FreeMe2 - open source WM-DRM removal tool [Archive] - Page 3

vivarey

4th November 2007, 21:42

I am sorry I will not create such guide. If you want to use FreeMe2 you just need to run it on some file with -vs swith and it will ask you for SID :)

I just don't understand this statement. You create a tool to help people -- but you refuse to create a simple tutorial? Lack of documentation is really hurting the open-source movement. It's pretty obvious people are appreciative of your work -- why not take it to the next level and make your tool accessible to even more readers of this forum?

sectroyer

5th November 2007, 00:51

I just don't understand this statement. You create a tool to help people -- but you refuse to create a simple tutorial? Lack of documentation is really hurting the open-source movement. It's pretty obvious people are appreciative of your work -- why not take it to the next level and make your tool accessible to even more readers of this forum?
I have explained in few steps how you can use FreeMe2 to strip files. However I will not explain how to extract keys since this is not my part... Besides FreeMe2 is not intended to be tool for everyone. It's intended for developers and people that want to be testers :)

utsavtalwar

11th November 2007, 02:33

hey guys
ive tried a lot of stuff nothing works..
i have vista latest wmp 11...and ibx version...
have so many napster songs that i wanna transfer to my ipod...
is there any undrm crack yet for my situation..
don't wanna use the streaming programs cause i really like hi qulity music..

would appreciate if any of you could help..
cheers
utsav(utsavtalwar@yahoo.com)

Ajax_Undone

11th November 2007, 02:41

endgame

11th November 2007, 08:38

I downloaded the zip file from the second link on the first page.

I get this error and it closes?

Usage: FreeMe2 [-vs] protectedfile.

Press <Enter> to acknowledge error.

fatejudger

11th November 2007, 09:06

@noonehome

I can't seem to get the perl script you posted to work correctly. After drmdbg does the multiscan, I close drmdbg, and nothing happens. Any suggestions?

endgame

11th November 2007, 11:29

Ok so I dragged the wmv file into the exe. Then it asks me to enter the SID. Where would I find the SID?

utsavtalwar

11th November 2007, 21:06

hey
thx for the reply..but yeah i reid using drmbg..hit multiscan and nothing happens the last song starts plying in wmp 11 nothing else..
hop u can can help me solve this
cheers all
u

ApolloImBurning

12th November 2007, 07:54

Ok so I dragged the wmv file into the exe. Then it asks me to enter the SID. Where would I find the SID?

You need to use a program called DRMDBG. There is a link to a download a site in the "Getting IBX keys..." thread on this forum. Super quick tutorial:download and unzip drmdbg. Put the file you want to decrypt into a directory. Fire up DRMDBG change the 'wmv' directory to the one your files are in. Hit the "Multiscan" button. Your SID should should up in the text area near the center of the window.

utsavtalwar

13th November 2007, 20:38

im using vista wmp11 latest ibx ver...used drmbg the one apparently supported by vista and when i hit multiscan wmp opens and plays the song nothing else get no keys file or anything in the center screen..
cheers
utsav

Ajax_Undone

14th November 2007, 06:30

:search:Please ugh use the search we have answered these same questions many times...

I am sorry there isn't a GUI that would be easy...

But right now all we have is a CLI running on old skool C++...

If you run freeme2 you need to fallow this simple instruct get your keys from DRMdbg they will be stored in the DRM2 folder next to the app... Open the key file with notepad.

Then take and copy the key that you now have to the file you wish to decrypt...

Open CMD type in the directory where Freeme2.exe is at.. Type [freeme2 (x).wma -vs] and it will ask for the key that you just got copied just past and hit enter... The (x) is replaced by the name of actual file...

Its not that complicated...:search:

arisjo

16th November 2007, 03:57

Hi there,

It might not be quite fair to put my remarks on freeme2 here. But for me this undrm tool has not been more useful than crap:). It either produces rubbish wmv video, or with manual SID an broken wmv file.

This all happened to me, because I did a stupid thing of upgrading the windows media player. And fairuse4wm can't work anymore. And freeme2 doesn't help me either.

