[Web4lib] Downloadable audiobooks - Windows Media PlayerfortheMacintosh?

[Benjamin Daeuber]

You are correct on the Windows Media Version, it support 9, 10 and 11.

However, it has to be Windows to get the DRM working.

Benjamin Daeuber
Technology and Electronic Resources Librarian
Fargo Public Library
Office- 701-241-1490
Cell- 701-541-3287
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Bret Parker [mailto:Bret.Parker at ci.stockton.ca.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:29 PM
To: Benjamin Daeuber; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Downloadable audiobooks - Windows Media
PlayerfortheMacintosh?


NetLibrary supports Windows Media Player 9 or 10.

>>> "Benjamin Daeuber" <BDaeuber at cityoffargo.com> 8/7/2007 1:48 PM >>>
Nothing handles Windows DRM except Windows Media Player (10+) on
Windows. Period, no questions asked. 

It sucks... And if you crack it you're in violation of the DMCA.

Benjamin Daeuber
Technology and Electronic Resources Librarian
Fargo Public Library
Office- 701-241-1490
Cell- 701-541-3287
 


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Hankinson
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:31 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org 
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Downloadable audiobooks - Windows Media Player
fortheMacintosh?


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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