FairUse4WM - a WM/DRM removal program

[mayang]

FairUse4WM v1.2 on the way.
will work on systems that are NOT individualized?
Just wait...hahaha

[aslat]

But what sites offer full downloads (with protection) and not the 30 second free trial thingy like Napster ?

[ron spencer]

does this mean that the link to individualize your system will not work as before? Can you copy that Indiv files from one computer to another?

[johner23]

See that, people:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/27/an-open-letter-to-microsoft-why-you-shouldnt-kill-fairuse4wm/

Thanks ang good job, guys !! :D :thanks:

Best regards

devil (johner)

[mayang]

does this mean that the link to individualize your system will not work as before? Can you copy that Indiv files from one computer to another?

You can't copy IndivBox.key from another computer.
that it word individual. If you can copy IndivBox.key from another computer that have licenses for some media, DRM will no longer a 'protection sheme'. :)

[affter333]

Cat and mouse continues
The real take home message from this remains that DRM only stops the people who are bothering to obey the rules.

[kumi]

This blog in japanese seems to be pretty up to date about DRM matters (I can't read kanji, I'm just guessing here.) Might be a good site to watch for future entries:

http://xxxleastxxx.blog28.fc2.com/index.php?q=drm

Direct downloads on there are
FairUse4WM (archive password L33VaNcL33F)
Automate unDRM
Drmdbg
Undrm

[mayang]

For people who got IndivBox.key v11.0.5497.6285, there are a way to prevent it. Seem to talk once again about WMP v10.0.0.3646

If you have WMP10 v3802 you will get indivbox.key above, but if you still have WMP10 v3646 and never install hotfix KB891122, you are lucky.

check drmclien.dll in your system, if you have v10.0.0.3646 that's allright but if you have v10.0.0.3802, when individualization you will get the patched version of Indivbox.key as above.

Best of luck. :)

[heat84]

When I try to use this it says: Unhandled situation -9000 while Creating Windows Media instance.

When I use good old decryptit it worked though. So how is this different than that and the 2 programs it combines (DrmDbg and drm2wmv)?
And how com Microsoft reacted to this program so quickly and ignored those programs that have been out for over a year (well 6 months for decryptit)? If I made those programs, I'd be pretty insulted at being ignored by Microsoft.

[brumfondl]

When I try to convert any of my files I get variations of the following:
UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 2559477 in file

I am using WMP11 version 11.0.5358.4826 and the version of IndivBox.key is 11.0.5352.6163. I have successfully tried a demo file and made sure that my system is individualized and that the files play ok in WMP. Any ideas?

Brumfondl

[ron spencer]

On a new laptop I installed:

WMP v10.0.0.3646

went to the idiv. site @ m*soft to individualize my system.

No problems with UnDRMing....but since I am only interested in music this is fine for me!!! perfect.

[JarrettH]

You're creating quite the news buzz :P

Microsoft is apparently patching it now

[ron spencer]

how can they patch it....what will they do exactly...anyone know?

[Panda]

When I try to convert any of my files I get variations of the following:
UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 2559477 in file

I am using WMP11 version 11.0.5358.4826 and the version of IndivBox.key is 11.0.5352.6163. I have successfully tried a demo file and made sure that my system is individualized and that the files play ok in WMP. Any ideas?

Brumfondl
that is the same type of error I was getting and it is being worked on.

Cheers

[doggersen]

I thought I read somewhere that it was also possible to unDRM media-player-9 protected files.

But that is in fact impossible or what?

[viodentia]

DRMv9 - Should be supported in next release. If you want to test on Wm9, please send a PM.

Garbage at the end of a file - this seems to be WMA files from a buggy generator. The file length in the header doesn't match the actual file size. Fix will definitely be in the next release.

I should have time to address the new IBX this weekend. Information on just what varies between multiple copies of the same version will be appreciated. Expected result: recognizable code will be at the same position, have same value. Encrypted code will be different bytes, same lengths.

[brumfondl]

thanks, Panda. I eagerly await the next version :)

Brumfondl

[DepecheNYC]

I'm getting below error. Solution?

Unhandled situation -9000 while Creating Windows Media instance.

[echooff]

Thank You

[arisjo]

I have just downloaded and installed WMP11, and acquired the licenses for some wmv files legally. But FairUse4WM 1.1 gives the following message when I try to unDRM some files: "xxxxxxx.wmv requires a different private key"

Does it mean my system has been patched? Any way to work around?

