Believe me, you should stop paying attention right at 'WMA'. The DRM junk makes the files complete garbage. If you are buying them to put them on a portable device, forget it. Unless you plan to make quality worse than a radio recording by burning to a CD then transcoding back to an MP3 that is. My folks got these for some songs, found quality was less than a 128vbr. That and none of their songs could transfer to their portable since WMP9 didn't support it, since Creative made it so only THEIR software can access it... more companies fighting over what you di with what you buy. Yay. [just my personal experience]
If you can find the CD used somewhere for $5, just get that, use EAC, and be done with it. The companies want to own what I pay for so much more than I do that the 'product' has become worthless. Big warnings for those who are planning it:
" Any song you download from Walmart.com is legally licensed for your use."
Translation: You don't own what you paid for. Getting the license if you loose the keyfile can be a pain.
"You need a WMA-compliant portable player that supports DRM. Not all media players that support WMA will support DRM. Please refer to the documentation that came with your player to determine if it is compatible."
BIG PROBLEM here. If you own an iPod or Zen, that means this won't work at all. Please be careful, this is what happened to me.
"Can I sell the music I download from Walmart.com? No."
There goes your investment... I wonder what happened to the guy trading iTunes songs/right of first sale.
"Can I send a music download as a gift to someone? Unfortunately, you cannot send music downloads as gifts at this time."
I tried getting a song for my folks, and I found out I couldn't transfer the DRM keyfile from my computer to theirs. Ouch.
Please, just try to find the CD used somewhere. This was a huge problem trying to deal with that they gave me, and I don't want anyone to 'try it out' and waste $8 and time like we did. It's a huge headache