Pay to download music, it's coming this holiday season ;)
Posted by me101 on 28 November 2001 - 15:14 · 28 comments & 254 views
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In coming weeks, music fans -- who have for years been pulling everything from Radiohead to Madonna off the Web for free from services like Napster, FastTrack (KaZaA/Morpheus) and Gnutella-- will be introduced to a new breed of money-for-music services like PressPlay and MusicNet, which have been developed by the major record companies. (Ah, competition, at last, for the "download as much as you want for FREE services", we will now have the choice of FREE or PAY.... Which will YOU choose... Woot!!! Ed.!)
The subscription services, likely to cost anywhere from $10 to $20 per month, are nevertheless being rolled out in early December.
- MusicNet -- (via RealNetworks' RealOne service) is owned by media firm RealNetworks, AOL Time Warner Music, EMI Group and Bertelsmann BMG
- Pressplay -- owned by Vivendi Universal Music and Sony Music.
With free services likely to hinder the spread of these fee-based services for a few years, Web research firm Jupiter Media Metrix projects the digital music market to hit $1.6 billion by 2006, with $1 billion coming from subscriptions."We don't even think there will be a lot of action for these services by Christmas of next year," said Aram Sinnreich, analyst with Jupiter Media Metrix.
To succeed, the services will need to offer good file quality, a big selection of music, artist information, art and portability; with some analysts saying that users will pay if they can burn songs onto portable devices.
"Its extremely unlikely that any implementation of MusicNet or Pressplay will allow for portability at launch, although its necessary to succeed over the long-term," Sinnreich said, who expects an initial surge of interest but then a drop-off as users see various limitations in the services.
Operating systems supported
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Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Server
Adapters supported
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NVIDIA RIVA TNT
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Pro
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Ultra
NVIDIA Vanta
NVIDIA Vanta LT
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64 Pro
NVIDIA Aladdin TNT2
NVIDIA GeForce 256
NVIDIA GeForce DDR
NVIDIA Quadro
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 200
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400
NVIDIA Quadro2 MXR
NVIDIA Quadro2 EX
NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS
NVIDIA GeForce2 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
NVIDIA Quadro2 Pro
NVIDIA GeForce3
NVIDIA Quadro DCC
File list
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ALIAGP.SYS - AGP support file for Aladdin TNT2
NVINSTNT.DLL - NVIDIA installation/uninstallation support file
NVOGLNT.DLL - NVIDIA OpenGL driver
NV4_DISP.DLL - NVIDIA display driver
NV4_DISP.INF - Windows 2000/XP display driver information file for NVIDIA
NV4_MINI.SYS - NVIDIA miniport driver
NVCPL.DLL - NVIDIA display properties extension
NVCPL.HLP - NVIDIA display properties extension help file
NVQTWK.DLL - NVIDIA taskbar applet
NVDESK32.DLL - NVIDIA desktop manager
NVDMCPL.DLL - NVIDIA desktop manager hook library
README.TXT - The file you're reading
Installation instructions
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1. These drivers must be installed by a user with Windows 2000/XP Administrator privileges. Please consult your system administrator or Microsoft Windows 2000/XP User's Manual for more information on Administrator privileges.
2. Start Microsoft Windows 2000/XP.
3. From the Start menu, select Settings.
4. Select Control Panel.
5. Select System.
6. Select Device Manager.
7. Under Display adapters, select the name of the NVIDIA adapter you have installed. If you do not see a Display adapters option, or if your NVIDIA adapter is not listed, under Other Devices, select Video Controller (VGA Compatible).
8. Select the Driver tab.
9. Select Update Driver.
10. Select Next.
11. Select Next.
12. Verify that "Specify a location" has a check mark next to it. If it does not, click in the box next to "Specify a location" to place a check mark in the box. Select Next.
13. Enter the path to the NVIDIA drivers in the "Copy manufacturer's files from: dialog. Select OK.
14. If you get a dialog box that states "A suitable driver for this device is already installed.", click in the box next to "Install one of the other drivers" to place a check mark in the box, then select Next.
Otherwise, select Next, then proceed to step 16.
15. Select the following driver from the list. NVIDIA RIVA TNT is used an example; make sure to select your NVIDIA adapter from the list.
Description Provider Manufacturer Location
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NVIDIA RIVA TNT NVIDIA NVIDIA a:nv4_disp.inf
Select Next.
16. Select Finish.
17. Select Close.
18. Windows 2000/XP will ask if you wish to restart the computer. Select Yes.