[Web4lib] Downloadable audiobooks - Windows Media Player for theMacintosh?

[Cary Gordon]

Have you tried the free VideoLAN player - http://www.videolan.org/?

They have versions for Mac and various Linux flavors.

Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://www.chillco.com


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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Bret Parker
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 4:08 PM
To: Web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Downloadable audiobooks - Windows Media Player for
theMacintosh?

We get complaints from time to time about Mac users not being able to use
downloadable audiobooks on their Macs or iPods.

I realize the issue is Digital Rights Management and that NetLibrary and
Audible.com use a format that works with Windows Media Player and is not
part of the Mac or iPod world. But...

What if the Mac users ran leveraged the new technology that allows them to
run Windows programs?

Would anyone download  audiobooks from NetLibrary using Windows Media Player
on the Windows side of the Mac? Seems like that would be adequate to at
least listen. Maybe they could even transfer the file to a compatible MP3
player (not an iPod). Has anyone got an insider's view of this operation?

Bret Parker, Senior Applications Programmer Analyst (MLIS) Stockton-San
Joaquin County Public Library
605 N. El Dorado St
Stockton, CA 95202
bret.parker at ci.stockton.ca.us
(209) 937-7148

http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us
Stockton Reads!