Dell DJ Ditty

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Vince Fry <vince-J8gUg58EjS5Wk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org>

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| > --- Vince Fry <vince-J8gUg58EjS5Wk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
| > > I just got one of these for free from my Dell rep.
| > > Does anyone have any
| > > idea if this works with Linux?
| 
| D'OH!!
| 
| If I had only gone to my desktop, I would have seen the mounted
| volume!! 

Wikipedia seems to be useful on this topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Digital_Jukebox

This entry points out that the latest DJ Ditty software is certified
to be "Microsoft PlaysForSure" compliant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PlaysForSure

Until I read this, I thought PlaysForSure was software from Microsoft,
but it appears to be a specification, a branding, and a license.

This is scary.  Look at the "Criticisms" section.  For example, the
wording of the licensing agreement prevents Ogg Vorbis from being
supported.  Some think that it forbids USB mass storage functionality.

Certainly, the iRiver players, when updated with PlaysForSure
firmware, are no longer interesting to me.
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