On Sun, May 04, 2008, Matt Shields wrote: >On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Kevin Krieser <k_krieser at sbcglobal.net> wrote: .... >> Apparently the problem with the Mac is the DRM again. The studios are >> apparently all worried that people will keep copies of the old TV shows and >> movies downloaded. >> >> I have an old Mac Mini that I would like to use to watch some Netflix shows >> on (better than sitting in front of a computer, or watching it on a small >> laptop), but until it is supported I can't. The Mini is hooked up to my TV >> directly. > >Quicktime absolutely supports DRM, so what's the problem? It's a >cheap company that's looking to get the most bang for the littlest >buck. It wouldn't have taken much to have their system ask for the >users choice of player (WMP or QT), so the other remaining issue is >time to convert films to digital format and storage. Since the >conversion is probably automated it shouldn't have taken that much >extra time. So the only issue is disk space, which means that Netflix >was too cheap to spend the extra money to store a QT version of the >films so they could get the Mac users. From what I remember of the >Netflix downloads they were looking for a cheap way to get ahead of >Blockbuster. They looked good, but they did as little as possible, >which included a limited availability of movies. Unless I'm missing something (entirely possible with video stuff), Macs have no problem viewing Windows media play files using the free flip4mac program. Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 A man who would consider himself a bandit if, pistol in hand, he prevented me from carrying out a transaction that was in conformity with my interests has no scruples in working and voting for a law that replaces his private force with the public force and subjects me, at my own expense, to the same unjust restrictions. -- Bastiat, Frederic, Harmonies