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Netflix is DRM'd anyway so it's a non-starter. Try taking a screenshot of a Netflix stream. Not many people realize it'll just result in black pixels for that a

Netflix is DRM'd anyway so it's a non-starter. Try taking a screenshot of a Netflix stream. Not many people realize it'll just result in black pixels for that area.

godelski 7y ago
Really? Because I just took these https://imgur.com/a/LvbVZtq https://imgur.com/a/LvbVZtq
- kohtatsu 7y ago
  Which platform? It might also depend on the content, hmmm.
  - godelski 7y ago
    I'm not sure I should share my secrets now lol. But the answer is linux. I haven't tried screensharing before. But I have tried with other DRM stuff and it got blocked. So I wouldn't be surprised if this was a fluke. Definitely makes making memes easier though.
    - als0 7y ago
      If the video quality is low enough then Netflix and co don't bother. It also varies on who is the content supplier, some are less fussed about protecting content that doesn't bring in much money.
- animalnewbie 7y ago
  I see black. Maybe the OP wasnt clear? This is a joke btw, if you see it as anything else, go see a counsellor when this corona thing is over.
chris_engel 7y ago
This reminds me of the old windows 98 times, where windows would just draw a blackish rectangle where the video should be and the graphics card would replace the pixels with actual video on-screen. If you hit the print button, you would just copy the windows graphic buffer with no video to be seen. It got extra weird when you would paste the screenshot into paint with the video still playing. Suddenly you had a video playing inside paint and could even draw on it... Aah, good old times :)
- userbinator 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_overlay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_overlay That still happens with certain hardware setups today, a similar concept to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key
fouc 7y ago
Sounds specific to windows? Definitely doesn't happen in MacOS or Linux
herpderperator 7y ago
On Windows, I had no issue screenshotting (on Chrome) and no issue using OBS to record the screen that is displaying the Netflix content.

Netflix is DRM'd anyway so it's a non-starter. Try taking a screenshot of a Netflix stream. Not many people realize it'll just result in black pixels for that area.

godelski 7y ago

Really? Because I just took these https://imgur.com/a/LvbVZtq https://imgur.com/a/LvbVZtq

kohtatsu 7y ago
Which platform? It might also depend on the content, hmmm.
- godelski 7y ago
  I'm not sure I should share my secrets now lol. But the answer is linux. I haven't tried screensharing before. But I have tried with other DRM stuff and it got blocked. So I wouldn't be surprised if this was a fluke. Definitely makes making memes easier though.
  - als0 7y ago
    If the video quality is low enough then Netflix and co don't bother. It also varies on who is the content supplier, some are less fussed about protecting content that doesn't bring in much money.
animalnewbie 7y ago
I see black. Maybe the OP wasnt clear? This is a joke btw, if you see it as anything else, go see a counsellor when this corona thing is over.

chris_engel 7y ago

This reminds me of the old windows 98 times, where windows would just draw a blackish rectangle where the video should be and the graphics card would replace the pixels with actual video on-screen. If you hit the print button, you would just copy the windows graphic buffer with no video to be seen. It got extra weird when you would paste the screenshot into paint with the video still playing. Suddenly you had a video playing inside paint and could even draw on it... Aah, good old times :)

userbinator 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_overlay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_overlay That still happens with certain hardware setups today, a similar concept to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_key

fouc 7y ago

Sounds specific to windows? Definitely doesn't happen in MacOS or Linux

herpderperator 7y ago

On Windows, I had no issue screenshotting (on Chrome) and no issue using OBS to record the screen that is displaying the Netflix content.