Thanks a lot!

[viodentia]

This is expected behavior. A single IBX can have multiple embedded keys.
Go back to the first page, and Extract Keys using the newly downloaded file.
IF you get the -9000 error, wait for the next release, which should be sometime this weekend.

[eirikso]

"wait for the next release, which should be sometime this weekend"

Keep your door locked. After the recent poblicity I guess it's just a question of time before someone send James Bond or Agent Bauer in your direction...

[viodentia]

Keep your door locked. After the recent poblicity I guess it's just a question of time before someone send James Bond or Agent Bauer in your direction...

If they're taking requests, maybe Sydney Bristow?

However, given that I haven't gotten a single nastygram yet, I think I'm "OK" for now.

[johner23]

Look, take care !! ;) :eek:

Do not let them catch you just like they did before as it happened with LUKE (DVD Decrypter's author).

I guess these thread can be use to discuss the bugs, some suggestions, development ideas, changelogs and similar ones.

But for releasing other things... No.... No more... At least, wait for a moment... See what happens in a few weeks...

You people must to think how to find a way to release the program without any link.

I guess we can discuss openly about DRM, but as your program become very famous in a great short time, its wise just to study the schemes and not release it here.

Collecting bugs reports, suggestions, logs, patching issues, experiences, etc. But, wait for releasing...

Your program is very nice and deserve to stay alive and effective for long time!! ;)

So, we must think, all of us, the community, to find a way to deal with that DRM laws and possible Microsoft strikes and "protect"/"help" the developers just like you.

Take care and be prudent !! :p

Nice job for all of you, people !!

devil (johner)

[AmishPornStar]

Just another thank you.I would've never tried Urge.com if it
wasn't for this.I actually purchased a Metallica (i still have a Lars grudge for the the napster killing) song (One) from msn music just to un-drm it.Thank you for your efforts.

[Web Junkie]

Troubleshooting tip:

Had a problem with a WMV file:

UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Unsupported Error correction (d6) at packet offset 0.

Wasn't sure what the problem was as the License acquired OK and the file played fine in WMP 10! So I tried downloading the file again with Flashget this time as I downloaded it using 'Save Target as' originally, and now the file is processed with no error.

Obviously the file got corrupted while downloading, so if you get the error above it may be due to a corrupt file, download again via a download manager and see if it helps!

[arisjo]

This is expected behavior. A single IBX can have multiple embedded keys.
Go back to the first page, and Extract Keys using the newly downloaded file.
IF you get the -9000 error, wait for the next release, which should be sometime this weekend.

Thank you! Ver1.2 is now working perfectly well with the newly downloaded WMP11.

[mayang]

Refer to page 1 of this thread to download v1.2
:) :) :)
Happy UnDRMing !!!

[BadServo]

Just wanted to say that this is a very imporessive program and I greatly appreciate teh work on it.

However, I've currently moved to Vista as the sole OS on my machine and I receive the following error after choosing a file for key recovery:

"Unhandled Situation -1 while creating Windows Media instance."

I can only assume is a Vista-specific bug, but any advice would be appreciated.

[MLS]

I get PATH/Michael Nyman - String Quartet No. 4 - Why.wma has an unexpected content key value.

When trying to decrypt. Key (supposedly) recovers properly. Tried multiple files, all give the exact same message.

DrmClien.dll v10.0.0.3802
Indiv002.key v11.0.5497.6285
FairUse4WM 1.2

/MLS

[Panda]

Just another thank you.I would've never tried Urge.com if it
wasn't for this.I actually purchased a Metallica (i still have a Lars grudge for the the napster killing) song (One) from msn music just to un-drm it.Thank you for your efforts.

#----off topic------
Hahahaha! I am still boycotting $metalica$ - If I understand correctly, they started out small and got greedy.
#---back to topic----

Linkless distribution? I was always a big fan of BitTorrent...

[viodentia]

I get PATH/Michael Nyman - String Quartet No. 4 - Why.wma has an unexpected content key value.

When trying to decrypt. Key (supposedly) recovers properly. Tried multiple files, all give the exact same message.

DrmClien.dll v10.0.0.3802
Indiv002.key v11.0.5497.6285
FairUse4WM 1.2


You'll need to elaborate further on this - are these files DRMv1 or are they individualized?

