Content may also be provided for a set time limit, or forbid content to be played concurrently on separate devices.

Higher sampling rates will not play on regular home CD systems, but will play on electronic devices (like an iPod).

Users can upload their music to the Audiobox servers and then play it in a Web browser or stream it on mobile devices.

So it is not surprising that hackers regularly try to crack Apple's rights-management protection so the music can be played on other devices.

Both phonograph cylinders and gramophone discs were played on mechanical devices most commonly hand wound with a clockwork motor.

The deaths involve video played on devices, with a voice saying "You're not the one", just before the deaths.

Audible's content can only be played on selected mobile devices.

Browser games are also portable and can be played on multiple different devices, web browsers and operating systems.

The National Assembly's version permitted consumers to ask a court to force companies like Apple to let songs bought from iTunes play on other portable devices.

This allows a USB flash drive containing media files in a variety of formats to be played directly on devices which support the format.