At the moment I am trying to record a show and it won't record. Instead video just pauses and stutters. I am not sure if this has anything to do with it but PlayReady refuses to update. Since it is their DRM and I need it in order to watch or record protected content, I am thinking that is the...
A separate problem I have with audio in WIN7 is a large reduction in sound quality. Regardless of the lack of EQ-ing I mentioned in my other thread, my audio should still have a level of quality to it that just isn't there. Music encoded @ 320kb/s sounds like a poorly encoded 128kb/s.
I have...
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Other than the standard "DRM" Crud in WMA files it appears that the only extra DRM stuff that will appear in the final of W7 is for the BLU RAY activation -- Why on Earth we have to go through this stuff to be able to play your own legally purchased DVD's I just can't understand -- If...
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Be careful in using W7 WMP. There's a little legal "nasty" in that it says " Usage will be sent to Microsoft" plus some discalimer saying that "Information is only collected for "Statistical Purposes".
Whilst I don't believe in Microsoft "Conspoiracy" theories I just don't like the...
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I find VLC from Videolan works perfectly for all my multimedia (including encrypted DVD's note - Libdvdcss needed for commercial encrypted DVD's and audio - even plays flac files natively. And it's all FREE from the Videolan project -- works on most Linuxes too (and I believe some...