FairUse4WM - a WM/DRM removal program

[jce05]

ok here is the deal. I have some porn .wmv files that I am trying to burn to disk so I can play on my dvd player. I am use ashampoo to burn my wmv files to dvd and it works fine. except when I have drm's in the wmv files then ashampoo says it cant use the wmv file.

so i was able to get fairuse4wm 1.3 fix but I cant figure out how to get the wmv files with the drm into the fairuse4wm program so it can do its thing. it wont let me drag the wmv files into the fairuse4wm window. I try to bring the wmv file up on my media player (it is version 11.0.5721) to ask for the liscense and it never asks me it just plays it all the time. cause I thought I read that you run fairuse4wm when you are on that screen. I think it asked once but hasnt sense.

when I run fairuse4wm I get this

Extraction in progress on "Indiv01.key" 11.0.6000.6324 -- Please wait.
Phase 0 : Blocks: 1340 Large 0 Small, Errors: 0,0 Candidates: 6,3,2
Failure - Unable to identify RC4 and AES internal keys.

if anyone can help I'd appreciate it because they are great wmv files and I would love to get them on my big screen

thanks Hank

[jce05]

then fairuse 4wm says


attempting to recover DRMv1 keys

Fairuse4wm will use a WM-installed DLL to determine system specific information

"DrmClien.DLL" has version 10.0.0.3646


I just got windows media player to ask me for a liscense on the wmv file so I stopped at that screen and opened fairuse4wm 1.3fix to try to run it and got the same results nothing'

thanks in advance

[milOtis]

ok here is the deal. I have some porn .wmv files that I am trying to burn to disk so I can play on my dvd player.

loser, get a wife.

::: milOtis

[jce05]

I already have a wife. she watches porn with me. now can you help me out or what?

[banglbanglbang]

jce05
u have to use "FairUse4WM fix 2" to work with wmp 11

http://fairuse4wm2.googlepages.com/FairUse4WM_v13Fix-2.zip

or

http://fairuse4wm.googlepages.com/FairUse4WM_v13Fix-2.zip

[Danj]

You also need to use the "mirakagi" utility first, before trying fu4wm-fix2, otherwise you won't have the key to decrypt the files.

[jce05]

You also need to use the "mirakagi" utility first, before trying fu4wm-fix2, otherwise you won't have the key to decrypt the files.


great thanks. how do I get the mirakagi utility?

and then how do I get fu4wm-fix2 to know I want it to remove drm from a specific wmv file

thanks

[jce05]

I got the Mirakaji utility thanks. it is making more sense now.
once I ran the Mirakaji Utility I can know put files in fuwm4 fix2.1

now it says the file is not liscensed to me. how do I get FairUse4wm 2.1 to know that the file is liscensed to me?

thanks Hank

[where_art_thou_viodentia]

Ughh everybody and again im on a different computer the link for Fair Use Commander that i had before is dead i need a new link BLAH
help please <3

[mysekurity]

w_a_t_v: check your inbox.

[milOtis]

I got the Mirakaji utility thanks. it is making more sense now.
once I ran the Mirakaji Utility I can know put files in fuwm4 fix2.1

now it says the file is not liscensed to me. how do I get FairUse4wm 2.1 to know that the file is liscensed to me?

thanks Hank


look, you can only use FairUse4WM on files YOU have downloaded on your computer (and only before you update)...you can NEVER remove DRM from a file that another computer downloaded, and you can't remove DRM rom files downloaded before you last ran updates.

You will NOT get any errors if you are running FairUse4WM on files you yourself downloaded, and havent updated snce you downloaded. You are obviously trying to remove DRM from a porn file you did not download -or- downloaded before you updated last (thus the old drm licenses are gone)...you cannot "make" a file licensed to you if it is on your computer and not licensed...you have to redownload it on your current system.

try reading the last 50pages before asking a simple question about how to use fairuse4wm, please!

::: milOtis

[xanthan]

I got this message when I tried to use FairUse

Extraction in progress on "Indiv01.key" 11.0.6000.6324 -- Please wait.
Phase 0 : Blocks: 1341 Large 0 Small, Errors: 0,0 Candidates: 9,3,2
Failure - Unable to identify RC4 and AES internal keys.