So far, I have got one alternative solution, which might also work for others. This idea is from this link:
http://all-streaming-media.com/remove-DRM-protection/FairUse4WM-freeware-DRM-removal-Windows-software-Strip-copy-protection-from-WMV-ASF-WMA-Windows-Media-Player.htm

I quote the useful part here:
"Please note that instead of rolling back Windows Media Player to a previous version you can try a virtual machine (either VMWare or Microsoft Virtual PC). Install Windows XP (assuming you have your Windows XP install/upgrade disc) on it and run the beta version of WMP 11 if your purchase requires it. If not you may try to use WMP 10 and remove DRM from within the Virtual PC and simply transfer the DRM-free files to your Windows XP/Vista music folder. Until there is an update to FairUse4WM to combat the new IBX this is the way I recommend if you use Windows Vista only or updated WMP to the version higher than 11.0.5705.5043. "

I did the following:
(1) I downloaded Microsoft virtual PC, which is free
(2) I installed Microsoft virtual PC
(3) I created a virtual machine with it
(4) I installed Windows XP PRO to that virtual machine
(5) I installed virtual machine additions to that virtual machine (optional, but performance can be better)
(6) OK, I use fairuse4wm with the WMP9 on the virtual machine to undrm wmv files (files can be transferred from and to the host pc)

The speed of acquiring wmv license with wmp on the virtual pc is slower than on the host pc, but in fact it works. Hope this info is helpful to someone with similar problems. BTW, you should have a WINXP PRO installation CD.;)

WalterK

16th November 2007, 06:25

I suggested this way back in the original thread started by viodentia.
And thats what i have done to remove drm ever since ms threw the first roadblock up at viodentia's tool, i don't purchase windows media files anymore.
However this opensource tool IS interesting.
If one could get it to work in pure linux without wine etc (after all using a virtual machine is quicker and less headache) i would be happy.

sectroyer

16th November 2007, 15:14

Reimar

16th November 2007, 20:21

FreeMe2 works on Linux without wine :) If you have your SID you can strip your drm protected files in "pure linux" :)

Just as MPlayer can play it (you can even set the key in a per-file config file), and MPlayer will even work on bigendian (e.g. PowerPC), which FreeMe2 does not yet, so the decrypt-if-you-have-the-SID case probably can be considered solved.
Getting the SID under Linux would be a much more "interesting" (as in "difficult") problem though, but as I understand the discussions that is currently more of a job for drmdbg than freeme2 anyway...

youdiejoe

19th November 2007, 22:37

the current top binary link is dead, any updates?

thanks,

ydj

frankjones2005

20th November 2007, 07:24

I am wondering if someone can help me with the commands required to compile this program. I have download all the files for the project using a SVN client, I have the full install of MinGW (win32), but don't know what to do from here (eg using the autogen.sh and makefile.am ....). Are there any dependencies that I need to download first?

I am trying this on WinXP SP2, or do I have to compile the exe in linux?

utsavtalwar

22nd November 2007, 04:08

guys
please suggest any method to remove drm without loss of quality...
have tried drmbg latest but it just starts wmp and returns not files..
help please y'all..have so many songs form napster wanna transfer to ipod..

have vista all updstes latest wmp11 and ibx..

lancediamond

22nd November 2007, 14:01

I've downloaded the most recent Freeme2 (as of about 6 days ago anyway), compiled it and it does work on the snowboard video from the EZDrm site running on Vista.

Problem is I'm trying to use it on some videos I've purchased and I do have a license for. I get the SID with drmdbg, run Freeme2 and give it the SID when prompted and it crashes in MSDRM_decr_packet here:

for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
keystart[i] ^= ckey->inmask[i];

It seems to process about 40 packets before this crash. I'm not really sure why - I was thinking the len value passed to the function was > than globalinfo.packetlen but looking at it just now that isn't the case. Could anyone point me at some documentation for how the packets are supposed to be formatted?

milOtis

22nd November 2007, 16:26

the windows binary download link has expired from the original post. where is the most recent freeme2 download for windows users?

999/1000 people are not programers, so they don't have a clue how to compile.

::: milOtis

milOtis

22nd November 2007, 17:03

Also, you all should stop and ask yourself...do I really need 100% lossless conversion of my protected files, or would I be just fine using a program that converts them through the soundcard at about a 99% lossless conversion rate?

