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Bluegrassplayer
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uploading from a web site

Post by Bluegrassplayer » Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:20 pm

I tried to load a song from a popular music web site and when I export it to I tunes It will not play says it cant find original,Is this normal?? Sounds like it only works with the original composer as far as music goes. Thanks

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Re: uploading from a web site

Post by steve » Tue Jan 06, 2009 6:33 pm

My guess is that either the music has DRM protection, or it is not a valid audio file.
What format is the file?
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Re: uploading from a web site

Post by Bluegrassplayer » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:00 pm

HAHA What format!!!!!!!!! It is on YOU TUBE Im not even going to guess on tech stuff if you no what I mean

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Re: uploading from a web site

Post by kozikowski » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:42 pm

You probably got a "stub." A really short, oddly named file that when selected, sends your computer to an internet location to start a live streaming playback. The movie or song isn't on your machine and nothing ever actually downloads except that useless stub. Getting around that is the subject of many blog posts.

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Re: uploading from a web site

Post by Bluegrassplayer » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:54 pm

Thanks I guess I will just di=o some reserch tonight and see if it has DRM or whatever,, No biggy just curious

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Re: uploading from a web site

Post by waxcylinder » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:13 am

BGP - provided that you can set Audacity to record streaming audio (note that not all sound cards/drivers will allow this) the you can just play the music in YouTube and simultaneously record it in Audacity - this way you will get an Audacity project that you can export to WAV or whatever without any DRM.

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Re: uploading from a web site

Post by Bluegrassplayer » Wed Jan 07, 2009 3:49 pm

Thanks for input and I am sure once I get used to this site Ill do fine.
http://audacityteam.org/forum/posting.p ... =26&t=8132#

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