Reversing Rhapsody.

So I read somewhere theroizing that the wma's downloaded using the Rhapsody client come through DRM-free which is then wrapped with DRM when it is downloaded.

I plan on investigating this theory. Will update.

Update 2/11/10:1:37AM :
The rhapsody client:

•  is not packed
• does not implement any drastic anti-debugger techniques

Update 2/11/10:10:31PM :
A quick Process Monitor 2.8 dump yielded that rhapsody downloads the audio file to a temp directory:

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temp\rhapdownloads\#########.rax*

before it moves it to your destination directory. I hopefully it wraps the audio before it moves to your destination directory.

A partial sample of .rax file streamed by rhapsody: 196607054.rax


*.rax file type is rhapsody's streaming/download format.