funkstar;347305 Wrote: > There is an additional part of SC playing Apple DRM files that Songbird > doesn't have to deal with: network connected players. > > Songbird gets QuickTime/iTunes (it doesn't really matter which does > it?) to play the file. Great, it play it on the decoding PC directly > and is not streamed or transmitted in any way to another device. > > For SC7 to play the same file using QuickTime/iTunes, it would need to > get hold of the decoded stream and then send that to another device > un-encripted. *This* is what will cause legal issues with Apple. > > I'm sure that it is possible for SC7 to do this. I'm also positive that > if Logitec/SlimDevices were able to do it (both legally and technically) > then they would have done this long ago. The same goes for every other > vendor that produces network media players. You have to think, if it > was as easy as you are proposing, why hasn't anyone else done it? > (Sonos, Roku, etc.)
Yes I think that you hit it exactly right. I don't like the drm and won't buy it at all. But that doesn't mean I didn't in the past. Luckily I caught on very early, maybe 5 albums. For the people that have a bunch of this stuff on their computer I can agree it would be nice for them to be able to play it without having to burn and rip it to make it work. It's easy to make fun of them but if you have 40 or 50 albums like this it not a fun choice to buy a device that can't play them. I see the point completely. Do you go with a superior device in the Squeeze system or use the Apple stuff since you have already made a commitment without knowing it. So it would be nice, not for me, but for a lot of customers looking to buy SC stuff. It would be nice for logitech to tap into the largest market in the mp3 world and make it easy for them. It's a problem that is really up to Apple to stop being so proprietary and let some others into their action. If they won't do this then it's up to customers to stop buying their crap and tell them where to go. Consumers have the power, but they have to use it at some time. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53460 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