[SvT]

I got this message when I tried to use FairUse

Extraction in progress on "Indiv01.key" 11.0.6000.6324 -- Please wait.
Phase 0 : Blocks: 1341 Large 0 Small, Errors: 0,0 Candidates: 9,3,2
Failure - Unable to identify RC4 and AES internal keys.

Search this thread for "unable identify" and that will help you.

Also this thread http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=127943

[bigmurph]

I posted on here a little while ago about 2 pages back... I am getting "Requires a different private key," still, after running mirakaji. Does anyone know the last IBX key or whatever that this mirakaji and Fix2 will work with.

I am suspecting nobody knows the answer to this problem yet, but I have seen a similar problem on other theads. On the other hand, other users seem to have had success with this key 11.0.6000.6324 using this method. I am unsure how to proceed, so I guess I will just wait it out for another patch (unlikely).

I just don't really want to reformat my computer right now (to rollback to WMP10) because I have +1000 files saved from Napster that I would have liked to remove DRM from and would rather not re-download all my files if not necessary. I would be glad if someone could suggest something to me. The rollback method I used previously did not work:
http://www.kensavage.com/index.php/archives/how-to-uninstall-and-rollback-windows-media-player-11/

Is there something else I should do? Should I try this again and then do Mirakaji?

Thanks,
Matt

[milOtis]

i can't help you with your problems...i just today updated a computer that had an old wmp11 beta to wmp11 final (current from MS website) then ran fairuse4wm and the mirakaji thing, and have already downloaded and removed the DRM from over 100 new files.

i have found that people who are getting the 'different private key' error, are trying to remove DRM on files they downloaded before they updated, which obviously will not work since your IBX is different after your update WMP

i would suggest you redownload the latest media player, install it, and then redownload the original DRM file again, and try fairuse4wm fix2 after that...because FairUse4WM 1.3 FIX2 is WORKING with the latest Windows Media Player download/updates

::: milOtis

[milOtis]

I got this message when I tried to use FairUse

Extraction in progress on "Indiv01.key" 11.0.6000.6324 -- Please wait.
Phase 0 : Blocks: 1341 Large 0 Small, Errors: 0,0 Candidates: 9,3,2
Failure - Unable to identify RC4 and AES internal keys.

im gonna go crazy if someone posts this again...what is this, like 100 identical posts asking about this same error now??? it's always by someone with zero or only 1 post also!

i mean what do people do? search for this thread on google then post w/o reading a damn thing? I mean when I search google for answers, and I find a forum, I read about all the problems and issues everyone else run into, THEN I make a post if it is not answered.....isn't that common sense? You just waste your time when you post w/o reading, cause then someone has to TELL you to read, then you have to go back and read it anyway a day later!

PLEASE...If you have a question, READ this entire thread, or at least search it for your issue....there is NOTHING you can come up with, any POSSIBLE of error, that we all haven't already run into and dealt with! PLEASE READ!


::: milOtis

[Homer J. Simpson]

I posted this Q as a new thread in General Decrypting http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=129351

neuron2 suggested that I post in this thread.



I have some instructional videos on an old computer (Win XP/WMP 10) in ASF format. They are protected by MS Media Player DRM. The company that I purchased the videos from no longer exists.

I want to move these files to my new computers (XP WMP 10 or 11).

When I try to open them on the new computer I get a message that I need a license to play these files and then a blank browser (page can not be found) window opens since the company no longer exists.

I have also tried backup/restore of license files to new computer but get a message that I have exceeded my restores for that day (I get the message every day and have been trying for a few weeks).

I have tried the new 'fixed' version of Fairuse4wm but get an error message 'wrong private key'


Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[milOtis]

I posted this Q as a new thread in General Decrypting http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=129351

neuron2 suggested that I post in this thread.



I have some instructional videos on an old computer (Win XP/WMP 10) in ASF format. They are protected by MS Media Player DRM. The company that I purchased the videos from no longer exists.

