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#248767 - 09/02/2005 12:11 Napster to Go
edsmiata addict Registered: 18/08/2002 Posts: 544 Loc: New Jersey	I think i know the answer already (no), but will the new service offered by Napster provide downloads that will playback on the Empeg? _________________________ ...One man gathers what another man spills
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#248768 - 09/02/2005 12:16 Re: Napster to Go [Re: edsmiata]
peter carpal tunnel Registered: 13/07/2000 Posts: 4180 Loc: Cambridge, England	Quote: I think i know the answer already (no), but will the new service offered by Napster provide downloads that will playback on the Empeg? No. If this is the subscription thing, then Rio Carbon will be the first Rio product to get support, but even that hasn't been released yet. Peter
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#248769 - 09/02/2005 12:26 Re: Napster to Go [Re: edsmiata]
mtempsch pooh-bah Registered: 02/06/2000 Posts: 1996 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	Quote: I think i know the answer already (no), but will the new service offered by Napster provide downloads that will playback on the Empeg? As far as I understand it, definately no, as they're DRM-encumbered (and the empeg doesn't support it) and will cease to be playable (even on platforms that has the support) if you end your prenumeration... That's how I've understood it from the coverage on /. and The Register... Don't know if they'll allow burning to [audio]CD and thus be rerippable/reencodeable to standard (DRM-less) mp3 format. which of course leaves things like TotalRecorder or a soundcard Out->In wire... Still, all of course means quality losses due to the reencoding. Unless someone breaks the DRM system used - and dares distribute it... Edited by mtempsch (09/02/2005 12:28) _________________________ /Michael
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#248770 - 09/02/2005 12:56 Re: Napster to Go [Re: mtempsch]
edsmiata addict Registered: 18/08/2002 Posts: 544 Loc: New Jersey	what is this DRM..i am not that fluent in all this coding _________________________ ...One man gathers what another man spills
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#248771 - 09/02/2005 13:04 Re: Napster to Go [Re: edsmiata]
Roger carpal tunnel Registered: 18/01/2000 Posts: 5683 Loc: London, UK	Quote: what is this DRM..i am not that fluent in all this coding DRM = Digital Rights Management. It's a way to enforce the publisher's rights, while depriving you of any. _________________________ -- roger
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#248772 - 09/02/2005 13:12 Re: Napster to Go [Re: Roger]
edsmiata addict Registered: 18/08/2002 Posts: 544 Loc: New Jersey	ahhh...kinda like WMA files...although Microsoft allows you to remove the liscence _________________________ ...One man gathers what another man spills
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#248773 - 09/02/2005 13:14 Re: Napster to Go [Re: edsmiata]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	WMA is a file format like MP3. The difference is that WMA has got support for DRM actually in the format. MP3 doesn't however.
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#248774 - 09/02/2005 13:14 Re: Napster to Go [Re: Roger]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Or more accurately Digital Restrictions Management
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#248775 - 09/02/2005 15:37 Re: Napster to Go [Re: mtempsch]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31597 Loc: Seattle, WA	Quote: Unless someone breaks the DRM system used - and dares distribute it... That's not an "if", that's a "when". _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#248776 - 09/02/2005 19:51 Re: Napster to Go [Re: edsmiata]
msaeger carpal tunnel Registered: 23/09/2000 Posts: 3608 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	The problem I had with napster to go was that there are no decent players available that support it. I tried using one of the portable media center type of devices but it stunk. Hurry up with the Carbon support _________________________ Matt
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#248777 - 14/02/2005 16:36 Re: Napster to Go [Re: msaeger]
ashmoore addict Registered: 24/08/1999 Posts: 564 Loc: TX	Since being pointed to allofmp3, I have found little reason to look elsewhere. iTunes is so expensive, it is cheaper to buy the cd and get a decent quality rip, especially if I get the CD from Amazon secondhand. _________________________ ========================== the chewtoy for the dog of Life
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