My guess is that these are individualized files, but you got them under a previous IBX prior to the upgrade.
Extraction of secondary keys could be problematic.
Easiest workaround is to reget the licenses (most drastic solution - rename drmstore.hds in your DRM directory).
Or, PM/Email me and you can help test support for secondary keys.


For the VISTA error - that probably means that wmplayer.exe isn't where the program expects it to be found. What directory is wmplayer.exe in on a Vista system? What registry keys point to it?

[BadServo]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

the path for WMP under Vista (5536) is as follows:

"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"

Wasn't sure exactly what you'd need in regaurds to the registry, so I'm including the following branch that makes references to the WMP defaults for Play and Open associations.

Reg file is here. (http://badservo.com/VistaWMPRef.reg)

[mcai8rw2]

Dear Team,

I recently reinstalled windowsxp on my machine to try out fairuse4wm.

My windows media player is 10.00.00.3802
I HAVE individualized my system [indivbox.key is version 11.0.5497.6285]

I have succesfully recovered three keys using the ezdrm.com sample files.

Fairuse4wm seems to be working fine, however, when i try to unDRM some video files downloaded from the net ;-p i get the response.

0 files converted
0 errors
X warnings [where x is the number of files]

and the warnings are:

"[Path of the video] does not appear to be licensed to you."

This error is correct. They aren;t licensed to me...but isn;t that the point or FairUse4WM? Isn't it supposed to rid me of the nessescity of lisencing these things?

[blutach]

@mcai8rw2

Your downloading of files and trying to unDRM them without them being licensed to you is a breach of rule 6.

Please read the announcement at the top of this forum and the rules again.

I do not expect your post will be replied to, given your circumstances.

Regards

[protectyoursources]

Dear Team,

I recently reinstalled windowsxp on my machine to try out fairuse4wm.

My windows media player is 10.00.00.3802
I HAVE individualized my system [indivbox.key is version 11.0.5497.6285]

I have succesfully recovered three keys using the ezdrm.com sample files.

Fairuse4wm seems to be working fine, however, when i try to unDRM some video files downloaded from the net ;-p i get the response.

0 files converted
0 errors
X warnings [where x is the number of files]

and the warnings are:

"[Path of the video] does not appear to be licensed to you."

This error is correct. They aren;t licensed to me...but isn;t that the point or FairUse4WM? Isn't it supposed to rid me of the nessescity of lisencing these things?

No the purpose of this software is to remove the DRM so that some of your Fair Use Rights are protected on media that you own before they where taken away by the DCMA .


This program is ONLY designed and intended to enable fair-use rights to PURCHASED media.
- While I haven't been able to support license expiration/rental detection, please don't use this to abuse rental license
- This code does NOT allow import of KID/SID pairs to preclude its use for piracy

[finalmillenium]

If you knew anything about fair use you would understand what the programmer is trying to do. He's not condoning piracy, he's giving us the tools that we need to take back our fair use rights.

[Insanenerd]

v1.2 is mirrored at www.BG4G.net (http://www.bg4g.net) in the downloads section.

[brumfondl]

Well I tried with the new version but I still get the same error as I mentioned earlier...

E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4501181 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma".

guess I will have to wait till 1.3 :(

Brumfondl

[viodentia]

Well I tried with the new version but I still get the same error as I mentioned earlier...

E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4501181 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma".

guess I will have to wait till 1.3 :(

Brumfondl

Does this happen with more than one file?
It *appears* that this file is truncated, given how much the code is trying to read, and how much it gets.
SInce the space at the end is typically indexing information, you can get by without having it. The parser tries to be cautious though.

I can just ignore the format and write out what I can for these portions? Should I risk writing out a corrupt file, or give errors so they can be corrected?

For a -fix version, I'll try a policy of " if I can't read a whole block, I'll just ignore the entire block". This should be the least likely to break something else. Comments? Should I just keep the failing behavior?

[brumfondl]

I just tried 4 different files from 4 different directories. Results were:
E:\Legit Music\Massive Attack\Collected\04 Teardrop.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 5336363 in file "E:\Legit Music\Massive Attack\Collected\04 Teardrop.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4501181 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Earth Moving\01 Holy.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4484983 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Earth Moving\01 Holy.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Tall Dwarfs\Fifty Flavours Of Glue\01 Gluey_ Gluey.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 2559477 in file "E:\Legit Music\Tall Dwarfs\Fifty Flavours Of Glue\01 Gluey_ Gluey.wma".

