Windows media player subscription rights

Error: 'The file is missing media usage rights' a. Cause of the error: Windows Media Player uses Microsoft Digital Rights Management DRM technology to preserve the rights of content owners who protect their music or video products in this manner.

You must have the media usage rights required to play, burn, or sync protected content. How to update the DRM license: By default, Windows Media Player will automatically attempt to acquire usage rights silently unless the server requires some input from you such as registration information or a fee. You can turn off automatic rights acquisition. If you do so, you will be prompted to obtain rights for any new content that requires them.

To prevent Windows Media Player from acquiring rights automatically, do the following: i. Click the arrow below the Now Playing tab, and then click More Options.

Click the Privacy tab, and then clear the Automatically check if protected files need to be refreshed check box. I hope it helps : Sincerely, Juliet Independent Advisor. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on December 14, Thanks for replying so quickly Bulldog.

I did not acquire my music online. I burned it from CD's I owned. Any other suggestions? Some have worked no problem, but others are "buffering" almost during attempted playback. I have done the above check for media usage rights on a problem CD and found that they are missing - with no indication from WMP that this is the problem. Other shop bought CD's that have played fine are not protected.

Paul Phipps-Williams. I have the same problem. I have downloaded several albums with an Xbox Music subscription. I can play them in the Music App. I cannot play them in Windows Music Player due to usage rights.

I have opened Music, played the track, then tried in WMP as suggested. I have downloaded the security update and restarted. The problem is still there. Any suggestions? I have tried the instructions but found they didn't work. I've also clicked on both links mentioned. One comes up with a blank page and the Privacy Update has frozen and does not appear to be doing anything.

I've left it for 20mins. Greyed out button - but nothing. Any additional feedback? In this article. You can build several types of plug-ins by using Visual Studio and the Windows Media Player plug-in wizard. Windows Media Player Custom Visualizations. Windows Media Player visualizations are Component Object Model COM objects used to display visual imagery that is synchronized to the audio portion of the media playback of the player.

Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Please rate your experience Yes No. Any additional feedback? Note This section describes functionality designed for use by online stores. Note Some documents refer to commerce stores as basic commercial services and refer to music stores as integrated music services. In this article. Create service task panes [! Note] Windows Media Player 10 has up to three service task panes.