General questions
From SoundTaxi
What is SoundTaxi?
SoundTaxi is the best and the fastest software to legally convert DRM protected and non-protected audio and video files to commonly used non-protected formats.
What kind of audio file formats does SoundTaxi convert?
SoundTaxi can convert protected and non-protected audio formats including:
| MP3 | WMA | WAV |
| M4A | M4P | M4B |
| AAC | FLAC | CDA |
| AA | AAX | RA |
| RAX | OMA | any other file that can be played in Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player, iTunes or Real Player on your PC. |
What kind of video file formats does SoundTaxi convert?
SoundTaxi can convert protected and non-protected video formats including:
| AVI | WMV | MOV |
| M4V | FLV | MPEG |
| VOB | MKV | any other file that can be played in Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player, iTunes or Real Player on your PC |
Please note, you need SoundTaxi Pro+VideoRip/Media Suite edition to convert video files.
What output formats does SoundTaxi support?
For audio conversion SoundTaxi output formats are MP3, M4A (MPEG4 AAC), WMA and WAV, for video conversion – MP4 (MPEG4), WMV and AVI (DivX). These output formats supported by different playing devices e.g. iPod, iPhone, iPad, Zune, any portable HDD and Flash MP3, MP4 players (Sony, iriver, SanDisk, Creative, Cowon, Samsung, Philips and many others), home DVD players, CD players, car audio and video, mobile phones etc.
What kind of purchased (drm protected) audio/video files can I convert?
SoundTaxi unprotects and converts music and movie files from:
| iTunes | Napster | Zune | Yahoo Music | Audible |
| MSNMusic | MusicLoad | MTV / urge | MusicNow | BuyMusic |
| AOL Music | Virgin Digital | Sony Connect | Beon Music | Peer Impact |
| iMusica | Rhapsody | Wal-Mart | AOL MusicNow | MusicMatch |
| connect-europe | akuma | Listen JP | ongen | hmv |
| Bigpond Music | Soundbuzz | digirama | imusica | cdigix |
| fnac | puretracks | metro tunes | cingular mMode | and others |
What are the system requirements for SoundTaxi?
Operating system: 32-bit/64-bit Windows XP/Vista/7, Windows 2003, 256 Megabyte RAM
Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player or Real Player installed (depending on the file format you're converting).
What is the difference between trial version and full?
The trial (unregistered) version of SoundTaxi includes all features of (is equal to) SoundTaxi Pro+VideoRip version, but has limitations for output file duration. Audio conversion is limited to 90 sec and video conversion is limited to 3 min.
What is the difference between SoundTaxi editions?
There are 4 SoundTaxi editions: Platinum, Professional, Pro+VideoRip and Media Suite. Each edition of SoundTaxi converts any audio files, but SoundTaxi Professional and SoundTaxi Pro+VideoRip do it much faster. Besides SoundTaxi Pro+VideoRip converts both any audio and video files. SoundTaxi Media Suite is a complete solution that contains 6 products: SoundTaxi Pro+VideoRip, RipTiger, TuneGet, RadioGet, 1Step DVD Copy, Disc Burner.
For more information please see SoundTaxi Editions
Does SoundTaxi preserve ID3 tags?
Yes, it does. If your original audio files contain information about artist name, album name, song name, genre, year – this information will be recorded in the converted files.
Is it legal to use SoundTaxi?
SoundTaxi doesn't bypass any copy protection. SoundTaxi is fully legal as it merely re-records the audio/video signal. By re-recording DRM protected media SoundTaxi does not modify the original DRM media. As a software user your legal rights are protected.
How to reinstall SoundTaxi?
Please remove your current SoundTaxi version and install the latest. You can download the latest SoundTaxi version from our Official Website. Please use your license code for activation.
