10:03:37AM +0100, Cedric Roux wrote: > ----- "Joel Roth" <joelz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I backed up the entire user directory... not a single error. > > luky guy Yabbut, I found that Windows Media Player 11 doesn't allow a backup/restore of the license file. :( Also, there are lots of errors in the Windows FAT partition, but I can't correct them until I figure how to eliminate a directory cycle. OTOH, at least Windows XP boots. That means he can play music at home. For everything else, I have a Puppy Linux system that he can start by loading a CDROM. > > Then I copied a couple WMA albums to a NTFS drive. > > These are albums he ripped using Windows Media Player. > > > > Try as I might, I couldn't get them to play under Linux. As > > Julien suggested, I tried downloading codecs from the > > mplayer site, deliberately specifying which codecs to use, > > and playing with ffplay (ffmpeg). > > why ffplay? why not mplayer? I tried both. I believe that Windows Media Player applies some kind of DRM. > > Does someone know ways people work with or around this? The > > guy is a drummer, and he and his wife are destitute. > > We don't have much of a budget for repairs. > can't you post somewhere one of those files so that we can > try to play them? Or just a few seconds if you can, I think > it's more or less legal. Or send a link to me by private email. I'll send you a link. > Always a pleasure to help someone digging for, well, freedom. Thanks! > Cédric. -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