Trust me, you are not some big movie producer using these files for a cinematic score or anything, you really will not notice the difference between a unDRMed WMA file, and a converted WMA file at 192kbps MP3, so why not just use a program like "DRM Removal 3.0.7"? It converts songs at 40x so on a 3minute song, it would only take 4.5seconds to get a MP3...easy and fast, and you never have to worry about IBX versions or updating cracking programs in the future...EVER. If you can play it, you can convert it.

::: milOtis

JeffAlso

22nd November 2007, 17:56

Also, you all should stop and ask yourself...do I really need 100% lossless conversion of my protected files, or would I be just fine using a program that converts them through the soundcard at about a 99% lossless conversion rate?
You're presuming everyone here is working exclusively with audio files. That presumption is incorrect.

There are correct ways of doing things. Performing a Digital->Analog->Digital conversion to remove DRM from infected media is not one of them.

milOtis

23rd November 2007, 02:18

"infected" media? lol

do you realize that 9/10 people on here are using all the toold we create and your so called "help" for removing RENTED music and videos through subscription services?

yeah, that isnt what they are for, but come on, be realistic...DRM is set up so that if you really buy it/own it (not rent it), you can burn it and keep it forever on a medium that isnt protected.

everyone on here are just leech renters, and im sick of it. i will not contribute anymore to a community of people who've lost their way. its not about having what is "rightfully yours" anymore, its just about how many files can you download, undrm, and how much $$$ can you rip these artists and video producers out of.

sorry...this forum's DRM crowd once had a noble purpose, which has now long been lost by the wave of abusive newcomers.

::: milOtis

blutach

23rd November 2007, 03:16

milotis

That sort of outburst along with the accusations is totally unnecessary.

Strike issued for rule 4.

Regards

Sharktooth

23rd November 2007, 04:17

@milOtis: Really? I dont think so...

gbglass2000

23rd November 2007, 13:29

No binary available?

karltpb

23rd November 2007, 14:29

FreeMe2 (10.13.07)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/mg6d4k

youdiejoe

25th November 2007, 00:55

FreeMe2 (10.13.07)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/mg6d4k

Thanks !:thanks:

HyperHacker

25th November 2007, 04:09

You're presuming everyone here is working exclusively with audio files. That presumption is incorrect.

There are correct ways of doing things. Performing a Digital->Analog->Digital conversion to remove DRM from infected media is not one of them.That, and if you have a cheap sound card, any process involving this will result in a file that sounds utterly terrible.

StreamRipper

25th November 2007, 15:09

do you realize that 9/10 people on here are using all the toold we create and your so called "help" for removing RENTED music and videos through subscription services?

yeah, that isnt what they are for, but come on, be realistic...DRM is set up so that if you really buy it/own it (not rent it), you can burn it and keep it forever on a medium that isnt protected.

and im sick of it. i will not contribute anymore to a community of people who've lost their way
+1

If members like milOtis are punished here for just trying to stop piracy, may be it is the right time to leave the community.

Doom9

25th November 2007, 15:57

If members like milOtis are punished here for just trying to stop piracy, may be it is the right time to leave the community.The day you feel it is up to you to reinterpret the forum rules and enforce that reinterpretation is the day you should call it quits because that kind of behavior is not welcome here.
Make no mistake: removing DRM from any work is not copyright infringement.. keeping it beyond the return date is. And since there's no telling if that's going to happen, you either have the MPAA option which is forbid the entire thing, or presume innocence until there are good reasons to believe otherwise. And if I were an MPAA shill, I'd never have started this place to begin with since a considerable part of what goes on here falls under the fair use exemption. If you share the MPAA partyline, you could as well shut down the entire forum - there's really no difference between removing DRM from a DVD you own and further processing it, or doing the same with a rented / loaned piece of work.

And that'll be the end of it. Forum rules are not up for discussion, never have been and never will be.

StreamRipper

26th November 2007, 19:36

Make no mistake: removing DRM from any work is not copyright infringement.. keeping it beyond the return date is.

