My main desktop PC died in January and I dont mean just a hiccup. The IDE controller, the PCI slot holding a RAID card and the PS2 ports all went out in one big heap. For the last two months I have been going between an old ultra mobile laptop and my wife’s laptop and […]

 
I came across an interesting media transcoder called MediaCoder that is free and open-source. MediaCoder is available under the GPL license and combines many popular audio and video tools from the open source community into one package. Format support is plentiful with support for FLAC, WavPack, Monkey’s Audio, OptimFrog, AAC Lossless, WMA Lossless and WAV/PCM as […]

First introduced at CES 2007, the Cowon D2 PMP has generated a lot of buzz but unfortunetly has only been available in Korea. Now the D2 has been seen in both the 2GB and 4GB models at major e-tailers like Amazon and Buy.com for around $200.00. One of the reasons the D2 is such a […]

One of the biggest obstacles for those seeking DRM free downloads is the lack of downloads for major artists. While not everyone listens to popular music a majority of the downloads on the web are from these popular artists and it is obvious that the major music conglomerates are going to cater to the majority. […]

For you Squeezebox owners there is a thread going on at the Slim Devices Forum on playing Linn Records 24 bit masters through your Squeezebox. If you don’t know who Linn Records is you should. Linn Records is one of a very few companies that offers DRM free lossless downloads in WMA Lossless and are […]

Some of the first signs of DRM free music by a major music company have appeared in France. Universal France has quietly confirmed that a live album by Emilie Simon called L’Olympia is in fact DRM free. The president of Universal’s France, Middle East and Mediterranean-South America divisions Pascal Negre was the one to make […]

I am working on a list of sites that offer not only lossless downloads but are also drm free. The availability of legal lossless downloads has skyrocketed over the last 6 months across all genres of music which is a great sign for lossless audio. To tide you over until the list is completed you […]

The latest version of one of my favorite plugins, the WMP Tag Support Extender (WMPTSE) is now available. WMPTSE extends metatag support in Windows Media Player 9,10 and 11. Because MCE 2004 and 2005 are based on Windows Media Player it works with Media Center Edition 2004 and 2005 as well. See our WMP/MCE Guide […]