Creative Zen Vision:M Now Supporting Audible

By: Grahm Skee on May 24, 2006 8:56 PM

Zen Vision:M owners will now have the ability to playback their favorite literature from Audible. Since Audible content is encrypted with their own DRM scheme, support needs to be added on the hardware side from the MP3 player manufacturer. Creative has added this support in their latest firmware version probably due to a high demand for the service. I know that a lot of people where holding back from purchasing the ZVM due to no Audible support. Grab the latest firmware and you are ready to go.

[ZVM Firmware via dapreview]

Comments

atrax on May 25, 2006 12:58 AM

i hate these things.

you always have to pay for them.

Josh on May 26, 2006 3:12 PM

Actually.. it's not hardware side, its software side. The zen's hardware is perfectly capable of playing audible files.. but the software isn't there to decode it. (Until this firmware update.)

Josh

John on August 30, 2006 8:11 PM

Does any one know of a way to access audible files from the creative vision:m once theyhave been uploaded? I can't seem to see the files anywhere using the vision:M media explorer.

Deejay on October 9, 2006 2:50 PM

the new firmware looks shifty why are they taking away the ability to record from radio? and New DRM controls? doesn't seem to good.

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