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Kevin Standard Userer	Bri, check your email dude!!
posted 09-21-2005 08:35 PM PT (US)

uminoken Non-Standard Userer	Kevin: has anyone figured out how to burn it off or convert the files? I've tried Windows Media Player, Audacity, Nero, DBPowerAMP music converter, no luck with any of them. I don't normally say things like this, but this release is complete bullshit. The license protection has this to say: Copy to CD not allowed Copy to portable player not allowed 3 copy(s) to an SDMI-compliant portable player remaining License backup not allowed Fox must really want their online music service to fail. This is inexcusable and I'm planning on demanding a refund (I'm not really hoping for my money back, but maybe saying something will get through to these bungers.
posted 09-21-2005 11:17 PM PT (US)

Lancelot Standard Userer	Or wait for the legitimate CD release...forthcoming, yes?
posted 09-22-2005 01:07 AM PT (US)

Kevin Standard Userer	Here's what some people have been doing... quote: having trouble copying the tracks to cd? here's the deal: because they're f'ed up, if you download the whole album from fox, it gives you one license to copy to cd 10 times, but when you use windows media player (you have to to burn drm wma's; ver 9+), it stops copying after track 10. Why? because the license thinks that every time a track hits it up for permission, you're copying the whole thing to cd once. in other words, there should be a 10x copy to cd license for each file, not the whole cd. here's how i got around it: follow the steps to download the whole album as a zip, then close IE, unzip the files to a directory. Reopen IE and go thru the same downloading process, but DONT ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD the file. If you look at the page as it loads, it says something like "getting license and content". What it's doing is copying the license info to your computer. now open win media player, drag all your files into a playlist, and right-click one of them. click on the last tab, licenses. It should have just about the same rights info as the download page, except it will say 20 cd copies and 6 portable device copies. Now you can copy the whole album to cd. quote: If you go to your My Stuff thing in the stupid little side thing that pops up at foxmusic.com or whatever. Click on the albums thing and it will bring up the popup window where it gives you the link to download the zip file of the album. As long as that page loads a second time you should be able to copy the rest of the tracks 'cause for some reason it doubles the licensing. Funny, as others just used Media Player to burn it to CD and had no problems at all, got every song. Then they ripped the CD to get MP3s. K [Message edited by Kevin on 09-22-2005]
posted 09-22-2005 07:20 AM PT (US)

Swashbuckler Standard Userer	Actually, the fact of the matter was that apparently nobody could do anything with the DRM encoded WMA tracks without doing something illegal first, so now Fox Navio is offering the download in standard mp3 format, and you can do anything you want with them.
posted 09-26-2005 11:59 AM PT (US)

BMikeJ Standard Userer	I was able to make a CD of the WMA files in Windows Media Player 10. Then I just made mp3s from that. I had a helluva lot more difficulty actually purchasing the music than I did making a CD of it. Nice to know they are offering mp3s now but they need a better cart system. I know several people who accidentally purchased more than one license for the music.
posted 09-26-2005 07:29 PM PT (US)

Kevin Standard Userer	Just got back from picking up the score. My only complaint - per usual - is that there isn't enough!!! Kevin
posted 09-27-2005 10:28 AM PT (US)

johnmullin Standard Userer	It's 50 minutes long! I love David Newman, but I've found it to be a bit unengaging thus far. Any stand-out tracks that anyone has discovered?
posted 09-27-2005 10:38 AM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Standard Userer	Kev! Talk to me pal, give me details! I am unable to snag it before this weekend (going to Best Buy this weekend with a friend). --Bri
posted 09-27-2005 10:54 AM PT (US)

Kevin Standard Userer	The tracks are kinda short, for the most part, but - most importantly - the music (I think) is a perfect fit to the film. With my second viewing of the movie last night, I was able to pay more attention to the music, and it complimented what was seen on the screen beautifully. I think this is one of those CD's where you will enjoy the music more after you have seen the film, because then you can use your "internal imagination" to visualize what music goes where. Kevin PS. And Bri... Varese is releasing a Firefly score CD!!!
posted 09-28-2005 08:21 AM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Standard Userer	Yeah, but I got the mp3s already. And SG-A! YEAH! --Brian
posted 09-28-2005 07:21 PM PT (US)

BMikeJ Standard Userer	Mr. Kyp, the Varese CD for FIREFLY contains bonus tracks. It will be longer than what is currently available from Fox Music.
posted 09-28-2005 09:40 PM PT (US)

Kevin Standard Userer	Yeah!! So there!!! Take that Mr. Smarty-pants.
posted 09-29-2005 07:18 AM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	Looks to me that the Varese release is for the TV show only.
posted 09-29-2005 08:48 AM PT (US)

Kevin Standard Userer	That's correct. What else were you thinking it would be for, if I may ask?
posted 09-29-2005 09:24 AM PT (US)

Swashbuckler Standard Userer	Varese has two releases, one for David Newman's Serenity, and the other is an announcement for Greg Edmonson's Firefly, which will have more music than the "Digital EP" offered at Fox.
posted 09-29-2005 11:01 AM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	Oh, don't pay attention to me, I got confused when you guys started talking MP3 and whatnot. I'm glad to see there's CD for both the movie and the TV show. And I'm looking forward to seeing the movie. It just may finally be cool enough here in North Texas to actually wear a brown coat to the theater.
posted 09-29-2005 04:01 PM PT (US)

Widescreen Standard Userer	Wow! Marc, if you feel comfortable saying so, where in North Texas are you located?
posted 09-30-2005 07:25 AM PT (US)

Marc Flake Standard Userer	Mansfield, which is mostly in far southeast Tarrant County but also in parts of Ellis and Johnson Counties. We just got our own theater, so, if we can find a sitter for the boys, the wife and I will head on over there sometime this weekend to catch this flick.
posted 09-30-2005 07:57 AM PT (US)

Widescreen Standard Userer	Not bad, I'm over in Collin County off of 75.
posted 09-30-2005 10:49 AM PT (US)

joan hue Standard Userer	I like Josh Whedon. He always surprises. This is a good movie, very entertaining with surprises. I like Newman's main theme first heard when you see the spaceship Serenity. Wish it had been used more in the movie.
posted 09-30-2005 05:42 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Standard Userer	A fantastic film! Newman's score is great. Can't wait to see it again. A good kick off to the Fall and Winter seasons of music and movies! --Bri [Message edited by Crono/Kyp on 10-02-2005]
posted 10-02-2005 01:17 AM PT (US)

Kevin Standard Userer	Track titles and times (with cover art) for the Firefly CD are now up on Varese's site. Firefly Also, there's a new thread about this title, plus "Doom" and "Duma" K [Message edited by Kevin on 10-14-2005]
posted 10-14-2005 03:39 PM PT (US)

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