Posted by: edsmiata
Napster to Go - 09/02/2005 12:11
I think i know the answer already (no), but will the new service offered by Napster provide downloads that will playback on the Empeg?
Napster to Go
Posted by: peter
Re: Napster to Go - 09/02/2005 12:16
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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
Posted by: mtempsch
Re: Napster to Go - 09/02/2005 12:26
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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...
Posted by: edsmiata
Re: Napster to Go - 09/02/2005 12:56
what is this DRM..i am not that fluent in all this coding
Posted by: Roger
Re: Napster to Go - 09/02/2005 13:04
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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.
Posted by: edsmiata
Re: Napster to Go - 09/02/2005 13:12
ahhh...kinda like WMA files...although Microsoft allows you to remove the liscence
Posted by: tman
Re: Napster to Go - 09/02/2005 13:14
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.
Posted by: tman
Re: Napster to Go - 09/02/2005 13:14
Or more accurately Digital Restrictions Management 
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Napster to Go - 09/02/2005 15:37
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Unless someone breaks the DRM system used - and dares distribute it...
That's not an "if", that's a "when".
Posted by: msaeger
Re: Napster to Go - 09/02/2005 19:51
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
Hurry up with the Carbon support
Posted by: ashmoore
Re: Napster to Go - 14/02/2005 16:36
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.