I have an apple tv, my wife has to do the advanced options but i can
operate it ok, it has the same remote that comes with the i macs and
as long as you set it up in the right way you can choose shuffle or
playlists and you will just have to remember what order your playlists
are in, and if you forget it is the same layout as your frontrow.
On Nov 6, 2008, at 3:50 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
None of the digital video providers seem to allow DVD burning, it's
not just iTunes that prohibits it. Of course, as with anything,
there are ways around it but they are quite the hassle. Speaking of
the Apple TV, I'd sure like to see that be made accessible. It's got
more than enough power for full TTS and has a miniature version of
OS X on it (basically the bare system + a modified version of front
row) so if Apple wanted to it would be easy enough to do.
On Nov 6, 2008, at 18:37, Alex Jurgensen wrote:
Hi,
Apple also has an interest in selling Apple TVs, so that may play a
part.
Thanks for listening,
Alex,
On 6-Nov-08, at 8:17 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hi
Well, DRM has several different meanings, but I'm going to assume
you're referring to Digital Rights Management. In a nutshell, DRM
refers to any scheme used to define what you can and can't do with
content you purchased in digital form. No two DRM's are entirely
the same, and some are much more of a hassle than others. iTunes,
for instance, uses a DRM system known as Fair Play 2. Basically,
you may authorize up to five computers at any one time to play
protected content, be it music, videos or audiobooks or whatever,
that have been purchased under a certain account. If you wish to
authorize a sixth machine you must deauthorize one of your five
machines. Each iPod, further, can have up to five accounts
authorized on it (note that you don't have to authorize or
deauthorize an iPod, that is automatic). It also limits burning
more than seven copies of a specific playlist if it has protected
content, though really you can get around that by simply changing
the name of the playlist or recreating it. iTunes Videos may not
be burned to a regular video DVD under their DRM terms.
Audible's DRM is very similar to iTunes in concept, though you are
limited to three computers and three portable devices, such as an
iPod.
There are, however, DRM systems that aren't very user-friendly.
For instance, many of the Windows Media DRM systems do not give
you control over what computers are authorized--if you try to play
a song it will authorize that computer, but if too many have been
authorized you cannot play it. Further, you have no control over
authorizing and deauthorizing, and if you've burned a certain
track so many times to CD it will prohibit you from burning that
song to CD ever again. This hit Yahoo's music store pretty hard,
as when they went under all the music people had purchased from
them went down the drain as well. Not all the Windows Media DRM
systems are like this, but a fair number are.
DRM is contravercial in that some say it limits your fair use
rights, which in my opinion depends on the particular DRM used.
I'm not opposed to DRM in principal, but when clumsily implemented
it only hurts those who were honest and purchased their content.
As with any security measure, there are always those working hard
to break it and they usually succeed. I find iTunes DRM more than
fair for the most part, with the exception of not being able to
burn a video DVD of movies I purchased. Apple had to compromise,
though, as while the music industry is slowly realizing that DRM
isn't always the answer, the movie and TV industries are getting
an even tighter grip on their content.
Hope this helped and hope I didn't ramble on too much
On Nov 6, 2008, at 09:59, Dan Geise wrote:
sorry, another simple question, I think. what is D.R.M
thanks
dan
