Family GuyDVD with iTunes-compatible video files shipping
- January 9th, 2008
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Fox is now releasing DVDs that include iTunes-compatable H.264 video files, as was rumored last month. The first such DVD, the “Blue Harvest” Family Guy episode, isn’t scheduled to ship until next week, but several copies have already made their way into fans’ hands. (Amazon lists it for $16.09, so there doesn’t appear to be any significant price increase.) The included video file, which more than likely contains DRM (unconfirmed), will play on iTunes version 7.6—and the iPod and iPhone—, which is expected to be released next week in time for MacWorld.
Should this become a trend, you can say goodbye to figuring out how to rip and encode videos for playback on your Apple device. A step in the right direction, to be sure, I’m just curious, if not concerned, what type of DRM the file has. How many devices will you be allowed to copy the file to, and for how long? Does the disc “remember” your computer so that only you can use both it and the video file? We’ll find out once Apple releases the updated iTunes.
Fox DVDs To Include iTunes Compatible Digital Copies? [Mac Rumors]
pamon
2008-01-09 12:03:39
This is a windows only DRM file though according to the reports @ macrumors. It’s protected by foxdigitalcopy.com. So, don’t think this is compat w/ mac at all unless there’s a change
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Nicholas Deleon
2008-01-09 12:24:00
If that’s true, that the file only works with Windows, I won’t be disappointed (I’m not a Family Guy fan), but I’d be annoyed. Why even bother putting a file on there if it can’t be used on a Mac? Fox might as well tell me and other Mac users, “We don’t trust you or your operating system to keep this file to yourself, so you’ll get nothing and like it.” Maybe I should just pirate it instead; it’d cause less of a headache *and* save me money. I guess we’ll see what happens when the iTunes update is released next week.
-nd
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