I want to move these files to my new computers (XP WMP 10 or 11).

When I try to open them on the new computer I get a message that I need a license to play these files and then a blank browser (page can not be found) window opens since the company no longer exists.

I have also tried backup/restore of license files to new computer but get a message that I have exceeded my restores for that day (I get the message every day and have been trying for a few weeks).

I have tried the new 'fixed' version of Fairuse4wm but get an error message 'wrong private key'


Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


you will NOT be able to undrm those files. ASX/ASF files used to use a different DRM method than IBX which is no longer used in WMV files.

your best bet is to install a video card with S-Video output, and play the files full screen on the old computer, and output them to another capturing device, whether that be a DVD recorder, VHS player, another computer with video-inputs, or whatever u might have.

you have too much working against you...OLD files, company out of business, on an old computer, AND in ASF format...trust me, don't lose sleep over this, export them and capture them via an analog video card.

::: milOtis

[Ajax_Undone]

Ok Homer try this if you still have your old computer use the fairuse4wm1.3 fix 2 and remove the drm before you trash the old dino...

If the old computer dose not have the files on it transfer them back to the old computer and then use what i just said...

If you can not then its hopeless as milOtis has stated and just do a direct video transfer threw an analog cable...

[YourNameHere]

Found a utility the readers of this thread will be interested in.

http://maxupload.com/9B2A54D0

Well worth taking the time to checkout.

[milOtis]

cool thanks, i will use this utility...but is there one out there that can constantly monitor a certain folder, and when a protected file is downloaded, it automatically tells fairuse4wm to remove DRM, then deletes the old file?

i am fine with WMA format, every music player on the market can play WMA files (except crappy ipods), even my card MP3/WMA cd player can play them, so i dont need the mp3 convert option, but it would be nice for downloaded DRM files to be autostripped, then have the original protected copy auto-deleted.

::: milOtis

[mysekurity]

Homer J. Simpson: Try SDP Downloader. You put in the mms (or URL) of the file you're trying to download, and it'll pull it from the web. A very useful tool, and open source, I believe.

YourNameHere: I ran the tool (with conversion disabled), and I think it started going through my entire collection. I stopped it before it got too far, but can you tell us what exactly it does? Is there a way to control which songs get converted, where they go, etc? If not, I think I'll just stick with FairUseCommander (though yes, I wish it did have an extension to convert...)

[YourNameHere]

The tool passes the input dir to fairuse4wm. Fairuse then scans the dir and all subdir looking for drm'd files, stripping the drm'd files and skipping the non-drm'd. The tool then deletes the source drm'd files and renames the stripped files to the original drm'd filename (so you dont end up with a drm'd file and a non-drm'd file, who needs both?).

If you choose to convert to mp3, the tool converts all wma's in the input dir and subdirs to mp3 and outputs them to the specified output dir rebuilding the dir structure. If an mp3 already exists, it is skipped and not "reconverted".

Just give it a try on a dir that only has a few drm'd files in it and see the results for yourself. Once you understand how it works, it is very handy.

I have an iPod so it is handy. I can run it on a "My Music" dir full of drm'd files and end up with a "My Music - MP3" dir full of MP3s complete with tags and original directory structure. As I add more drm'd music to "My Music" I just run the tool again and it strips and converts any files that are new since last time I ran it.

[mysekurity]

YourNameHere... I think it works nicely, but besides from the auto mp3 conversion, what does it have that FairUseCommander doesn't?

Is it possible to implement a table, the way FairUseCommander does? It'd help so that I don't convert files I don't want...

Thanks though.... (any chance in open-sourcing it? I'd like to take a crack at the code)

[YourNameHere]

YourNameHere... I think it works nicely, but besides from the auto mp3 conversion, what does it have that FairUseCommander doesn't?

Is it possible to implement a table, the way FairUseCommander does? It'd help so that I don't convert files I don't want...

Thanks though.... (any chance in open-sourcing it? I'd like to take a crack at the code)


Check your PM

[Ajax_Undone]

YourNameHere

Check your PM!

