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Even on Windows and Mac (don't know about Linux) when browsing, you sometimes can't take screenshot of a portion on the website (only seen this with videos, tho

Even on Windows and Mac (don't know about Linux) when browsing, you sometimes can't take screenshot of a portion on the website (only seen this with videos, though). We are not allowed to take a screenshot on a device we own, for content we paid for. What a world.

pram 4y ago
I think it's called HDCP? When you take a screenshot of a paid movie in Apple TV or something it's just a black box.
alwayslikethis 4y ago
It's DRM. I refuse to deal with any company that tries to push this BS on us.
WhyNotHugo 4y ago
This smells like DRM to me, an it's not a thing on Linux (thankfully). You'd probably have to install DRM yourself for this to be a thing. Note: I mean Digital Restrictions Management[1] here, not Direct Rendering Manager[2]. [1]: https://www.defectivebydesign.org/ https://www.defectivebydesign.org/ [2]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.4/gpu/introduction.html https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.4/gpu/introduction.html
- Mindwipe 4y ago
  > This smells like DRM to me, an it's not a thing on Linux (thankfully). You'd probably have to install DRM yourself for this to be a thing. That is also the reason why Linux doesn't (and likely never will) get served high resolution content by any significant paid service however.
- hnbad 4y ago
  I think this has to do with the content in question being rendered on the GPU separately from the website itself. Historically I recall this being an issue with all forms of video display in some browsers but at this point (with website rendering generally being at least in part GPU accelerated) it shouldn't be an issue I think unless for some reason the browser is set up to use software rendering for the website itself. I do faintly recall not being able to see video player content in screenshots taken on Ubuntu (but the player itself could take snapshots just fine) because of a divide like this some years ago.
barbazoo 4y ago
I have never experienced that on any device, do you have an example?

pram 4y ago

I think it's called HDCP? When you take a screenshot of a paid movie in Apple TV or something it's just a black box.

alwayslikethis 4y ago

It's DRM. I refuse to deal with any company that tries to push this BS on us.

WhyNotHugo 4y ago

This smells like DRM to me, an it's not a thing on Linux (thankfully). You'd probably have to install DRM yourself for this to be a thing. Note: I mean Digital Restrictions Management[1] here, not Direct Rendering Manager[2]. [1]: https://www.defectivebydesign.org/ https://www.defectivebydesign.org/ [2]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.4/gpu/introduction.html https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.4/gpu/introduction.html

Mindwipe 4y ago
> This smells like DRM to me, an it's not a thing on Linux (thankfully). You'd probably have to install DRM yourself for this to be a thing. That is also the reason why Linux doesn't (and likely never will) get served high resolution content by any significant paid service however.
hnbad 4y ago
I think this has to do with the content in question being rendered on the GPU separately from the website itself. Historically I recall this being an issue with all forms of video display in some browsers but at this point (with website rendering generally being at least in part GPU accelerated) it shouldn't be an issue I think unless for some reason the browser is set up to use software rendering for the website itself. I do faintly recall not being able to see video player content in screenshots taken on Ubuntu (but the player itself could take snapshots just fine) because of a divide like this some years ago.

barbazoo 4y ago

I have never experienced that on any device, do you have an example?