Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Video?

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 17:29 -0700, Alex Lancaster wrote:
> >>>>> "AT" == Adrian Thornton  writes:
<snip>
> AT> Also, is there any way to authenticate on Rhythmbox so I can play
> AT> my iTunes Music Store purchases? Not essential, but it would help
> AT> make my transition from Windows to Linux complete.
> 
> Erm, *very* unlikely.  The legal way would require Apple providing a
> way for third-parties to authenticate files purchases on iTMS which
> they seem unwilling to do for anyone, let alone an open-source
> project.
<snip>

We could actually have a third-party GStreamer plugin to do on-the-fly
decryption. It shouldn't be too complicated, and would mean that we
could play files off iTunes shares, even if they were purchased.

The only thing we'd need to share, would be the encryption key, as
available from iTunes.

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