[picree]

What's the mechanism for converting to MP3 files? How is it doing that? Is it a bit-for-bit conversion and is any quality lost? Seems to convert quickly...and it can change the bit rate on the fly?????

Also, seem like for some reason WMAUtility wants to close Firefox when it converts???? Did it twice (XP machine), hung the first time, then w/o Firefox it ran fine...

[YourNameHere]

What's the mechanism for converting to MP3 files? How is it doing that? Is it a bit-for-bit conversion and is any quality lost? Seems to convert quickly...and it can change the bit rate on the fly?????

Also, seem like for some reason WMAUtility wants to close Firefox when it converts???? Did it twice (XP machine), hung the first time, then w/o Firefox it ran fine...

It uses lame for the mp3 encoding. It encodes CBR at the bitrate you select from the drop-down, I normally use 192k since that is what my source wma files are encoded at and it keeps them at roughly the same file size.

Not sure about the closing firefox windows. Weird though.

[KenD00]

But you know that encoding from one lossless format into another results in great quality loss, do you? Better choose a higher bitrate to not loose too much. And why in hell CBR, VBR offers better quality at a smaller filesize than CBR.

Edit: really bad typo, i mean lossy instead of lossless

:rolleyes:

[YourNameHere]

But you know that encoding from one lossless format into another results in great quality loss, do you? Better choose a higher bitrate to not loose too much. And why in hell CBR, VBR offers better quality at a smaller filesize than CBR.

:rolleyes:

I wrote this app for my own use and decided to post it in case it was of value to anyone else. It does what I need, no more, no less. You are welcome to write one that does what you want if you wish. :rolleyes:

[KenD00]

It was just an information / suggestion, not a request ;).

:rolleyes:

[picree]

But you know that encoding from one lossless format into another results in great quality loss, do you? Better choose a higher bitrate to not loose too much. And why in hell CBR, VBR offers better quality at a smaller filesize than CBR.

Edit: really bad typo, i mean lossy instead of lossless

:rolleyes:

AFAIK, CBR is compatible with more devices and less problematic.

Thank you YourNameHere. Good little app.

[GhostRider4u]

Hi there I need to speak to someone about licenses and not even being able to aquire them when by purchasing them. I tried to pay for the right to watch the videos and it says it can't procede I have contacted the sites concerned and they have said it must be my end as everything is working at theirs. etc.................. I get the message "does not appear to be licensed to you", any help with what I am doing wrong would be appreciated thank you

[dekline]

Hello ;-)

I downloaded FairUse4Wm.exe and mirakagi.exe!
Then I try to get the keys but mirakagi.exe says:

Mirakagi starts, code version 0.9
Found 0 keys in keyring.
It is finished.

My Windows Media Player Version is 10.00.00.4058

[GhostRider4u]

It worked I did it I finally found away to purchase the license and the rest you can work out for yourself this is just so fantastic thank you so much to the people out there that made it possible

[mysekurity]

Dekline: Try using the key finder in FairUse4WM (on the "add files" dialog page, click the back button, then find keys).

Mirakagi seems to be only for the newer ibx's.

[drummer7]

There's a new IndivBox.key - 11.0.6000.7000

Guess what? :) :(

[StreamRipper]

Freeme2 - freeware open source software to remove DRM protection from Windows Media .WMA audio files.

I have successfully undrmed wma file under IndivBox.key version 11.59-something (don't remember exact version ). So the main conclusion is that the software works. It extracts correct SIDs and it's able to undrm wma files using it. The main problem is why it doesn't work with wmv files (it says something about packet_lenght). It's the same issue as with the original freeme.

I will try disassembling drm2wmv which is able to handle both wma and wmv files and he is pretty sure it is also freeme based. But if someone knows a fix to freeme (as a result also to freeme2) to make it work with wmv please post here, at stream-recorder.com (http://stream-recorder.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1770&page=3) or PM me.

If someone is interested source code can be found here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeme2

[jetfire4]

Subj: movies with limited day licenses can be cracked

To whom it may concern, I didn't have time to read through this whole forum to see if this is already here, but here is what I discovered about files with expiration dates. To save money you can take advantage of the 7-day license options and still crack the file with fairuse.