Seems like a pattern :)

Brumfondl

[josh2]

I just tried 4 different files from 4 different directories. Results were:
E:\Legit Music\Massive Attack\Collected\04 Teardrop.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 5336363 in file "E:\Legit Music\Massive Attack\Collected\04 Teardrop.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4501181 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Discovery\01 To France.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Earth Moving\01 Holy.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5974 bytes (5882) at offset 4484983 in file "E:\Legit Music\Mike Oldfield\Earth Moving\01 Holy.wma".
E:\Legit Music\Tall Dwarfs\Fifty Flavours Of Glue\01 Gluey_ Gluey.wma UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 5976 bytes (5884) at offset 2559477 in file "E:\Legit Music\Tall Dwarfs\Fifty Flavours Of Glue\01 Gluey_ Gluey.wma".

Seems like a pattern :)

Brumfondl

Is it possible that you have a service that gives you malformed WMA files? Have you tried some other protected files such as those from ezdrm?

I've only once had the problem and then it was when I accidentally tried to convert a file that was still downloading. (So like viodentia said, truncated file)

Anyhow, nice work viodentia! This program has been a lifesaver. And 1.2 is working great with WMP11 beta 2. (I've been trying to avoid getting the updated IBX just in case, so I can't say how it works with that.)

Josh

[blutach]

@josh2

You are new here, so I will direct you to the announcement at the top of this forum and rule 6.

@all - I do not want to see discussion about downloaded media files in this thread. This thread is about a technical product. Please confine your discussions to that subject.

Regards

[josh2]

Ooops.. sorry. I edited my post to remove the provider name or whatever. But rule 6 talks about illegally obtained content.. and the downloading service I'm using is a legal music download service?

Josh

[viodentia]

Brumfondi, it does seem like you have a fairly consistent problem. Please PM me.

You can also try this version (not really an officlal release, just ignores these read failures)
https://uploads.sgul.ac.uk/uploads/5134382/ver12fix.zip

This may cause the files to stop working in other ways though

[olyteddy]

My end-run for DRM'd audio is Total Recorder. So far it has worked with .WMA, iTunes and Audible, the only three formats I've been exposed to. It can convert at less than real time (8x on this laptop with Audible). I can also capture any audio stream with it, sometimes accelerated (WinAmp streams usually capture at twice normal speed). I set LAME to a VBR profile of 64-224 kbits and let it run. iTunes usually encode to about 160 kb, Audible to 80, internet streams up to 200, etc...Depends on the source.

[josh2]

Trouble is, it's a lossy conversion whenever you do anything like that. (Total Recorder, SoundTaxi, Tunebite, MuvAudio, etc) FairUse4WM is much faster than any of those (nearly instant.. mere seconds per album), and is completely lossless.

Yeah, they're decent programs but if you can get this to work (which for most situations is pretty painless) it's much better.

If only there was a tool like this for iTunes 6.. (QTFairUse is OK, but way way to slow.) ;)

[brumfondl]

@viodentia

i unfortunately have to go to work now but I will see what I can suss out when I get home :)

Brumfondl

[WildmanCAL]

The error messages I seem to get are:

C:\Documents and Settings\WildmanCAL\My Documents\My Music\WMA files\Savatage - Gutter Ballet.WMA UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Size Error: 11008306382 cannot be truncated to -1876595506.

C:\Documents and Settings\WildmanCAL\My Documents\My Music\WMA files\Musicmatch\a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V..WMA UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Size Error: 1509990125154 cannot be truncated to -1838363038.

C:\Documents and Settings\WildmanCAL\My Documents\My Music\WMA files\Musicmatch\a-ha - Hunting High And Low.WMA UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Error reading 20891756 bytes (716237) at offset 4562948 in file "C:\Documents and Settings\WildmanCAL\My Documents\My Music\WMA files\Musicmatch\a-ha - Hunting High And Low.WMA".

C:\Documents and Settings\WildmanCAL\My Documents\My Music\WMA files\Musicmatch\a-ha - Take On Me.WMA UNABLE TO DECRYPT: Size Error: 1375470407266 cannot be truncated to 1080872546.

These tracks are from Musicmatch are Windows Media v9 and have been legally purchased by me.

[dirtminer]

Sounds like this program isn't handling ASF files correctly, or perhaps some services didn't follow the ASF specification.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/format/ASFViewer.aspx

Microsoft provides this tool to verify ASF compliance (both WMA and WMV should verify under this program).