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| Thread ID: 82133 | 2007-08-16 21:09:00 | A good reason not to purchase DRM multimedia | paulw (1826) | PC World Chat |
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| 581744 | 2007-08-16 21:09:00 | DRM Renders Google Movies Unplayable www.audioholics.com Will stick to the CDs and DVDs. At least Hollywood hasn't been able to cripple these yet but with BD+ they could.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 581745 | 2007-08-16 22:00:00 | The best reason not to purchase DRM multimedia is just that. it has DRM in the title. I refuse to touch anything DRM with a 40-foot barge pole. (unless said pole has a program on the end of it specifically for removing the DRM part) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 581746 | 2007-08-16 23:28:00 | Then it goes without saying to stay far away from WMP11 too...chock-full-of DRMs and digital requirements. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 581747 | 2007-08-17 03:08:00 | DRM Renders Google Movies Unplayable www.audioholics.com Will stick to the CDs and DVDs. At least Hollywood hasn't been able to cripple these yet but with BD+ they could.. Google is actually closing their movie renting website due to lack of business. |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 581748 | 2007-08-17 03:21:00 | Then it goes without saying to stay far away from WMP11 too...chock-full-of DRMs and digital requirements. I have been using WMP11 since it came out and I have never had any DRM issues with it... and I play everything (OK, not what some of you sick people might be thinking about now :p ) and I have no issues... :2cents | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 581749 | 2007-08-17 04:14:00 | I have been using WMP11 since it came out and I have never had any DRM issues with it . . . and I play everything (OK, not what some of you sick people might be thinking about now :p ) and I have no issues . . . :2cents There have been people here in my neighborhood (US) with whom I am familiar who have lost the ability to play any of their own videos, recorded by them on their own recorders . . . like weddings, Uncle Fred's Sex Change Operation and even vids they ripped in other WMP versions and now cannot even see them again . I had to burn down a whole XP installation that went to v11 because it would not play even MP3s that I had played in v9 . I reloaded the whole thing including SP-2, and went directly to v10 . . . THEN got all the rest of the updates . That puter keeps on asking me if I'd like to upgrade to v11 . . . HAH! No way, Jose! Been there; done it; ain't going back there again! I guess it's not a NZ thing . . . but it IS a US thing . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 581750 | 2007-08-17 04:19:00 | Why not try using a non Microsoft media player that isn't constricted by DRM? | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 581751 | 2007-08-17 04:32:00 | Oh...I do....I use others but this in particularly bugs the snot outta me.... | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 581752 | 2007-08-17 04:54:00 | Well all I can say is it must be what you are doing... cause I have never had an issue... | The_End_Of_Reality (334) | ||
| 581753 | 2007-08-17 05:36:00 | I use WMP11 occasionally at home and here at work and have never seen any of that kind of behavior. Though I agree, DRM is evil and must be stopped. I use GOM Player as my default these days...very good. http://www.gomplayer.com |
Scott Bartley (836) | ||
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