And in the first of what will certainly be a veritable plethora of posts on this humble blog announcing shipment of our manifold wildly successful development projects, tonight we bring you news that the d-Star Play MPE Player is now available to members at the d-Star MPE website. This is the Australia and New Zealand partner edition of the Play MPE Player which we first shipped a couple years back for Destiny Media Technologies, whom we’ve had a long running relationship with going back almost a decade and a half now, beginning with the port of the Giger-inspired Dark Seed II adventure game to the Mac. Yes, we build enduring relationships, indeed we do. And what is Play MPE, you ask? Well, here’s an ad for you:
Essentially, what they intend to do is eliminate the use of physical CD singles for promotion by the record industry. Their description is:
Play MPE™ Secure Media Delivery System is a secure, fast and cost effective method of digitally delivering music and music videos to radio, reviewers, media, music supervisors, industry VIPs or internal staff. The system provides ease of use while maintaining a high level of security. Registered industry professionals are able to receive promotional or pre-released singles, music videos or albums directly from the content owner as broadcast-quality digital audio and video files. The Play MPE System currently supports PC and Mac, and is available in both English and Spanish languages. It is the only digital delivery service that provides its customers with a choice of audio file export options including WAV, Scott Studios WAV, WMA and the licensed AAC (iPod) file format.
If this sounds interesting, you will no doubt be entertained and amused by their “Play MPE vs CD” commercials done in that striking “PC vs Mac” ad style. Check those out here!
Unfortunately, this is a desktop Mac application only; the Play MPE player isn’t a shippable iPhone project…
… yet.
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