andyg;601727 Wrote: 
> There are several very simple reasons why we can't support this on
> ip3k:
> 
> Spotify's audio API (libspotify) is closed-source, even for partners.
> This works fine on Radio and Touch because they've provided us with
> special ARM builds, but for ip3k it would have to be ported by us. 
> Even if we were to get the source code (very unlikely) it would never
> fit in or run fast enough on ip3k anyway.  Decrypting a large amount of
> AES data, plus Vorbis decoding? Forget about it.
> 
> So the other solution is transcoding, which is what Triode is doing. 
> This is not possible for us because it violates the terms of our
> contract by exposing the audio in an unencrypted form.  We will
> continue to have discussions with them on this issue, or try to come up
> with some alternative methods to protect the content, but this may take
> a while.  For now, be happy with Triode's plugin!

That was fast. And exactly what I asked for. Thanks a lot!

(Maybe you could add this to the first post in the thread ...)


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