If the content provided for free with DRM protection,
Say, the following Windows Media stream:
http://www.liveuktv.com/media/202b-skysports1-300-delayed8.asx

What is the return date? Is it illegal to use media content after it evaporates from the web-site? Is it illegal in any case?

handheld

27th November 2007, 08:30

WalterK

27th November 2007, 09:05

Personally i have been in it for the fair use like poor poor Dvd Jon.
In my case i currently run a non windows OS pc.
Its still a computer despite what microsoft wants you to think.
And i want to play my music/videos that i have purchased FOREVER according to the terms of the music/video store, were they a license i would not have purchased them although the stores that sell these things seem to think it is a license but will not allow you to redownload the media even if it gets accidentally deleted and you have a valid account for the site (trust me i have been there with argumentative emails going back and forth), the major league baseball/virgin megastore/google store debacle should be enough an example of this, so when it comes to programs like this i am all for it.
Of course i have learned my lesson and don't support these services anymore but i went in none the wiser and i am sure most people in here have as well.
Its not fun discovering after reading a FAQ or getting reassurances via email that this or that song/video is guaranteed yours forever etc only to be hit with fine print or reinterpretation of what they said before.
Just look at windows media player 11, in all the previous versions you could back up your licenses now you can't , what microsoft says is "don't look at us see your vendor" and the vendor says "talk to microsoft" frankly it reminds me of real player , remember when you could actually save real media streams if you bought the pro version?
Somewhere along the line that was completely removed from the program.

blutach

27th November 2007, 11:42

@handheld

Please observe rule 6. And at least be smart enough not to incriminate yourself. If you are American, at least you have a 5th Amendment. I'd advise you to use it.

Now, back on topic, please!! No more talk of bootleg, theft, piracy or such things.

Regards

tvigi

27th November 2007, 16:06

As to topic theme...

When you legally download music from services such as iTunes and Musicmatch Jukebox, the files are protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM). This prevents you from playing the music on unsupported players. I use converter (http://www.convert-any-media.com/index.php). But I remember I can only listen to these files. Distributing them is illegal.

StreamRipper

27th November 2007, 18:15

When you legally download music from services such as iTunes and Musicmatch Jukebox, the files are protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM). This prevents you from playing the music on unsupported players. I use converter (http://www.convert-any-media.com/index.php). But I remember I can only listen to these files. Distributing them is illegal.

MelodyCan like TuneCab and TuneRaft is just another clone of SoundTaxi. SoundTaxi was the first so I would suggest to remove posts about the clones 'coz they doesn't add anything useful. I'm not talking about real alternatives like Tunebite, Noteburner, Freetunes and Muvaudio.

WalterK

27th November 2007, 18:49

All payware lossy conversion programs.
Rips or captures you can do yourself using freeware tools anyhow.
I don't know why you uys fight aginst tools like these that are either open source or freeware, that takes less time and resources than having to play the actual file in order to capture it, especially if its a whole bunch of files.

milOtis

27th November 2007, 21:06

FYI - everyone...my current setup: Apple iMac 24" 2.4ghz, running 10.5 Leopard, with VMWare and XP Pro installed w/WMP v10, so my IBX is well buffered with a version of something like 11.0.5000+. (not even close to the 6000.7000 release that is currently blocked), and using FairUse4WM 1.3 (not FIX2, just the original 1.3) works fine.

For all those running XP, here's how you get it to work TODAY: (note: this will trash any existing licenses, you will have to redownload anything that isnt already unDRM'ed, but from this point on you'll have a working setup)

Uninstalling everything you can find on your system that has to do with WMP11, yes that even means manually deleting specific DLL and EXE files in your 'system32' and 'dllcache' directory, but ONLY the ones that pertain to WMP. You will notice that when you delete the files out of the WMP program files folder, they will auto-regenerate. They will do this until you remove all the right v11 DLL and EXE files (namely wmpcore.dll and wmploc.dll, etc...). You will get the "Windows File Protection" box many times probbably, just tell it you want to keep the unrecognized versions.

