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to: Rich Gauszka
from: Geo.
date: 2007-02-21 05:48:38
subject: Re: Vista DRM

From: "Geo." 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:45dbd06f$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> That means Vista will allow users to play high-definition DVDs, but they
> will have to plug in a player from Cybermedia, Innervideo or some other
> manufacturer to do it. That scenario reflects the same approach Microsoft
> took with Windows XP, the most current available version of the operating
> system.

That's interesting but this isn't on DVD, it's avi files which play on W2K
in all the media players but on Vista only in WMP. The exact same video,
the exact same codecs, just reducing the resolution below the threshold and
it plays in all video players on Vista as well.

Geo.

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