True. If you want to play tunes from the iTunes store, you have to use iTunes or use a cracker (which are readily available). However, that's a modification to the AAC standard. IIRC, stuff you rip to AAC can be played with any AAC player (assuming you can find another one).
--Ben Jim Davis wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:29 PM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: Re: iPod shuffle >> >>As I understand it, AAC is not proprietary. However, no one else I know >>of uses it and it is DRM'd. So, yeah. Might as well be proprietary. :-) > > > As I understand it AAC is an open standard - however FreePlay (the DRM > standard) is proprietary. Apple doesn't even offer paid licensing for it. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142859 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
