A few days ago someone asked about playing DRM music files from Walmart. Coincidentally I just received this message and thought it might be of interest.
Tom ************************************************************* Managing Your Walmart Music Downloads DRM Music Files ************************************************************* Dear Walmart Shopper, We hope you are enjoying your Walmart music downloads. As you may know, back in February 2008 Walmart.com converted its digital music site to a 100% MP3 music download site. This means that our entire music collection is now available in a high quality format that can easily be backed up, moved, or transferred to almost any portable device. Although we have moved to a 100% MP3 site, Walmart.com continues to maintain support for DRM-protected WMA files purchased prior to February 2008. DRM protected WMA files may be authorized to play on up to 3 machines. The simplest way to authorize a new machine is to copy your music files to your new machine and play them with Windows Media Player. Playing them with Windows Media Player will walk you through the process of authorizing your new machine. As described in the Walmart MP3 Music Downloads help system (http://mp3.walmart.com/store/help/wmasupport.htm), you may also directly authorize a machine as follows: ========================================================= How To Authorize Your Computer To authorize your computer: 1. Go to your Walmart MP3 Music Downloads Account Options page. If you are not already signed in to your Walmart.com account, you will need to Sign In. 2. On your Account Options page, look for the Computer Authorization box and select Authorize This Computer. 3. When the Computer Authorization box overlays your Account Options page, select "Authorize computer so it can play WMA music previously purchased from Walmart Music Downloads" and then select OK. ========================================================== The Walmart MP3 Music Downloads Manager will start transferring the licenses to your computer, and your computer will be added to the list of authorized computers on your Account Options page. When your licenses finish downloading, you can play your WMA music files on your computer. As always, we encourage you to back up copies of your current .wma files by burning your music to an audio CD (CD-R) using Windows Media Player 9 or greater. Thank you for using Walmart.com for music downloads. We are working hard to make our store better than ever and easier to use. Sincerely, Walmart Music Team To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
