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It started with Vista. Due to DRM you can't play your own videos. Only DRM protected ones.

• ChuckNorris89 5y ago
  How so? I could play all my pirated DVD rips just fine back then (DivX .avi), same how I can play pirated Bluray, Netflix, Amazon, etc. rips on Windows 10 and 11 (.mkv).
  • huhtenberg 5y ago
    I'm guessing GP is referring to the introduction of Protected Media Path stuff in Vista, which broke some existing video players. It didn't break non-DRM videos though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_Media_Path https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_Media_Path
  • MikusR 5y ago
    Yes that didn't happen. It was FUD spread around back then. Like with TPM now.