Identifying DRM-protected songs

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Identifying DRM-protected songs

I have a large music library (+25k songs) that I play throughout my home using Sonos. The Sonos is not able to play Fairplay-protected files. I would like to convert these to non-protected files but finding all my DRM protected files is a PITA. Is there a way to collect all these DRM-protected files into a single playlist? Maybe a Smart Playlist would work but I can't figure out what metadata will segregate only those DRM-protected files. I have tried the upgrade option and iTunes Music Store offers me no more upgrade options right now, presumably because DRM-free versions are not available.

Any help is much appreciated.

sgtbill

iMac 3.06ghz Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.5), MacBook Pro 2.33, iMac G4 800mhz, Pismo 400 mhz,

Posted on Dec 31, 2010 8:12 AM

Answer 1

Dec 31, 2010 8:24 AM in response to sgtbill

Is there a way to collect all these DRM-protected files into a single playlist? Maybe a Smart Playlist would work but I can't figure out what metadata will segregate only those DRM-protected files.

Creating a Smart Playlist using the criteria Kind Contains Protected would be a good way to start.

Matt

Answer 2

sgtbill Author

Level 1

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Dec 31, 2010 8:40 AM in response to Matthew Morgan

Thanks Matt. I now know I have 1560 items in that list. If I can only figure out why Sonos plays some of these protected files and not others I will be good to go.

Answer 3

Dec 31, 2010 8:47 AM in response to sgtbill

I found this over at the Sonos site.

https://sonos.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/sonos.cfg/php/enduser/stdadp.php?pfaqid=626

Not sure if it helps, though.

Matt

Answer 4

Dec 31, 2010 9:11 AM in response to Matthew Morgan

The Sonos page give a link to iTunes:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/iTunesPlusPage

at which you can pay a small charge per song to upgrade it to a DRM-free version.