Here's how it worked for me, when the splash screen to play the file comes up after the license was obtained, I didn't press play, just idled on the splash screen, then went to fairuse and it did it. When I first tried it, the unDRM didn't work after I pressed play, only discovered that it did when left on the splash screen where it says you are licensed and can now play it, but don't press play yet.

Also, sometimes to get the license to play the file you paid for you have to be logged into the download webpage on your browser. If the file is already downloaded and it still won't revalidate, click on the webpage to start opening the file, then click on the one you already downloaded, the license should verify this time now that the portal has been opened up, then click to cancel the other window opening the file. Hope this is useful.

[mysekurity]

Anyone with the new license want to try doing the rollback?

I'll pm the instructions if you need it.

[avih]

@jetfire4:
Please note that while removing DRM for the sake of watching your movie on different players does fall under fait use conditions, keeping it after it expires doesn't, is illegal and is absolutely discouraged. After it expires you should delete all copies of the unprotected movie. The fact that similar/same technologies are applied for fair use situations is irrelevant. Please keep it on the legal side. Thank you.

[capted]

Hi,
I reformatted my laptop and fairuse4wm works fine on the sample file in the downloaded "Cool Stuff" folder.
Mirakagi and the fairuse4wm 1.3fix-2 work perfectly.

The problem is when I install the latest Rhapsody set up, it changes the IBX file in the DRM folder to the latest one by "calling home" to MS. Then nothing works.
I have Rhapsody v4.0 build 1.193 on my desktop which works with fairuse4wm
Rhapsody set up installs build 2.25 which changes the IBX file.
I had a copy of Rhapsody 3.1 setup and it stops and says that I have to install a mandatory update, which of course is the latest version which updates the IBX file.

I have searched the net and can't find an older 4.0x installer.
Does anyone happen to have a Rhapsody 4.0 build 1.193 set up?

Please PM me if you do.
In the mean time if Rhapsody is working for you, don't upgrade.
:thanks:

[capted]

Disregard my post above unless you know where to find the requested installer.
Out of frustration, I copied and pasted the "Real" folder and "Rhapsody" folder from my desktop to my laptop.
It worked. I would have bet against it but I was desperate.

Fairuse4wm and Fairuse commander are working like a charm on both computers. :cool:

[mysekurity]

capted: Check your PM.


(Post 100!)

[capted]

Thanks MYSEKURITY :thanks:

[capted]

WARNING

If you are presently able to use fairuse4wm with Rhapsody.....Do not upgrade Rhapsody.

If you upgrade, the installer will not let you proceed until Microsoft installs the latest IBX file in your DRM folder.
If you try to back out, and cancel the upgrade, you will not be able to run your previous version of Rhapsody. You will get the setup page you cancelled out of.

If you reinstall WMP 10 or 11beta 2, it will change your IBX file to a usable one but when you try to start Rhapsody it will tell you that it is installed incorrectly and you have to do it all over again and get the changed IBX file.
I was able to go back with System Restore and paste in an older version of Rhapsody from another computer.

WARNING

[dirtminer]

Seems there's a mandatory Yahoo update.. Can't defer it like the older ones. Anyone else notice this, and/or know a way NOT to upgrade?

[cliffjeff]

if you've got a computer with the latest IBX initialization, and no backup of an old one, you're pretty much SOL until the new version is cracked, right?

[JeffAlso]

if you've got a computer with the latest IBX initialization, and no backup of an old one, you're pretty much SOL until the new version is cracked, right?
Not entirely. If you have XP you can uninstall WMP, install version 10.00.00.3646, delete your DRM directory, and individualize your install. At this point, FU4WM will work again, albeit an older version 10.

I haven't found any way of then upgrading to version 11 without being infected with the new IBX version in the process. If your running Vista, I believe youre pretty much screwed until a someone distributes a fix to the new IBX version.

[sectroyer]

I will try playing with WMP 11 in the end of the week but for now I have to play a little with making FreeMe2 more stable :)