Napster/Winamp hack to get unprotected free music

Contributed by AlexTheBeast

February 13, 2005

Tagged: Windows

Popular hack to get unprotected, free music for 14 days

Please note that this no long works. This hole has been closed. Some other methods are described in the comments below. If you find other alternatives, please share them in the comments. I have also included some alternate recipes here to help you with your music files.

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Original thread:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=78454&page=4&pp=25

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bla2 3 years ago 1 point
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Why not just use the embedded "write to disk" -plugin, that comes with WinAMP? ..Then you won't have to rip in real-time, but pretty much faster..

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This involves playing the file through and recording at the same time. An easier method is to use a program called tunebite.

Same way of working but it also labels your music automatically and can record into mp3 directly. Maybe one to try out.

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Anonymous 3 years ago 1 point
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Doesn't work for me. When i try to play a file in Winamp it says "aquiring license" and then stops. :(

I have it set as per the instructions.

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Nappie 3 years ago 1 point
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It has been working well for me. Sometimes napster's license server burps a little which causes the errors you describe.

A couple of times winamp has stopped working for this reason. Sometimes picking another file will restart it. A couple times I have actually needed a reboot.

Make sure that you allow winamp to have access through your firewall to the license server as well.

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Anonymous 3 years ago 1 point
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<ul id="quote"><h6>bla2 wrote:</h6>Why not just use the embedded "write to disk" -plugin, that comes with WinAMP? ..Then you won't have to rip in real-time, but pretty much faster..</ul>

That's exactly what is being done, just in a roundabout way. Winamp won't let you go directly from WMA to the diskwriter plugin. The reason for the Stacker plug-in is to trick Winamp into thinking you aren't using the disk writer plug-in.

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Anonymous 3 years ago 1 point
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However, disk-writer cannot be the first entry in the Stacker list (I'm not sure why). You have to put something before it - that's why out_ds is being used. However, you can probably any plug-in, e.g. a visualisation one.

Also, instead of using the stacker, you can use the LAME MP3 encoder plug-in (http://out-lame.sourceforge.net/). This lets you go from WMA to MP3 directly (although you lose some sound quality because the file is being re-encoded).

More details here:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?p=86951...

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cfc5mu0 3 years ago 1 point
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being able to play it i on my phone is/WAS annoying

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kingdave80 3 years ago 1 point
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how do i play napster downloads in winamp after i configed the output file to Force WAV file so i can burn them? please help :?

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napie 3 years ago 1 point
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<ul id="quote"><h6>kingdave80 wrote:</h6>how do i play napster downloads in winamp after i configed the output file to Force WAV file so i can burn them? please help :?</ul>

You drag the downloaded files into winamp's play list or onto winamp or FILE ->open file.

You play the file just like you would play anyother file in winamp.

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kingdave80 3 years ago 1 point
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FOr some reason i can drag but when i drop it in the playlist nothing happens, any idea why?

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Anonymous 3 years ago 1 point
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i have tried to find dietmar output stacker but it is not on winamp

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Christoph 3 years ago 1 point
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It looks like they've taken the Output Stacker plug-in down from the site

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bjcmccarthy 3 years ago 1 point
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Winamp took it off there site. Does someone know where I can find it or can someone email it to me? Thanks!

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bjcmccarthy 3 years ago 1 point
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I am sorry - my last message was not very clear. Winamp has removed the Dietmar's Output Stacker plug-in from their site. Could someone kindly email me the plug-in or direct me to a site that has it available for download. Thank you!

I can supply my email on here if someone is willing to send it. :)

Bob

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AlexTheBeast 3 years ago 1 point
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http://marv.kordix.com/Output_Stacker.exe

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Anonymous 3 years ago 1 point
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<ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>Doesn't work for me. When i try to play a file in Winamp it says "aquiring license" and then stops. :(

I have it set as per the instructions.</ul>

Same here:

Windows Media Update

In order to play this file, you need to upgrade your media player to a version compatible with Windows Media Rights Manager V7. Select View Compatible Players below to see a list of compatible media players.
If your current media player does not have a Windows Media Rights Manager V7 compatible version, you should select a different player with the Windows Media Rights Manager V7 identifier.

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ginjaroner@gmx.de 3 years ago 1 point
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I can't find it anywhere, did winamp take it down?????
-> ginjaroner@gmx.de

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rcani 3 years ago 1 point
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when i try to play the wma file nothing happens and to even get to the file i have to select "all files" they dont show up under "suported file types

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Anonymous 3 years ago 1 point
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<ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>However, disk-writer cannot be the first entry in the Stacker list (I'm not sure why). You have to put something before it - that's why out_ds is being used. However, you can probably any plug-in, e.g. a visualisation one.

Also, instead of using the stacker, you can use the LAME MP3 encoder plug-in (http://out-lame.sourceforge.net/). This lets you go from WMA to MP3 directly (although you lose some sound quality because the file is being re-encoded).

More details here:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?p=86951...>

Do you think the quality would be better quality if it was ecoded to m4a (for an ipod) instead?

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wobble 3 years ago 1 point
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Works like a charm...Thanks!!

If you follow all the directions in the original post...it will work

You need media player 10

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Turismon 3 years ago 1 point
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Just download the Full napster version, i think i had the lite only, downloaded full and its working now.

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AlexTheBeast 3 years ago 1 point
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http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=139728&cid=11708759

warlock1711 of club cdfreaks responsed on slashdot...

As the originator (as far as I can tell) of this "hack" (I wouldn't call it that), it is absolutely amazing how quickly this got around. 4 weeks from post on cdfreaks, to worldwide news, and an article on slashdot. Yay to me. Click here to see the original post I made on this [cdfreaks.com] Anyhow, I hope you all are enjoying it. I merely wanted to transcode the files I had bought (3207 and climbing....) so I could load them on a non-WMA-aware MP3 player like any other piece of music I own. I certainly didn't intend for Napster to start a 14-day free trial, nor did I expect this method to get "out into the wild" (although, posting on the internet is no way to keep anything secret.....). I would like to take this moment and kindly remind you all that unless you actually *buy* some tracks, Napster loses money. Napster loses enough money, they'll fold shop. The artists will then get reamed by iTunes. Don't let it happen guys, lets at least try to be honest.

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Anonymous 3 years ago 1 point
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<ul id="quote"><h6>Turismon wrote:</h6>Just download the Full napster version, i think i had the lite only, downloaded full and its working now.</ul>

I only saw the one. Should I have tried the trial of 'napster to go'? Ah well...

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