Ableton Forum

In Live 8, you could import esx24 files in your user library.
It would give Ableton a great added value if one has the possibility to convert/import Kontakt instruments (for use in Sampler).

You can do this already, but its a very small subset due to restrictions (either encryption or licensing) placed on various libraries by the manufacturers. You can import kontakt libraries that are not protected at all, but since the vast majority of commercial ones are ableton wont let you