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Ed Hansberry
08-29-2002, 07:00 PM
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q311886">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q311886</a><br /><br />This KB article gives a complete rundown of codecs, protocols and formats supported by Windows Media 8 on the Pocket PC 2002. About the only thing missing is bitrates supported.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/mskbwatch.jpg" />
T-Will
08-29-2002, 10:18 PM
Are there any details available on Media Player 9 for Pocket PC yet?
Ed Hansberry
08-29-2002, 10:22 PM
Are there any details available on Media Player 9 for Pocket PC yet?
I hope not. More DRM stuff in there, at least on the Windows XP side. :evil:
Jonathan1
08-29-2002, 10:30 PM
*Tackles the digital rights management demon and starts bludgeoning him to death with a paperback copy of the DMCA.* DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE! :twisted: :wink:


From what I've heard Windows XP Media Center is going to REQUIRE DRM usage. I DON'T THINK SO....
Ed Hansberry
08-29-2002, 10:49 PM
From what I've heard Windows XP Media Center is going to REQUIRE DRM usage. I DON'T THINK SO....
Then I won't bother. If I can't share my music between my 2 PC's and 3 Pocket PC's, forget it.
T-Will
08-30-2002, 02:10 AM
Will personally encoded MP3's require DRM in order to play and share them?!?!?
Ed Hansberry
08-30-2002, 02:25 AM
Will personally encoded MP3's require DRM in order to play and share them?!?!?
That is the long term plan - media players will refuse to play non-DRM'd media, which wouldn't be so bad if DRM wasn't such a royal PITA. :2gunfire:
T-Will
08-30-2002, 06:27 AM
Hopefully non-DRM MP3 players will always be an available option.