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Hm, odd. I'm watching Netflix right now on a oldish HP monitor at 1920x1080, connected via VGA. So it only cares about protections if it's going through HDMI?
by laurentdc 10y ago
Hm, odd. I'm watching Netflix right now on a oldish HP monitor at 1920x1080, connected via VGA.
So it only cares about protections if it's going through HDMI? Seems useless, I could just run the VGA into any capture device and rip the whole thing.
- jasonkostempski 10y agoI'm assuming some contract with some specific company required it so it might only be for certain content. Also, it looks like this might be through a native app and not a browser.
- URSpider94 10y agoYes. HDMI is digital, VGA is analog. You could rip the video from VGA, but it would not be a perfect copy. If you do an HDMI capture, you'll get a bit-perfect recording.
- manicdee 10y agoOr you can just copy the media directly from the stream.
- voltagex_ 10y agoI've been trying to work out for a while how the Netflix webrips that are floating around the scene are done. They're not screencaps like the Amazon webrips are, but I didn't think you could copy the stream directly like that.
- arpa 10y agoI bet it's done using something like this https://www.amazon.com/HDMI-Cloner-need-Capture-streaming-videos/dp/B00TF9MCXU/ref=pd_zg_rss_ts_e_6795230011_5 https://www.amazon.com/HDMI-Cloner-need-Capture-streaming-vi... or, in a world where such devices are outlawed, you could take the outputs of the LCD matrix controller and convert the signals meant for the physical pixels to a video stream :)
- ChoHag 10y agoIt's useful for gaining a foothold over the potential customers who would be scared off at the need to upgrade all their equipment in order to watch the films they can already watch. Give it time.