Napster and the "rocket": a consensus?

So I did some research and decided to make a rocket.  Not because they are the best ever invented, but because they seem to be the best that sells (and is thus likely to be supported for a while).  I searched this forum and the web looking for information on how well play together Fuze and Napster and I received a very mixed message.  I wonder if the community here can answer these two questions:

1 Napster works generally well on the "rocket"?

2 music subscription Napster-to-go usually plays from the SD card?

These questions have been asked here before, but a definitive answer was never really reached.  I did this research forum widely enough, but if I missed something, please let me know.

Here's what I know. Napster uses DRM for its files in through Windows Media Player and the MTP Protocol.  Sansa and Microsoft have cooperated on doing work together their alternative to iTunes/doPi compatibility.  They work insofar as Napster runs decently with any other computer and player mix.

Still Windows Media Player's whims, and instructions on most music services are not the clearest. So it is hard to tell from here inquiries what is a user error, which is weirdness WMP, which is a quirk of the particular computer involved, which is poorly explained by Napster and what may be a specific bug between Napster and Sansa.

TomJensen is right. Just try it. If you have used with success of Napster with another player connected to your computer, you can probably do the same with the Sansa - and if not, that's what guarantees store are for.  Do not tell them it's Napster - you can pretend you're a n00b and whining that it does not work.

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