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

[Andrew Hankinson]

Does VideoLAN play "Plays for Sure" DRM'd files?  I know it can  
handle unDRM'd Windows Media, but I'd be shocked if it could handle  
the DRM stuff on a platform other than Windows.

On 7-Aug-07, at 3:10 PM, Cary Gordon wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [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!
>
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Andrew Hankinson
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