Free Your Napster Files

I mentioned a few days ago that the DRM on Napster's files could be circumvented but that the Winamp plug-in needed to do this has been removed from winamp.com. I found a copy along with some directions at this site. For anyone not wishing to leave my precious blog, I'll elaborate.

Firstly, download and install Napster, sign up for 14 day free trial.

Download and install Winamp.

Download and install the Winamp Plug-in Output Stacker.

Open Winamp Options->Plug-ins->Output->Dietmar's Output Stacker->Configure

Add out_ds.dll from Winamp/Plug-ins folder

Add out_disk.dll from Winamp/Plug-ins folder

Select out_disk.dll in the Output Stacker->Configure

Set the output directory and output file mode to Force WAV file

Exit preferences

Load downloaded Napster protected WMAs into your Winamp playlist

Press play and each file will be converted to WAV as it plays

Now you've got the raw wav files to burn onto CD.

N.B. - I had to uninstall Output Stacker from Winamp to get mp3s to play afterwards.