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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: iriver RecommandationRe: iriver Recommandation
From: Bluechip <csbluechip_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:50:19 +0000 Oops. No offence was intended. I was merely trying to help suggest a way to make things easier, and being playful in my description by attributing a personality to the inanimate object involved. Hence lots of ":)"'s (well two, anyway) ;) >Dude! I've got a machine with multiple professional sound cards, Total >recorder Pro and 3 raptor hard drives in a RAID array. processing time is >not the issue. The issue is support for a bonified music file. That's it. >If nobody wants to implement it that's fine by me...rocker > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bluechip" <csbluechip_at_gmail.com> >To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> >Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 7:16 PM >Subject: Re: iriver Recommandation > > >If encrypted audio is a majot problem, grab an old p2 stick it in the >corner of the room and throw files at it :) Maybe an hour or two to set >up, but as a one-off time-cost, in future you just say "oi, computer on the >network, fix this file" and the following evening you come home to a file >you can actually use ...during that day listen to the 20 hours it >transcoded the previous night :) > > > >Since the crippling is so easy to work around anyway, I don't see the > > >problem for our players. > > > >Yeh? > > > >Please tell me how to get around your crudely named "crippled music"? > > > >As far as I know the only way to beat WMA/DRM is to record the file into > >MP3. When you are talking about a 20 hour audio book to me that's not my > >definition of easy. > > > >rockerrrRRRR! > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Bluechip" <csbluechip_at_gmail.com> > >To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > >Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 6:41 PM > >Subject: Re: iriver Recommandation > > > > > >Hm. Good point. Well made. > > > > >On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 08:34:39 -0700, Rocker <rocker_at_shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > > > >Sure but it is also going to be used more and more by legal downloads > > > >for > > > >copy protection so why not support it if it is possible? > > > > > >Because then you're caving to the b*stards! That "legal" downloads > > >are going to be crippled is not a done deal. It saddens me greatly to > > >see Apple succeeding as well as they have selling crippled music but > > >that doesn't mean the end of the game. The opportunity is still there > > >for a music service to offer un-crippled music. > > > > > >Since the crippling is so easy to work around anyway, I don't see the > > >problem for our players. Getting people to use superior firmware that > > >removes the crippling is the best thing that could happen for digital > > >music. > > > > > >Instead of accommodating crippled music, I suggest not buying it at > > >all. I know, preaching to deaf ears. Expediency is more important > > >than principle these days. > > > > > >John > > >--- > > >John De Armond > > >See my website for my current email address > > >http://www.johngsbbq.com > > >Cleveland, Occupied TN > > >A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.-Ralph Waldo > > >Emerson Received on 2005-12-20 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |