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You can watch HD in the Netflix app on Windows if your hardware supports HDCP. Edge on Windows also gets HD from Netflix and Amazon, because it uses the same D
by Mindwipe 6y ago
You can watch HD in the Netflix app on Windows if your hardware supports HDCP.
Edge on Windows also gets HD from Netflix and Amazon, because it uses the same DRM pipeline as the app does (Microsoft PlayReady).
There's no exemption from the DRM rules here, Edge and the app implement hardware backed DRM systems.
- pja 6y agoWideVine is level3 for browsers on the Desktop: https://go.buydrm.com/thedrmblog/why-google-widevines-drm-is-a-must-for-any-successful-video-delivery-model https://go.buydrm.com/thedrmblog/why-google-widevines-drm-is... I guess Windows streaming is going via PlayReady then.
- Mindwipe 6y agoWidevine is not used by Edge for Windows, as you say PlayReady is. (Well, Widevine actually is also present for a site to use if you really want to, but other than being too lazy to have two license servers there's very little reason why you would.) Microsoft have not ported PlayReady to other OSes, so Edge for Mac/Linux does use Widevine and gets Level 3.