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What happens if you copy a DRM file (a file ripped with protection option enabled in Windows Media Player) and copy this file to the portable player using Windows Explorer?

April 26, 2017copy DRM enabled file happens media option Ripped Windows

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What happens if you copy a DRM file (a file ripped with protection option enabled in Windows Media Player) and copy this file to the portable player using Windows Explorer?

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Because the file was transferred to the portable player without using WMDM, the license information is not tied to the PMID and still represents the information for the PC on which it was ripped. In other words, you cannot play this file on your portable player. However, because the file does not have the rights transcribed for the portable device and still represents the rights for the PC, you can play the file on the PC using Windows Media Player, when you enumerate the drives and try to play the files on the PC with the removable media as an enumerated drive.