Microsoft Windows XP surprises some digital music fans
Posted on 13/11/01 04:35 by                              
Microsoft Windows XP surprises some digital music fans
We don't know mp3 because it would have cost a few extra dollars to tack on to windows xp, but we prefer wma.

"Microsoft dropped the MP3 ripping capability from Windows XP because it was not worth adding a few dollars to Windows XP's price tag to license the technology from Thomson Multimedia, said David Caulton, Windows digital media product manager in Redmond, Wash."

I hate to break it to microsft that wma if encoded to prevent piracy has already been surgically repaired to allow copying of "encoded files".

Source: Tennessean.com

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By Guest, Tuesday 13 November 2001 13:53
What idiot uses microsoft's built in crap to rip CDs? Get a real package like Exact Audio Copy for ripping and Lame for encoding. This isn't difficult people, quit being so melodramatic about XP.
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