I’ve not paid for a music download before today, and I’m not sure I will again.
I read in Stuff magazine that Tescos(yes, that Tesco) now have their own music download store; this seemed an amazing diversification for a supermarket chain, but what really caught my eye was that the downloads are 192Kbps WMA files – my chosen music format.
So I thought I’d have a look tonight.
The store itself is fairly unremarkable and, in fact, is rather unattractive. However, I saw that they have the new Chemical Brothers single, Galvanise, available and at only 79 pence, I thought I’d make my first music download purchase.
The purchase itself went well; I downloaded the file without any problems, and Windows Media Player 10 played the track with no problems at all.
However, I am unable to transfer the track to my Rio Karma.
Rio Music Manager says that my Rio is no longer connected. WMP can’t see my Rio at all for some reason – although it has in the past. RioRad from Red Chair software was able to transfer the track, but now my Karma cannot play it.
Either I am doing something wrong, or downloaded music with the associated DRM sucks even more than I thought.