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You should read up an understand the difference between EME and CDMs. You are confusing them. I can't blame you, because the EFF/FSF are often conflating the tw
by gcp 10y ago
You should read up an understand the difference between EME and CDMs. You are confusing them. I can't blame you, because the EFF/FSF are often conflating the two.
EME specifies a protocol to establish communication between a webpage and a DRM module. The DRM module is called the CDM (content decryption module). EME is what the W3C was standardizing, and can be implemented in open source.
The CDM is not standardized and is a binary, closed source blob.
- catdog 10y agoIn the end that doesn't really matter as the result stays the same. Sure you can openly implement EME but not the CDM, but without the CDM EME is pointless.