RE: Column: How to Listen to Digital Music in Your Car

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From: Chris Brown (ChrisBrown_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 05:47:03 -0800

Tony,
I don't see it as a compatibility issue. DRM music will play fine if it is
copied to the internal drive on my IPAQ, I just cannot synchronize music to
the SD card. It is ridiculous that Microsoft has developed a portable music
technology and made it incompatible with their high end portable computing
solution.

"Tony Northrup, MVP" wrote:

> You've run into one of the challenges of digital audio--the fact that not
> every device currently supports playing music purchased online. I wish I
> could point you to a patch to install to allow you to play the purchased
> music on your iPaq, but it's not currently possible.
>
> Many devices do support playing purchased music. Microsoft's PlaysForSure
> logo is intended to make it easier to find these devices:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/playsforsure/
>
> The best advice I can offer is to make sure that the player you're using
> supports the audio format that you're purchasing. If you're purchasing music
> in WMA format, look for players that advertise "Secure WMA" or "WMA-DRM"
> support (DRM stands for Digital Rights Management). Some of the devices that
> support these formats currently on the shelves won't have the PlaysForSure
> logo, because the logo is very new.

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