MP3 Insider Lounge: Sound Taxi, anyone tried it?
Sound Taxi, anyone tried it?
by JUAN G GOMEZ - 7/16/06 9:07 PMHas anyone tried the software Sound Taxi? It's from the site:
http://www.soundtaxi.info/
They claim the software can "unprotect" DRM music from:
• iTunes
• Napster
• Yahoo Music
• MusicMatch
• MSNMusic
• MusicLoad
• Rhapsody
• MTV / urge
• MusicNow
• BuyMusic
• AOL Music
• Virgin Digital
• Sony Connect
• Beon Music
• Peer Impact
• iMusica
Any opinions/thoughts?
Yes, it works for DRM protected .WMA files
by ibrahimbaba - 7/21/06 5:30 AM In reply to: Sound Taxi, anyone tried it? by JUAN G GOMEZIt works as advertised. A few things....
1) "Help" sucks and the FAQ's are limited on the website but it's pretty simple so hard to get into too much trouble. Example - you need <SOURCENAME> at the end of your output directory to maintain the filename but I had to go to the website to get that answer
2) It's slow - each conversion of a 5 Mb file took about 3 minutes (albeit on a vintage laptop)
Kept me from buying a new MP3 player as my POS Creative Zen Nano decided it wouldn't play DRM protected WMA's due to a hardware bug.
It was worth the $15.
DRM protected
by peterrubie - 8/7/06 9:52 AM In reply to: Yes, it works for DRM protected .WMA files by ibrahimbabaI just installed soundtaxi 1.1.8 and that is working pretty much like tunebite these days, i.e. it's calling up Napster and asking for the licensing certificate.
However, I have some old Pressplay wma drm-protected files, that I paid for. Pressplay was taken over by Napster, and my computer crashed so I didin't get around to doing aything about these files for a while until recently when I took out a new Napster subscription. Now Napster says it won't or can't play these files. As they are protected files,it seems I'm screwed even though they are bought and paid for. Any suggestions anyone? I'd heard Virtuosa 5.1 would do the trick (5.2 doesn't.) Can't find it.
SoundTaxi will pay for itself in 20 minutes!
by genewell - 8/24/06 7:19 AM In reply to: DRM protected by peterrubieSoundTaxi works! I've restored my entire Napster collection that even Napster can't play because I can't keep the Napster software running. SoundTaxi does require that you have an active account associated with the company that you downloaded the song from. Here's the best way to set up SoundTaxi. In the set up you can specify which folder SoundTaxi will always scan. Whenever you add new files to that folder, SoundTaxi will find and convert them for you...and put them in another folder that you specify. So my songs come out of Napster and into Converted. All the songs work in a multitude of MP3 players that I have and I use the original software for each of these players to manage the import into those players (no DRM issues to deal with). I wish I had an affiliate to sell this software. I suspect you should snag a copy soon because once the DRM guys get wind of this they'll shut it down.
Works great on ITunes files as well.
by cstew1963 - 9/21/06 10:03 AM In reply to: SoundTaxi will pay for itself in 20 minutes! by genewellFor $14.95 this is great deal. It works well with the iTunes file format. The only wuestion I see would be the quality level. I havew only tested the converted files on portable devices. Not knowing much about the higher end side of sound quality, I don't know how it would work on a highr quality in home stereo system. For $15 it is definately worth it.
How to get songs into SoundTaxi from Napster
by aoprods - 2/2/07 9:20 PM In reply to: SoundTaxi will pay for itself in 20 minutes! by genewellGuess my "senior" status is raising its head. I can't figure out how to get songs from napster into sounttaxi to convert. Help Please? Thanks
creative zen nano
by Orgrimmar - 12/24/06 5:21 AM In reply to: Yes, it works for DRM protected .WMA files by ibrahimbabais actually a good mp3 player. you should have figured out how to use it properly rather than getting soundtaxi and having just as much trouble using that correctly.
Does Soundtaxi work?
by dmor71 - 8/12/06 4:20 AM In reply to: Sound Taxi, anyone tried it? by JUAN G GOMEZI tried it and i still think tunebite is best. To see tunebite in action. freemymp3.com has a video to see exactly how well it removes drm.
SoundTaxi
by Afriendndeed - 12/22/06 8:27 PM In reply to: Does Soundtaxi work? by dmor71I have used soundtaxi and tunebite. I found that soundtaxi provide the best sound quality! by friendndeed
sound taxi
by overmat - 10/11/06 9:32 AM In reply to: Sound Taxi, anyone tried it? by JUAN G GOMEZYes!! I have installed SOUND TAXI on my computer and I personally reccomend it! It is easy to use and works great, I would say it is the best converter I tried so far. Eventually you can try the program for free, but it converts just the first 30 seconds of the song.
The program costs about 23 bucks, but really worth the money... Think like that; with $23 you can barely buy a couple of CDs nowadays. I have converted DRM MWA files downloaded from Bear Share to MP3 and transfered to my I-TUNE.
Sound Taxi
by bbg46 - 12/22/06 10:55 AM In reply to: Sound Taxi, anyone tried it? by JUAN G GOMEZAt 14.95 Current Pricing, Pays for itself in very short time.
Conversions are good and dont have to be enhanced by other audio programs.
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by udayan71
- 2/3/07 5:50 AM
In reply to: Sound Taxi, anyone tried it? by JUAN G GOMEZ
Sorry, the forum policies (see link at left) are to not support questions or condone discussions that pertain to illegal activities or illegally obtained material.
Using methods to break DRM is equivalent to breaching an agreement between you and the music seller (Apple, Sony, Real etc...). Furthermore, attempting to do is illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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