[MPlayer-users] DRM .wma

[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Sunday, 02 April 2006 at 15:49, n0dalus wrote:
> On 4/3/06, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski <dominik at rangers.eu.org> wrote:
> >
> > No. MPlayer doesn't handle DRM'd files and there are currently no plans to even
> > try supporting them.
> >
> 
> Out of curiosity, what would be required for Mplayer to be able to
> play DRM'd files?

Full DRM spec would be useful. Apple's has been (partially?) reverse-engineered
already AFAIK. But MPlayer developers are not fond of supporting DRM.

EFF's website explains most of the issues with DRM more eloquently than
I could hope to on this mailing list, so please read it.

http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/guide/
http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/

Regards,
R.

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