Archive for March, 2004

FAAD2 DRMS patch

Monday, March 29th, 2004

FAAD2 2.0 (an AAC decoder) includes an old version of the VideoLAN DRMS code. Here’s a patch which updates it to the latest version.

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VLC M4P support

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

Looking for info on how to play M4P (encrypted AAC) files using VLC? Try here.

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Roku HD1000

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

My Roku HD1000 unit finally arrived. The HD1000 is a HDTV STB which uses the ATI Xilleon chipset and runs Linux. The SDK is available for free. I’ve started working on VLC for the HD1000.

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EU IP Enforcement Directive

Thursday, March 4th, 2004

What: Rally for digital rights and press conference at the EU Parliament Plenary Session to urge the MEPs to reject the EU IP Enforcement Directive

When: Monday March 8, 2004, 16:30 – 18:30 (4:30 pm – 6:30 pm) as MEPs arrive for the evening debate

Where: Outside the EU Parliament buidling, Strasbourg, France.

Presented By: IP Justice, CODE, EDRi, FIPR, FFII, and others

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VLC 0.7.1

Thursday, March 4th, 2004

VLC 0.7.1 has been released. DTS decoding. Support for Apple’s no longer proprietary FairPlay DRM scheme. FairPlay uses MD5 and AES.

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