Microsoft removing support for DRM protected media formats from Windows 10

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update: Loss of music and video

When installing the Windows 10 Anniversary Update some people will get this message: 

Loss of music and video content with update 

We recommend you do not proceed with this update as your device may have some music or video content that is protected by an older rights management technology, which is not supported. If you install this update, you may no longer be able to play these music or video files. Close this dialog box to cancel, or you can choose to confirm to install the update. 

Similar messages might also appear in the following apps if you try to play music or video after installing the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.  

 

Windows Media Player: 

Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. 

 

Zune: 

CAN’T PLAY. Can’t play, burn or sync this protected file. To see if there’s more information about this error, click Web Help. Error code C000D11E7 

 

We show these messages if:

• Any of your audio or video files have Windows Media Digital Rights Management (WMDRM). This includes music files in the WMA format that you ripped from CDs using Windows Media Player (any version up to Windows 10 version 1511) with the “copy protect music” option selected. This option was the default for a while, so you might not be aware that it was selected at the time you ripped your files. We’re working on a fix for content you ripped from CDs and should have one in a few months. Please come back to this page for more info.
• You bought and downloaded audio or video from certain online stores including Zune Marketplace. (Downloaded or streaming audio or video from stores like Amazon, Hulu, or Netflix should be fine.)

If you install the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, any files that use WMDRM rights management won’t play.

 

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What is WMDRM?

 

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[steven36]

Good riddance to  Windows Media DRM besides the fact i dont think i seen any files like this in years  This technology went out in like 2008

The best way if you want  music is to buy CDs and rip them to Flac DRM free . There's software out there that can remove Windows Media DRM  if you have  any old files like this still.

Stuff like DRM is what drives people to piracy people can download files with DRM already removed for free and they will play on any device 

 

 

[GateMate]

RIP always been a headache as i started collecting music and putting them in .wma ugh never again i had to re find and re download all the ones that was "protected" 

[mona]

20 minutes ago, steven36 said:

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Stuff like DRM is what drives people to piracy people can download files with DRM already removed for free and they will play on any device 

 

 

Exactly.  I experienced massive problems with DRMed audio WMA files ripped from my own CDs around 2006-2008, when I tried to move those files along with my old hdd to a new computer. Had been not able to play the music a payed for for years, before I learned some workarounds.

After that decided never ever BUY any music again !

 

[I'm afraid those old my WMA files will be affected this time also !  But now it's not a big deal for me, since Nsane friends taught me how to solve the problem]     

 

[tiliarou]

They should be sued for this ! They promote their stupide Zune store for a time, then shut it down, then denies people who bought music the right to play it ?!! Ffs ! All what was planned about DRM happened... When the DRM server or the content protection platform or OS support shut down, you are screwed, and you end up with useless files you bought legitimately... No wonder why people choose piracy over legit !