Answers.Body: <p>I've never seen this kind of behavior in After Effects.  I'm going to assume that you are using a system that is typically used for producing DRM protected media and that the default options for your Windows Media format are setup to use a DRM system.  This would be part of the configuration of the encoder itself and should be available from the encoding and format options (not the exact name, I don't have AE on my current computer to check, but it's the setting right below quality level in the render queue.)</p>
  
  <p>Without knowing the exact encoder being used, I can't really give any more direct feedback than that.  If you can post the exact encoder being used and the version of AE, I can give some more specific instructions later when I am at my home desktop.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>If you are using a Mac, you need to buy Flip for Mac Studio in order to be able to export wmv files.  It costs $50. The more expensive version lets you export using two-pass encoding. </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac/</a></p>
  
  <p>I don't you have an issue with DRM in After Effects when using this. </p>
  
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Body: <p>How can you render a .wmv video file in After Effects without DRM protection, there doesn't seem to be an option when rendering. </p>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE</strong></p>
  
  <p>This composition im rendering is basically a small animation i made from scratch, so i know im not rendering it with any pre-rendered files</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Is it your own composition, or does it come from a DRM protected file?
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Comments.Text: What format are you using that has DRM protection on it?  This is not a typical behavior of After Effects.  Do you typically produce DRM protected media from the system?
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Title: How to render an After Effects composition without DRM protection
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ThreadText: # How to render an After Effects composition without DRM protection
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-03-12)
  
  How can you render a .wmv video file in After Effects without DRM protection, there doesn't seem to be an option when rendering.
  
  **UPDATE**
  
  This composition im rendering is basically a small animation i made from scratch, so i know im not rendering it with any pre-rendered files
  
  **Tags:** after-effects
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Is it your own composition, or does it come from a DRM protected file?  
  > **username_2**: What format are you using that has DRM protection on it?  This is not a typical behavior of After Effects.  Do you typically produce DRM protected media from the system?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2013-03-13. Score: 1
  
  I've never seen this kind of behavior in After Effects. I'm going to assume that you are using a system that is typically used for producing DRM protected media and that the default options for your Windows Media format are setup to use a DRM system. This would be part of the configuration of the encoder itself and should be available from the encoding and format options (not the exact name, I don't have AE on my current computer to check, but it's the setting right below quality level in the render queue.)
  
  Without knowing the exact encoder being used, I can't really give any more direct feedback than that. If you can post the exact encoder being used and the version of AE, I can give some more specific instructions later when I am at my home desktop.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2013-07-27. Score: 0
  
  If you are using a Mac, you need to buy Flip for Mac Studio in order to be able to export wmv files. It costs $50. The more expensive version lets you export using two-pass encoding.
  
  <http://www.telestream.net/flip4mac/>
  
  I don't you have an issue with DRM in After Effects when using this.
  
  
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