Hi John, thanks very much for the information. I would certainly have mentioned that if I had found the information on those web pages. But it does not seem to be there and I generally expect that such lists are complete and nothing important is missing. Cheers, Andreas --- On 02.03.2012 23:09, John Simmons wrote: > Not true > > PlayReady client runs today on Android, iOS, and Linux set top boxes. > > Now are you surprised? > > > John C. Simmons | Media Platform Architect | Microsoft Corporation | direct 425-707-2911 | mobile 425-269-5759 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Kuckartz [mailto:A.Kuckartz@ping.de] > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:03 PM > To: Mark Watson > Cc: L. David Baron; Henri Sivonen; <public-html@w3.org> > Subject: Re: Encrypted Media proposal (was RE: ISSUE-179: av_param - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals) > > On 01.03.2012 22:57, Mark Watson wrote: >> The underlying content protection systems are things like PlayReady >> (from Microsoft), Widevine (from Google) and Marlin. > I had a brief look at what Microsoft writes about PlayReady: > > "Q. How can users access PlayReady-protected content on Windows-based > PCs? > A. Microsoft has released the PlayReady PC Software Development Kit, > which enables application developers to include support for decrypting PlayReady-protected content in their Windows-based applications. > > Q. Which operating systems support PlayReady? > A. The PlayReady PC Software Development Kit runs on the Windows > Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 operating systems. The PlayReady Server Software Development Kit runs on the Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 operating systems (only the 64-bit version of Windows Server > 2008 is supported)." > http://www.microsoft.com/PlayReady/FAQ.mspx > > In other words: PlayReady is not available for users of a single operating system outside the Microsoft world, in particular not for users of Linux users. Again: what a surprise! > > Cheers, > Andreas > > >Received on Friday, 2 March 2012 22:37:33 UTC
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