So is PlaysForSure available to systems other then Microsoft Windows such as Linux and Mac OS X? From what I can tell it isn't and wont be any time soon, but I hope I am wrong.
On 5/15/05, AV_Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Christian Pernegger Wrote: > > > > The point is, that you can't reencode losslessly whenever a new format > > of choice comes along. Think the current flavour of .wma is going to be > > around forever? Think again ... It's pretty hard to find the Windows > > Media V2 codec nowadays. > > > That's yet one more reason why $5/month unlimited DRM makes a lot more > sense than $0.99/song Apple DRM. Even if the format eventually becomes > obsolete, it's hard to argue you didn't get your $5/month worth. > > You're free at any time to pick the best deal going for a monthly music > subscription. If someone has a hot new codec/format, and you want to > switch, it's easy to do so as you have little investment in your own > DRM music collection. > > It's also very likely the hardware will become obsolete before the > format does, so that's less of an issue when you look at the big > picture. Besides, much of the hardware, and the PlaysForSure standard > itself, will hopefully be able to support at least the next round of > new formats as they become viable. > > Eventually, it's safe to assume new formats will simply require more > computing horsepower than current players have and/or will support > multichannel (i.e. 5.1) audio. Those formats will require newer > hardware than virtually everything shipping today. > > But, in the meantime, I sincerely hope the Slim folks will enhance the > SqueezeBox (or at least SB2) to play subscription based DRM WMA. If > Roku can do it, I don't see why Slim cannot? I suspect Microsoft would > love to add the Squeezebox to their list of compatible PlaysForSure > hardware? > > -- > AV_Guy > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
