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sharknyc- I haven't had any luck, but the size of the file may be contributing. It's 625 mb... it's a 3 hour lecture.
ravenvil- It appears all those require windows to work in the first place. If i had windows I wouldn't have a problem.
I think for the first time, I'm seriously regretting get a mac... I knew I couldn't use it for gaming or hard core engineering software, but a media format?
ravenvil- It appears all those require windows to work in the first place. If i had windows I wouldn't have a problem.
I think for the first time, I'm seriously regretting get a mac... I knew I couldn't use it for gaming or hard core engineering software, but a media format?
This is not Apple's fault - Microsoft has never made their protected formats available for the Mac - they design them to be Windows only. It's not just something that Apple can add in - WMV is a proprietary format that is 100% owned and controlled by Microsoft. If any implementation for the protected mechanisms were to occur - it would have to come out of Microsoft.I knew I couldn't use it for gaming or hard core engineering software, but a media format?
Sorry, it sounded like you did - unfortunately there's nothing that you can do - as a rule of thumb, you can never expect everything (especially when it involves Microsoft and DRM) to be compatible on competing systems.
At the risk of this thread being shut down, i will ask... Is there anyway to hack it? It's for purely legitimate reasons... I paid the $4500 to take the course, now I want to be able to watch the lectures. However, due to owning a mac, I cannot.
I understand and agree with not helping those download and use "warez" software, but this is different.
I understand and agree with not helping those download and use "warez" software, but this is different.
You'll need some kind of Windows install, be it on a friend's PC or through Boot Camp or a VM on your Mac.
Then google mirakagi. That should help to strip the DRM from the file. I don't know of a way to do it natively in OS X though.
In the future you should pay close attention to the system requirements for online courses. If the requirements aren't specified I would take it up with your institution. Maybe they have alternate formats for the lecture files.
Then google mirakagi. That should help to strip the DRM from the file. I don't know of a way to do it natively in OS X though.
In the future you should pay close attention to the system requirements for online courses. If the requirements aren't specified I would take it up with your institution. Maybe they have alternate formats for the lecture files.
Darth Titan - I'm fighting that battle with the institution concurrently. The system requirements list Mac. I'm trying to understand why:
- if they're going to us DRM, why don't they use a cross platform DRM.
or
- What's the point of DRM? You need to pay the tuition to receive credits, anyway.
- if they're going to us DRM, why don't they use a cross platform DRM.
or
- What's the point of DRM? You need to pay the tuition to receive credits, anyway.
Chances are the instructor created the video on Windows using the default setting for file type which is probably DRM'd WMV. I doubt it was intentional, just the default of whatever software they used.