Re: xPLRioNet and asf/asx files

[Mike <n5pwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony Tofts wrote:

>>Here's one I listen to on time delay. I dump the file to a CF
>>chip and listen on my PDA hooked up to my car stereo during
commutes.
>>
>>http://www.kenradio.com/audio/aug17.asx
>>
>
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Although we _can_ add support for asf/asx to xplrionet, we can't.
>
> Unfortunately Microsoft hold a copyright patent on the ASF format that
means
> (under their terms and conditions):
>
> A) you cannot decode an ASF stream from any software other their asf
drivers
>
> This wouldn't be a problem, since xplrionet would use their drivers to
> decode the stream, however:
>
> B) Microsoft does not allow transcoding from their ASF drivers to any
other
> format
>
> This is the killer blow as it means we cannot transcode the output to
wav
> and then to mp3.
>
> The following extract is from linuxtoday.com:
>
> Sorry, but unless the situation does/has changed then asf will not be
> supported.
>
> Regards
> Tony
>
I figured that was what was holding up transcoding Real streams also.
You know what's funny though? I can take that asf file and just rename
it to wma and the Rionet software then DOES transcode it. The 7MB file I
sent you was what the asx file pointed to. I downloaded the file and
renamed it to wma and it streams through Rionet just fine. That's ok I
guess for files but I guess there's no way for Rionet to rename to wma.
You would be leaving yourself open to liability I guess.

Good old DMA strikes again.

Mike