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I know some not very technical people that bought some HDMI network restreamer on ebay, it's basically an HDMI splitter with an ethernet port that will act as a
by kuon 7y ago
I know some not very technical people that bought some HDMI network restreamer on ebay, it's basically an HDMI splitter with an ethernet port that will act as a (I think rtmp) server. I didn't check the technicals details, and he uses VLC on his desktop computer to record movies he wants to keep. He does it at night with TV luminosity and volume at near 0.
Of course you have to play the movie/serie in mirror on the TV, but he can record HD (not sure about 4k) movies of whatever plays on the TV. The cherry on top is that he bought 3 IR mirrors (well, it was just aluminum sheets) that he placed strategically to be able to control the IR stuff of the TV from his bedroom.
He was a but uneasy when he showed that to me, but I didn't mock him, I was genuinely fascinated by that setup. For someone who has near zero technical knowledge, this was very good.
I don't really have a point, I just thought of it when you mentioned your girlfriend fear of the pirate bay.
- P_I_Staker 7y agoIt's not even really about stopping your friend, although I'm sure they'd like to do that too. They want to prevent there from being a zero effort "download button". That's the only advantage of DRM (same with DVD/digital delivery). Even the act of having to insert a DVD, or hit play and manually record is enough to stop people. If they went entirely DRMless, you'd just be able to copy the content to a thumb drive, and share with friends. Instead, you have to mess around with other software (or in your friends case hardware), that does sometimes "breaks", or is otherwise inconvenient. It's the same as DRMless games; people absolutely go crazy making copies (even back in floppy disk days). As much as the pirate community likes to pretend they're in it for moral reasons, some of the DRMless games by smaller developers became the most pirated games out there. It is a very minor deterrent, for people that are too lazy. That's one area where streaming has prevailed over pirating. People can be extremely lazy, and having a convient streaming platform with decent content, is enough for some people not to bother.
- Lammy 7y agoGet your friend an HDMI dummy plug and he should be able to turn off the TV. No affiliation with this particular item but just sorted Amazon by lowest price to find an example: https://www.amazon.com/Emulator-Headless-Display-3840x2160-Generation/dp/B07Q7PVZ6H/ https://www.amazon.com/Emulator-Headless-Display-3840x2160-G...