radish;160118 Wrote: > The last line there is what I was talking about: > > "by the nature of the container, it is thought that DRM can be applied > to ALAC much the same way it can with other files in QuickTime > containers" > > it's the container that does the DRM, and the container for ALAC is the > same as AAC, thus DRM is possible even if it's not used right now. If > iTunes ever starts selling lossless tracks, you can bet they'll be > DRM'd up the wazzoo.
A big "if" but "if" it ever does - yes, agreed, an odds on cert, I'd have thought. But so far, I've never come across an ALAC track with any active DRM, and the Wikipedist says ALAC's only "thought to have" the capability, which implies a lack of examples there, too. It seems therefore that as things currently stand, DRM is "never" rather than "not always" used on ALAC. As we know all too well, though, AAC tracks most commonly do have active DRM - but not always, eg if you rip the file yourself. -- geraint smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------ geraint smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=625 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30325 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
