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DTCP-IP Support in VLC

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 01:22
by JonathonM
I have a Panasonic Freeview HDD recorder which also allows stored content to be shared via DLNA. I have been using VLC to stream video from the DLNA server to my PC and then transcoding it into H264 files. However, some of the files are copyrighted and cannot be streamed to VLC (they show all fuzzy when trying to play them). The only client I have which will happily view these files is my PS3 with DTCP-IP enabled.

Is it possible to implement DTCP-IP into VLC? It would be fantastic if it were possible.

JM

Re: DTCP-IP Support in VLC

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:00
by Rémi Denis-Courmont
The protocol is encrypted. So even if someone found how the protocol works and implemented it, it would probably not work due to missing cryptographic keys.

Of course, given the protocol specification is confidential, nothing is for certain.

Re: DTCP-IP Support in VLC

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 00:23
by JonathonM
Thanks for your reply. Do you know of any software for PC which can stream these files? Preferrably free ;-)

Re: DTCP-IP Support in VLC

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 09:34
by Rémi Denis-Courmont
No, and even if I did, I would not cite them since the specification is not compatible with open-source.