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Isn't the point that the video isn't sent to external non-DRM'ed HDMI, that it shows up as black the same way it does in a screenshot?
by crazygringo 2y ago
Isn't the point that the video isn't sent to external non-DRM'ed HDMI, that it shows up as black the same way it does in a screenshot?
- Dylan16807 2y agoSo yes that's the point of HDCP, but HDCP is broken. And lots of HDMI splitters remove it entirely.
- kuschku 2y agoThe truth is that HDCP too only annoys the consumer. Pirates can bypass it easily, and even event venues and universities keep cheap chinese HDMI splitters on hand to avoid issues during lectures or presentations. These $10 devices just rip the HDCP off the incoming video stream. This is most useful because Mac OS keeps applications around even without a window, and as long as e.g. Spotify is still there, it'll force HDCP on the HDMI out.
- numpad0 2y agoYes, and then someone in China successfully extracted a key and built a "HDCP stripper" that double negatives the italic. They appeared to have taken the keys from few of something expensive enough so that it politically can't be revoked. Capturing HDMI also used to be costly, China solved that too few years ago. Compressed 2K capture dongles are $9 apiece. I wouldn't describe those as "tiny" barriers, though, it just wasn't up to faceless Chinese silicon gurus circa 2010.