How to Legally Remove DRM from Audio Files, Music and Audiobooks
Replaced your old media player with a new model from a different company? Have a huge music library that won't play on the brand new gadget Mom bought you for your birthday? Does your local library have an extensive audiobook collection that won't work with your media player because of copy protection (aka DRM) that's not compatible?
Tunebite comes to the rescue with digital recording technology that removes DRM from copy-protected music and audiobooks and converts the files to MP3, OGG or WMA.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Computer running Windows XP or Vista
- Tunebite
- Windows Media Player (latest version)
- iTunes (latest version)
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Setting up Tunebite
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Download and install Tunebite on your computer. When you run Tunebite for the first time, it will take you through a wizard to detect your sound card. Keep hitting "next" until it's done.
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Go back to the "File Format" tab and click the "Import lame_enc.dll". Tunebite will import the file and allow you to convert your tunes to MP3s.
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Hit "OK" at the bottom of this screen.
Converting Your Audiobooks or Songs
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Open up the folder where the copy-protected songs or audiobooks are stored on your hard drive.
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At this point you may want to mute your computer since Tunebite will launch Windows Media Player or iTunes (whichever supports that DRM format), and the songs or audiobook will play at around 4x the speed.
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When Tunebite is done, you'll have all your converted songs or audiobooks in a format your media player can use.
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Tips & Warnings
Steps 5-8 are only necessary if you want to convert files to MP3's. OGG and WMA support is available and you don't have to deal with any extra steps.
Yes, this is legal.
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Comments
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carollm
Oct 28, 2010
I recommend the Noteburner Audiobook Converter for Mac if you are Mac users. I found it's really cool. -
vneqggt
Nov 03, 2009
Because of the DMCA, no circumvention of copy protection or DRM is legal in the USA. Doesn't matter how you do it. Even rerecording like this does. Now, it's not enforced against individuals that often, and it's an absurd infringement on Fair Use, but it's still the law of the land for now. So saying that this method is legal is somewhat misleading and perhaps irresponsible. -
Thims
Jan 26, 2008
Oh, this is a gold mine for me. Information a musician shouldn't have to live without! -
Thims
Jan 26, 2008
Oh, this is a gold mine for me. Information a musician shouldn't have to live without! -
Thims
Jan 26, 2008
Oh, this is a gold mine for me. Information a musician shouldn't have to live without!