How Does HDCP Work?
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2017
- HDCP is a copy-protection scheme used with HDMI and other connections. How does it work, and why has it given consumers so many problems?
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'Or S-h-i-t" My sides ow
I love how he just casually shit on HDCP lol. I hate HDCP. It has literally prevented me from capturing my own content or fcked up presentations because some stupid computer or device couldn't "validate" or dock or whatever with some projector. What is ironic is that, a lot of stuff that should have HDCP like Netflix or Amazon prime TV on the Xbox doesn't and my capture card sees and captures it just fine but certain games will freak out my capture card every now and then. And years of backing up my DVD's and Blu-rays has just shown me how crappy DRM is.
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Not to mention the FU 8-ball
ACT 3!
Yes, that was hilarious. He didn't even bat an eyelash. I had to rewind it just to double check my ears :D
S.h.i.t? 1:05
Yes, I caught that also, at about 1:05. LOL!
Yup , exactly what it is ...
Agreed. it's just another arm of the DMCA, from the sounds of it: another political move to fight technology rather than embrace it.
S*sometimes screws you're multi-display setup over
H*hit or miss for HDMI splitters to work around
I*intelligent corporate dollar workings.....
T*trash that is hacked in days from newest revision
Super Horrible Inconvenient Thingy?
One of the most common issues I run into in my work (ISP 2nd line helldesk) is customer TVs being incompatible with HDCP. Those are fun conversations where you have to tell a customer his TV is just too old.
Step 1: Buy tv/movie from streaming site
Step 2: Get told i'm not allowed to watch in HD because something in my setup doesn't support DRM-horseshit
Step 3: Yarr Harr the 4k version and remember why i don't try to support my favorite shows..
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Just buy the 4K Blu-Ray.
@@adriannn3720 4K BluRays Require HDCP 2.2 And Intel SGX To Play
Its also terrible at stopping piracy
No shit
its DRM
I say it does the opposite of stopping piracy. When being a Pirate is easier than being a customer guess what the average Joe is going to do.
If they want to "stop" piracy they can't compete on price so they should improve service, not actively be a disservice.
It encourages piracy. No more no less. When you see paying customers being treated worse than pirates, guess what you wanna be? Fuck Netflix and fuck DRM.
"High-bandwidth digital content protection, or S H I T"
Hahahahahaha whoever wrote this is the best!
Gold
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You gotta love how many schemes that content providers come up with to try and prevent, yet further justify piracy.
they got ways to bypass hdcp so there schemes arent even working lol
@@AsianFlex why even bother to waste money on protection development?
@@kajetus0688 i dont know
It can... radicalise an individual. Turn them to piracy... make them break bad.
I found it hilarious when boxes started appearing that "downgrade" the latest HDCP to an older one, "to help with compatibility" said the manufacturer. They're very useful😉
I'd take 30 cables over hdcp bs.
Great video Linus! Thanks for the info and easy to understand explanations. Love the abbreviation for HDCP. ;)
1:00 Linus that's not how you spell HDCP XD
S.H.I.T :P
Corey Watford not sure if trolling, or if it went completely over your head...
Scrambled Highspeed Interface Technology... Duh!
***** Nothing goes over my head, not even the clouds.
Scrambled Highspeed Inconvenience Technology?
I think it's cute that the media companies who created HDCP seems to think that people pirate their content by making a real-time recording of the original video with something like a VHS recorder like it's still the early 90s. Instead of just, y'know, ripping the digital file directly from the source.
HDCP sounds incredibly illegal.
Okay so that was a joke about CP, but unironically HDCP should be illegal
Any Digital Restrictions Management *MUST* be illegal. Period, full stop, enough said
@@beezanteeum *_I KNOW..._* right...?!
Also it is wasting their money for something that barely works.
At least the criminals have it in hd lol
Not a joke I expected to see in a TechQuickie vid lmao
Yeah... My cable box even prevented me from recording a rented movie to my dvd recorder, saying "Cant record copy protected content" when i pressed the record button on the dvd, connected via SCART, the older, fatter and analog brother of HDMI. But that was easy to bypass. 2 adapters and 6 wire cable, and i was able to record it.
Surprised that Macrovision did not trip you up. Edit: Maybe that is an NTSC-only thing.
Anyone else see DHCP when they read the title? LOL
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PCP? What're you talking about.
Just a bit
Networking has ruined you.
Yes, I did :D
RaidenFreeman Same
Love the sarcasm, if anything HDCP is causing people to download pre-ripped content due to all the problems it causes. As always thanks Linus you da best!
