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MuvAudio (Shareware - $18.99/Windows) is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) remover for copy protected music. It allows you to remove DRM protection from music files played by Windows Media Player and convert various audio files (wmv, wma, asf, wvx, wmx, dvr-ms, rmi, mpeg, mpg, mpe, miv, mp2, wav, ivf, mpv2, mp2v, mpa, aif, aifc, aiff, au, snd, mp3, and avi) and additional filetypes using WMP plugins (m4a, mp4, ogg, flac, spx, mpc, ape, wv, ofr, ofs, and tta) to unprotected MP3 (CBR and VBR), WMA (Lossless), FLAC, OGG, MP4, WAV and more... It can convert multiple files simultaneously to achieve conversion speeds of up to 10x real-time.

Main features of MuvAudio:

• Remove DRM protection Windows Media Player music files: .WMA, .WMV, .M4P, .AAC, .MP4, .M4V
• Converted songs have NO DRM restriction anymore
• Supports MP3, WMA, OGG, and FLAC meta-tagging of, Author, Title, Album, Year, Genre, and Track Number.
• Converts at up to 10x real-time.
• Convert to MP3 (CBR and VBR), WMA (Lossless), FLAC, OGG, MP4, WAV and more...
• Digital conversion retains the quality of the original.
• Automatically downloads and embeds album cover art directly into MP3 files.
• Record the audio from most filetypes playable by Windows Media Player (dvr-ms, rmi, mpeg, mpg, mpe, miv, mp2, wav, ivf, mpv2, mp2v, mpa, aif, aifc, aiff, au, snd, mp3, wmv, wma, asf, wvx, wmx, and avi) and additional filetypes using WMP plugins (m4a, mp4, ogg, flac, spx, mpc, ape, wv, ofr, ofs, and tta)
• Supports "Sound Seclusion": MuvAudio only records the audio file, not other sounds made by your computer. Now you can use your computer while recording!
• Fully customizable output directory and filename settings to organize your music exactly the way you want.
• Can convert in HiFi and CD quality
• Compatible with Windows Vista
• Free to try

MuvAudio requirements:

• Windows Vista/XP/2003
• Microsoft's MediaPlayer 9, 10, 11 installed

Buy MuvAudio at muvaudio.com for $18.99
Download MuvAudio. It is free to try.