WMP9 Questions

[BouncingSoul]

First off I'd like to say that I loved WMP9 until about 5 min ago. Heres what happened. I downloaded some WMV's from KaZaA and I got the little "need to update DRM" thingy and I clicked ok. Now I go to play the file and it says "Aquiring license" at the bottom of the player and after a few seconds a little pop up appears but it doesn't have anything in it, Its just the standard IE "cannot find server" page that I'm sure everyone has seen a few times. My questions is this... how to I play the file if WMP won't obtain the license for me? also is there a different player out there that won't ask try to get a license? and finally is there any progs that can convert WMV's to AVI or MPEG so I won't have to be concerned about getting the stupid license all the time.

Thanx for the help.

 

[Burpster]

just put your CD back in and rip it to mp3 ....problem solved

 

[Teddy]

I think i had this problem once, all i did was convert the .wma to a .mp3 file using www.wma-mp3.com thus removing the license thingy (yes, that is the correct technical term!)

Give that a go. Let us know if it works!

 

[djwhite]

I'm confused, are you trying to play wmv files or wma files?

 

[BouncingSoul]

Originally posted by djwhite
I'm confused, are you trying to play wmv files or wma files?

I am trying to play wmv's ... sorry for the confusion

 

[djwhite]

OK, try these:
http://download.com.com/3000-2194-10113470.html?tag=lst-0-3
http://download.com.com/3000-2167-10136538.html?tag=lst-0-7

 

[Teddy]

Dammit, i totally misread his question! Oops.