Re: Music downloads and linux
From: Philip Washington (phwashington_at_comcast.net)
Date: 07/31/04
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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 03:05:57 GMT
Robert M. Riches Jr. wrote:
> On 2004-07-30, Kamus of Kadizhar <yan@NsOeSiPnAeMr.com> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 14:57:11 +0000, Jack Strangio wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>>So.... Is there a WMA to MP3 converter out there somewhere?
>>>>
>>>>Or better yet, is there a music download service that works with linux?
>>>
>>>I am not 100% certain of this, but I think I saw that mplayer with
>>>the MSFT codecs will play WMA files.
>>
>>Well, yes, sort of.....
>>
>>Unfortunately, the wma files I'm dealing with seem to have an additional
>>level of encryption or something, so they don't play with mplayer....
>>
>>I've been fighting with this all morning; I'm ready to shoot somebody at
>>Walmart.... (I understand the need for piracy prevention, but I don't
>>understand the bizarre need to lock out everyone but Windows users....)
>
>
> Walmart is selling music downloads that won't work on the
> Lindows/Windex/Linspire/whatever Linux systems they also
> sell? Hmmm... (Not meaning to imply that you are using one
> of _those_ systems.)
>
> I would encourage you to complain. It probably won't do you
> any good, but _maybe_, just maybe, if they get enough
> complaints, it might possibly cause a slight shift in
> company stance. If we're lucky, vendors will eventually
> start to realize not everyone wants to march to the beat of
> the drum being played by that convicted company founded by
> Darth Gates.
>
> Robert Riches
> spamtrap42@verizon.net
> (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
Hell, I'm going to download one just so I can bitch at them about it.
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