Files Downloaded from iTunes Music Store Won't Play

[Guest]

File types mp4a downloaded from iTunes Music Store Do Not Play on VLC .7.0. Any idea how I can get past this prevention ? I am sure the file is coded in such a way as to disallow reproduction due to copyright, but anyway I can at least get the file to play on VLC ?

[Gibalou]

Apparently those files are encrypted so can only be played through iTunes.
There is an app called QTFairUse which can decrypt them but I heard it produces headerless raw aac files so VLC will have problems playing them.

[Guest]

New code was checked into the CVS today (http://developers.videolan.org/cgi-bin/ ... t=VideoLAN) that automatically cracks the iTunes DRM. You can read more about it at The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34712.html).

[Guest]

Now all we need is for someone to compile the new code so that I can use it .

[Murray]

No, you can access the nightly builds at
http://vthr.via.ecp.fr/~videolan/build/

(Debian woody and Win32 versions only)

[Anil]

yeah but cvs is a bit broken these days, don't expect too much from these builds (latest one does not have a gui for example)

[Guest]

the latest CVS build works fine for me (and plays the DRM'd itunes files just fine) if you specify the skins interface in the command line like so:

vlc.exe -I skins

and drag and drop the file onto it

[Guest]

what's the status of this code today? is it working for people? exactly what functionality does it provide?

[mrfett]

i'm wondering also if this code works is in the mac build of vlc.

[The DJ]

The code works for a lot of people.
The status of the code for OSX is unknown.

[gapchu]

(AVI)

[jlj]

i'm wondering also if this code works is in the mac build of vlc.

If you have an iPod, you can get the user key from your iPod under MacOS X by executing this from Terminal.app:

IPOD=/Volumes/$IPODNAME /path/to/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC /path/to/file.m4p

This functionality is only available in CVS, so you will have to compile VLC yourself or wait for 0.7.1.

[mrfett]

wow ok thanks for the info. i'll give it a whirl...