Re: NAS to serve WM-DRM files

The DRM protection is applied at a file level, so as I said, any
device which can send the file unchanged will be fine.

DRM works on the basis of an authorised device - the device in your
case is the PC which golds the licenses for the content (i.e. the one
you're trying to play it back on) - not the storage location for the
content which could be entirely different - or even online.

HTH
Cheers - Neil

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:50:01 -0800, Vaughan
<Vaughan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Uh huh ...

I want to stream music to my Roku Soundbridge media player (among other
things). The Roku can play WM-DRM protected files that are served by Windows
Media Connect (or WMP11/Vista). This means I have to have a server PC running
WMC switched on as well as the NAS ... unless the NAS device will serve up
the WM-DRM protected files instead. That's what I'm trying to locate. Any
ideas?
Thanks

Vaughan

"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:13:00 -0800, Vaughan
<Vaughan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am considering buying a NAS/Media Server to stream music at home. A lot of
my music is "PlaysForSure" DRM (WM-DRM) protected downloaded from Napster.

Are there any standalone NAS media servers that run Windows Media Connect or
compatible server software to allow this kind of media to be streamed?


Pretty much all of them apart from the recently annouced WD device
which is specifically *broken by design* and won't share stuff it
thinks might be protected.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/07/western_digital_drm_crippled_harddrive/

Everything else on the market at present just transfers the file data,
and it's up to the receiving WM player to ensure it has the licenses

If you stream to one machine which does have the license (eg the one
you originally downloaded to) then try on another PC, it won't be
authorised to play the track, but the license information is held in
the track and DRM store, not administered by the NAS.

Depending on the provider, you may be able to get multi-machine
licenses, though it's a bit of a duck shoot. In general to avoid these
issues, refuse to purchase DRM content and buy only CDs.
http://defectivebydesign.org/blog/1085


HTH
Cheers - Neil
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