(keitai-l) Re: smartphones in Japan (was: Fukuoka Kyushu 3G Vodafone coverage)

From: Arnold P. Siboro <asiboro_at_maltech.jp>
Date: 05/17/05
Message-Id: <20050517173216.4539.ASIBORO@maltech.jp>
I am sorry I meant converting to 3gpp using Quicktime as an alternative
to hear music on the SE phone.

On Tue, 17 May 2005 16:26:08 +0900
Paul Lester <paul@thetamusic.com> wrote:

>     Its my understanding that DRM's at least with ringtones that DRM's
> are added by the way in which they are downloaded and not part of the
> original file.
>     So you would write a program or use an html or wap tag in such a
> way that a DRM would be added by the phone when the ringtone/song media
> is downloaded and not add a DRM ahead of time.
>     I'm not sure if there is a standard way to add DRMs to Mp3s......maybe
> 3gps............
> 
>     And I'd like to know the answer too as I haven't had a chance to do
> much with DRM's..... they keep not being necessary for each project I
> work with.
> 
>     In my experience, title encodings, language encodings and such seem to
> be the real problem.... maybe by adding a DRM you inadvertently changed the
> region or language encoding and caused the file to then be downloadable.
> 
>     And the consumer should never have to add a DRM.... its really absurd
> if they need to.  A martial art's friend of mine bought a few devices that required the consumer
> to do something like that, and when they couldn't get the music devices to work,
> they disposed of them into the refuse bin (not having time to return the items or such as time
> is money).  Now getting that jump double front kick right.... that's more important than
> any DRM.
> 
>     I just looked at all the menu items in quicktime and options when making 3gp files
> and saw nowhere where it said DRM.  Where in quicktime can you add a drm?  (and yes
> I have a licensed version).
> 
> nick may wrote:
> 
> > How exactly does one add DRM to an Mp3?
> >
> > (and - soto voce,  why should the consumer have to go through such an
> > absurd step...?)
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > On May 17, 2005, at 3:01 PM, Arnold P. Siboro wrote:
> >
> >   as long as you add DRM to it (using Quicktime etc).
> >
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Received on Tue May 17 11:34:16 2005