Rhapsody - Unable to Convert ".rad" Files

[mikeis2cool]

Hi,

I am trying to download songs off of Rhapsody. However, after it appears to have downloaded and tries to convert it (set for MP3 High-Quality 256 kbps), it finishes with an error message: "Complete with errors. Double click to view." When I double-click on it I get a very long window showing the whole process. I went ahead and pasted in the results (see below message), leaving out most of the intermediary downloading steps.

It definitely appears that the music is downloading using a ".rad" format which is not understood by the conversion process. Since I tried using other formats to convert and none of them work, I am inclined to believe the .rad format is going to need some other means to be converted. Does anyone have any ideas on this?

Thank you for any assistance,

Mike

I am using Windows 7 64-bit, Replay Media Catcher 4.1.6.0 (I believe)


Recording of http://listen.vo.llnwd.net/g1/4/5/2/1/2/414321254.rad
Download file: 414321254-rad.rad
Converted file: 414321254-rad.mp3
Started at: 3/31/2011 5:59 PM
Queued for downloading
Starting HTTP download ...
Detecting file name ...
Detecting file name from page title ...
Detecting file name from page title ...
File name detection complete
Requesting download details ...
Download is 5156 KB in size ...
Allocating file size as 5156 KB
Download of Segment 0 has started
Downloading (HTTP) - 3 KB (0% complete)
.
.
.
Downloading (HTTP) - 5156 KB (100% complete)
Download of Segment 0 is complete
Determining file format ...
Download complete
Detecting file name from tags ...
Identifying Music ...
MusicDNS lookup is not supported for file type: .rad
No title tag could be extracted
File name detection complete
No extended title was found.
Performing extended title search
No extended title was found.
Complete
Queued for fixing
Fixing file ...
Queued for conversion
Starting conversion with arguments: -y -i "C:\Users\Michael\Documents\My Streaming Media\414321254-rad.rad" -ss 0.00 -vn -acodec libmp3lame -ab 256000 -ar 48000 -ac 2 -f mp3 "C:\Users\Michael\Documents\My Streaming Media\414321254-rad.mp3"
Converting - FFmpeg version SVN-r18639, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
Converting - configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --enable-postproc --enable-gpl --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --disable-ffserver --enable-avisynth --enable-pthreads
Converting - libavutil 50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0
Converting - libavcodec 52.27. 0 / 52.27. 0
Converting - libavformat 52.32. 0 / 52.32. 0
Converting - libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
Converting - libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
Converting - libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
Converting - built on Apr 21 2009 13:44:38, gcc: 4.2.4 (TDM-1 for MinGW)
Converting - C:\Users\Michael\Documents\My Streaming Media\414321254-rad.rad: Unknown format
Complete with errors. Double click to view

[stream-recorder.com]

Why do you think that you can convert RAD files? They can be played by the Rhapsody player. But since RAD files use proprietary format and are encrypted, I can't suggest you any converter for RAD files.

Try to record from Rhapsody with Replay Music instead.

[demotester]

*.RAD-files are Real Audio Data files which are (decrypted and) played by rhapsody.exe when they are being streamed thru the internet. when you are offline, the software doesnt open the RAD files. this kind of "open RAD files" functionality is not implemented in rhapsody.exe unless you cr*ck/h*ck their software with something downloaded from the internet, patch or something. i am sure that such a thing exists.

but let's face it. even if you are able to convert the files (losslessly), RAD files are low quality, read here:
http://rhapsody.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/187/related/1

i like http://music.qriocity.com much better anyway! :o