HDCP? Linus, you're gonna get in a lot of trouble with the FBI, bud.
For the people that didnt understand
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I hate it when my CP isn't HD.
He lives in Canada. FBI doesn't have jurisdiction there!
Yea they do, they have jurisdiction everywhere, this gun says so!
Thank you for this video 🙌🏼 I had issues with my Nintendo switch having this error with an older tv I hooked it up to on vacation and out of all the Nintendo switch “help” videos THIS one had my answer. Thank you for this content!
As a Linux user, I'm concerned that I do not really 'own' my hardware when such restrictions are in place. I'd be happy to use old technology to circumvent this ridiculousness. Either that, or I'll use the decryption outlined in the video regardless of what content I'm viewing.
you can use displayport
@@SAMISHUKRIdisplay port also uses HDCP
Thanks for spelling it out Linus, I almost spewed my tea all over my desk.
I've used my 42" Toshiba flat screen for my PC for many years now(I think the TV was bought back in 2012). Even when I had 2 tv's(for L4D2 multi local), one with HDMI and the other with DVI-to-HDMI adapter, I never had any issues.
linus u do a great job and its coll as well keep up the good work
linus what would make it possible for my smart tv to record on demand content such as netflix?
I had a problem earlier with this. my fix was to turn off and on the TV. another way to record stuff is through a different source like TV most set top boxes have RCA inputs so use that to record
will you do a video on
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Love It. Made my day.
Fun fact. Netflix's hdcp-compliant streaming can be circumvented easily by disabling hardware acceleration... The more you know
Just a basic question, looking for help. I just bought a new TV that is HDCP 2.2 and my UHD player is HDCP 2.2 as well. However, my audio receiver is older and only accepts optical input. Will I have HDCP video issues if I use the optical out to my older receiver?
Any suggestion for a good splitter?
Correct its a nightmare. For example, my perfectly good but old DVI Monitor just will not work when connected to an HDMI PC. Spent a fortune on adapters, splitters, strippers, converter cables etc. but always a blank display even when just trying to use Windows, let alone movies and stuff.
A curse on Intel
interesting and true. good video!
What if you just bit-for-bit clone the encrypted media? It'd be impossible for any receiver device to tell the difference. Similarly, what if the decryption chip in even a single receiver device gets dumped and shared online? The entire premise of HDCP seems fundamentally flawed but it's somehow a serious thing made by very serious people at Intel and it really exists so I'm confused.
I couldn't understand why I was occasionally seeing snow on an HDMI input when I switched my 4K TV to my allegedly 4K capable FetchTV STB, so thanks for the explanation. HDCP sucks, particularly when I only ever use the STB to watch free to air TV or catch up TV!
Linus knows all about that HD CP.
lol high-bandwidth digital content protection or SHIT for short. Linus 2017
hi wondering if you know of something that would allow me to use my cable box as a input into my Blackmagic Atem Switcher?
When you dont understand any of what Linus is saying, but you watch anyways.
Darian Mccants lol true, i am only reading the comments, i dont pay attention to what linus is saying
Eh, I understood most of it, and I'm not a DRM expert by any means.
Maybe try rewatching the video to pick up things you missed the 1st time, and use your googlefu to pick up on some new concepts ;)
does it mean that i should buy a new 4k tv for it to work or can i still use my full hd tv?
what do i need to display my cameras. i have a dvr that using a vga out to my hdtv . i tried using a hdmi to vga adapter and still nothing . any help.
High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection - aka S.H.I.T. Couldn't have said it better myself Linus, and I wrote a paper on this!
Very Nice Bro
I'm surprised you guys didn't mention one of the most frustrating problems with HDCP, users that have monitors over 120hz cannot watch content on HDCP-compliant streaming or devices. I cannot watch Netflix if my monitor is set to 144hz, sometimes to the point where even if I change it and try again it still doesn't work, so I have to restart my PC.
_bad Works on my machine lel
Are you using Chrome? It might just be a Chrome problem if you're not. I did research into it and found a post on the Chromium bug reports forums and this has been an issue since it was first reported in 2014.
_bad I use Pale Moon.
So the tv needs to support hdcp 2.2 for the 4k blu ray player and 4k disc to work?
when i watched this 2 weeks ago it was interesting, but last week my mum got a new TV and her Amazon fire stick was all fuzzy and messed up, she thought it was the stick dying, soooooo, i got her to watch this and told her "I think the stick is fine, i have a feeling that it's the S.H.I.T (HDCP) that's doing it" so she got an HDMI splitter as you suggested and it's working fine now, good timing on the video!!