Anyway, once that is done, download WMP10 from Microsoft's site. Do NOT run the EXE, but extract it with winRAR or any tool that can expand archives. Running "setup_wm.exe" will not work , it will say "not compatible" with this version of Windows or something to that effect, so run the file "wmsetsdk.exe" to install, and then go to the individualization site, and you will get an old 11.0.5000+ IBX, which can be used with the first release of v1.3 of FairUse4WM (make sure you find this exact release...the updated 1.3 FIX2 will not work for you).

Just remember, IBX is downloaded and based on your installed version of WMP! If you download IBX and it gets the 6000.7000 one, just delete the DRM folder in "Documents and Settings\All Users" and do it again after you install WMP10...nothing is undoable. I could sit down at ANY computer running XP and make it STILL work with FairUse4WM.

Enjoy, this will be my last doom9 post.

::: milOtis

TheVMan

6th December 2007, 15:35

Seems all the links previous are dead links.

Anyone else hosting?

Never mind, that last link does work, just had to try it a few more times.

TheVMan

6th December 2007, 19:16

Any updated binaries out there? Seems the one I have keeps asking for SID and drmdbg just sits there, plays song but doesn't show me SID. Thinking since it's for 11.0.6000 and I'm on 11.0.5497.6285.

Installing Borland C++ assuming I need to compile with that, all I have other then that is MS VC++.

a040900

8th December 2007, 12:14

Have anybody can tell me how to make the "freeme2" be a GUI

programer, just like the fairuse4wm or drmdbg??

thanks

StreamRipper

17th December 2007, 07:36

Where is the thread starter? Does he work for M$ already :confused:

There are several questions about freeme2:

I've managed to get to a point where the process starts, but it hangs on 0% when I do it the command style way (http://stream-recorder.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4559&postcount=14)
I've got the same message like "Wrong size of SID!" (http://stream-recorder.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4592&postcount=15)
Unknown packet id (http://stream-recorder.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4697&postcount=17)

Can anyone else answer on these questions???

JeffAlso

18th December 2007, 00:23

Can anyone else answer on these questions???
sectroyer wasn't the original author of FreeMe2, it was based on an earlier open source project called FreeMe by Beale Screamer that dates back to 2001.

With all due respect to sectroyer for championing the resurrection of the project, I believe he may have been a bit over his head. On numerous occasions he asked the community for technical help, and to the best of my knowledge didn't get much. Several times I sent him information on files that would fail, and now several months later they still fail in the recent verison.

I would qualify the current state of FreeMe2 as an alpha build not yet feature complete. I don't know if it is currently being worked on or not. It does work perfectly well with the majority of the files I've tested, but some files will simply fail with this tool in it's current state.

For those who have troubles with FreeMe2, drm2wmv has worked on everything I've thrown at it. It has on occasion hung at the end of processing a file, but the resulting file has always worked.

The reality is that while most of us want to see FreeMe2 succeed (as it's open source), drm2wmv is currently more mature and should be used if problems are encountered with FreeMe2.

Sharktooth

21st December 2007, 14:12

the msdrm.c file in the svn was modified 4 days ago (log: Two small fixes.)
that means there is still activity.

sectroyer

22nd December 2007, 13:26

the msdrm.c file in the svn was modified 4 days ago (log: Two small fixes.)
that means there is still activity.
I am planning major rewrite of code but it will take some time please be patient. Please also remember that for playing drm protected movies (and maybe undrming) you can now use mplayer which works with all kinds of files :) FreeMe2 is a project that I hope will never die because it is open source :)
Regards.

sectroyer

24th December 2007, 22:18

Today I have finished testing new (mplayers code based) "engine" for decrypting files. It is now used as default in FreeMe2. Please compile the code and test it. If you will find any file that doesn't work now with FreeMe2 please upload it to rapidshare and PM link to me. Marry Christmas.

xdk_

27th December 2007, 16:37

Hi all, I was annoyed for a long time by the fact that only one file at a time could be passed to freeme2.exe by drag and drop.
In the last days I finally found the time to write a small tool to bypass this.
You can download it here: http://www.file-upload.net/download-577292/fm2helper.zip.html

Source is included. Simply copy the executable into the same folder as freeme2.exe and drag&drop as many files onto it as you want. Hope somebody finds this useful =)