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Why is audio going to my local speakers for some Internet radio streams?

April 26, 2017audio going internet local radio speakers Streams

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Why is audio going to my local speakers for some Internet radio streams?

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The default Windows Media Audio (WMA) input plug-in for Winamp does not send audio through your choice of output plug-in; it sends audio directly to your sound card. I think this has something to do with Digital Rights Management (DRM)—I don’t think “they” want an output plug-in to have access to the unprotected audio stream because you could then transcode it to eliminate the DRM. To fix this problem, you need to replace the offending plug-in with a WMA input plug-in that involves the output plug-in in the process of playback.

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The default Windows Media Audio (WMA) input plug-in for Winamp does not send audio through your choice of output plug-in; it sends audio directly to your sound card. I think this has something to do with Digital Rights Management (DRM) — I don’t think “they” want an output plug-in to have access to the unprotected audio stream because you could then transcode it to eliminate the DRM. To fix this problem, you need to replace the offending plug-in with a WMA input plug-in that involves the output plug-in in the process of playback.