"Acquired" a copy of Windows Vista

[OSUsushichic]

When I was shopping for an MP3 player Best Buy said that only the high $$ IPOD with the biggest video screen could play any mp3, they said the smaller GB IPODS played only Itunes songs.

Wow, what a load of crap! You would think that Best Buy employees would know better.

 

[jwinslow]

Wow, what a load of crap! You would think that Best Buy employees would know better.

Or they know that such a line helps them sell more expensive ipods.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Or they know that such a line helps them sell more expensive ipods.

 

[rocketman]

Yeah, any ipod can play any mp3 file you have. I still prefer iTunes on windows over anything else mainly cause its the only music player whose UI doesn't look like ass. But thats not going to stop my from trying Vista. When you dig into features like smart playlists and whatnot, its actually pretty powerful. I'm surprised a lot of you think iTunes requires you to pay for songs or your ipod only plays purchased music. Between my pc and my macbook, and two ipods, I have 40+ GB of music, of which 2 albums I actually purchased on itunes.

 

[scooter1369]

Yeah, any ipod can play any mp3 file you have. I still prefer iTunes on windows over anything else mainly cause its the only music player whose UI doesn't look like ass. But thats not going to stop my from trying Vista. When you dig into features like smart playlists and whatnot, its actually pretty powerful. I'm surprised a lot of you think iTunes requires you to pay for songs or your ipod only plays purchased music. Between my pc and my macbook, and two ipods, I have 40+ GB of music, of which 2 albums I actually purchased on itunes.

I just happen to recall an article I read not too long ago about a guy who had hacked iPod's source code for it to be able to play non-itunes music.

When I read an article on CNN, MSNBC or something like that, I have a tendency to trust its not horseshit.

 

[Golferdow01]

Ok...I'm having some trouble here. I'm trying to access some streaming media and I have a green puzzle piece asking "Click here to download plugin" and it can't automatically. I get told no suitable plugins are found and can't figure out for the life of me what streaming media tool my Vista OS is lacking. I have Windows media player, quicktime, realplayer, shockwave, flash (kinda acting goofy), java, etc...

What am I missing?

 

[Golferdow01]

Ok, solved the problem myself. I'll post information about it in case any of you Vista users are experiencing the same problem.

It's not a plugin problem at all, but a couple of missing .dll files.

You need to insert two files into your FireFox "plugins" folder. They are: npdsplay.dll and npwmsdrm.dll. You can Google them and download them if you can't find them on your computer.

Simply copy them into the FireFox plugins folder and you can play those video files. It's a two minute fix and you'll be up and running.

 

[Flocka]

I just happen to recall an article I read not too long ago about a guy who had hacked iPod's source code for it to be able to play non-itunes music.

When I read an article on CNN, MSNBC or something like that, I have a tendency to trust its not horseshit.

You do not have into iTunes. iTunes will play any MP3. All you have to do is import it like you would into Windows Media Player. He may have hacked into iTunes to purhcase music from them while not having to pay...

 

[scooter1369]

I found the article (or version of) on C|Net. Apparently it was about hacking the copy protection.

The Norwegian programmer who distributed the first widely used tool for cracking the copy protection technology found on DVDs has turned his attention to Apple Computer's iTunes.

Late last week, programmer Jon Johansen posted a small program called QTFairUse to his Web site, with little in the way of instruction and even less explanation. But during the next few days, it became clear that the program served as a demonstration of how to evade, if not exactly break, the anticopying technology wrapped around the songs sold by Apple in its iTunes store.

Johansen's software isn't for technology novices. In its current form, it requires several complicated steps to create a working program from source code, and it doesn't create a working song file that can be immediately or simply played from a digital music program like Winamp or Microsoft's Windows Media Player.

But if other developers--or Johansen himself--pursue the project, it could herald the arrival of simple ripping programs that could create unprotected music files from iTunes songs as simply as from an ordinary compact disc.

Apple representatives did not return calls for comment. Johansen did not respond to an e-mail asking for comment.

Johansen's latest program, which works only for the Windows version of iTunes, is just the most recent move in the ongoing game of cat and mouse being played by digital rights management technology creators and hackers, who see the copy locks as a challenge.

 

[Flocka]

I found the article (or version of) on C|Net. Apparently it was about hacking the copy protection.

Gotcha.

 

[Bleed S & G]

I found the article (or version of) on C|Net. Apparently it was about hacking the copy protection.

Thank God its almost here.. theres some hope

 

[BrutusMaximus]

Slowly but surely alot of the "bugs" are being repaired. Had a problem with Battlestations: Midway where the game would pause for 30 seconds at a time. Nvidia fixed it with a driver update. They also released forceware drivers for vista now as well. I can say that the only problem I have run into so far is with that one game. Everything else seems to be working great.

 

[Thump]

Everything else seems to be working great.

Do you notice a difference between it and XP though?

 

[Golferdow01]

Do you notice a difference between it and XP though?

Visually, yes. It is very asthetically pleasing, although nothing a picture of Jessica Simpson on an XP desktop wouldn't take care of.

Functionally, not as of now. It eats up memory like the plague and apps seem to run for me at about the same pace. Also, some of the security features are a little annoying. 1/2 the apps I open ask for confirmation that I initiated the procedure and not some outside source.

I'd wait a bit unless you can get your hands on a free, legitimate copy and only if you have 1Gb RAM at minimum.

 

[Thump]

Visually, yes. It is very asthetically pleasing, although nothing a picture of Jessica Simpson on an XP desktop wouldn't take care of.

Functionally, not as of now. It eats up memory like the plague and apps seem to run for me at about the same pace. Also, some of the security features are a little annoying. 1/2 the apps I open ask for confirmation that I initiated the procedure and not some outside source.

I'd wait a bit unless you can get your hands on a free, legitimate copy and only if you have 1Gb RAM at minimum.

I could give a shit how aesthetically pleasing it is, they're in the "performance" business.

Window-dressing XP isn't an improvement if you ask me.