I just purchased a Denon A/V receiver. One of the things I wanted to do was use my receiver to listen to real time audio editing using my Win 10 PC. The receiver and laptop don't handshake due to HDCP between the laptop and receiver. Is there a way to get the receiver and laptop HDMI to communicate?
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Ah a fairly large UA-cam channel that isn't automatically pro-tech-drm-type-shit. How refreshing. Loving the bluntness here :D
What does it d increase security or something
At the start I was asking myself? Since when we can't copy original BluRay or Netflix content. Then I watched the whole video and turned out, Linus knows what he talks about.
I like that "also stands for 's-h-i-t'"
1:03 Echoes Act 3 confirmed as Linus' Stand
1:03 I like how he spells it
1:04 this is why I love you Linus (no homo)
I've tried playing legally paid for movies through itunes or google play on my ipad and output that video (w/ adapter) to the analog screens in my car for the kids and get blocked every time. The interesting thing is that without a splitter, it works just fine with this setup with downloaded content from both amazon video and netflix. Why does it work with those apps and not with itunes and google play?
This explains a lot of my issues.
UNRELATED QUESTION:
Can someone tell me if either the ports, or the cable itself is the thing that has to be up to standards? For example, say a video card (cause that's the most popular output device I can think of) comes with a DisplayPort 1.4 output, and you have a monitor with a DisplayPort 1.4 input, do you need a DisplayPort 1.4 cable as well to take advangtage of the full bandwidth? Or are all DisplayPort cables the same? (in regards to how much data they can carry)
Thanks for any help!!
Since the TV gets the full resolution stream, couldn't a recording device pretend to be a TV too (for example, spoof any identifiers along with using a compatible encryption key)? Surely the encryption key could be extracted from a TV.
That's what pirates do, they decrypt BluRays using jailbroken PlayStation 3's.
How could you miss that handshake fails at 144Hz... A bane to all of us with nice overdriven TN film Gaming displays... I have to run at 120Hz just in case I accidentally load netflix or something that tries to force a handshake.
HTPC does not prevent you from copying a bluray.
That is the AACS encryption, like CSS was the encryption method for DVD.
The nexflix example was correct though.
If you want to copy a bluray, you need to disable the AACS encryption
The Blu-ray player has HDCP though
My 4K ASUS monitor doesn't support HDCP 2.2, so the only 4K content I can actually watch is you, Linus.
Hi guys, can you do a video on KVM switches?
please do an episode on iso image files. Booting from an iso image file on a usb drive. THANKS for all your hard work
i recall seeing a decrypter passthrough implementation on an altera cyclone development board. Isnt there some chinese gadget to do that without all the extra pins and ports? say 1 hdmi in, 1 hdmi out, and the power plug? (maybe even self powered?)
I wonder if this is my problem. I've been recking my brain trying to figure out why I can't stream some content from my computer to my tv. I'm not using a hdmi cable but I am getting inconsistent/intermittent handshaking problems and issues playing certain file types?...
3:25 Priceless
This is exactly why I download all my movies. I have so many unopened blueray and dvds in my cabinet.
Movies on Itunes won't play in HD because of HDCP and now the sound cut out too. I have an lg 24" ultrawide monitor and a custom-built pc that is fairly new. Why does Itunes not let me watch my movies?
Pretty stupid. Causes more issues than solutions. Actually still not a solution, since there are almost always multiple sources of content (dvd and stuff).
Companies need to face the fact that there will always be pirates. Any protcol or anything protection they make will eventually be broken, (I've seen cases where software was cracked and out before the official release). If there is a new protection method it may hold for a year or 2 at the most like Denuvo, with that after one game was cracked after 6 months, games started getting cracked left and right. Maybe they have a slight increase in the amount of sales while the security isn't broken, but most people pirate anyways are more likely willing to wait.
Azenix Roblox I pirate a lot of stuff but its mainly because I don't trust it properly. Like mafia 3 for example... otherwise I buy most of my games. I've also pirated The Grand Tour too as even though I have an amazon prime subscription the shitty DRM that covers all but one of my monitors is just annoying and its genuinely easier to torrent it, hell you can even watch as it downloads. Pirates would never have bought it to begin with.
Azenix Roblox Resident Evil 7 with Denuvo was released last week, cracked 5 days after launch. Companies are wasting their time
Harry Phillips wasting time and paying consomer's money...
If I genuinely like something than, i'd be happy to pay for it, the best part about torrenting movies and stuff is that I can use VLC and have all sorts of different controls like speed.
I have seen software cracked and bugs corrected by the pirates. Cracked one worked better☺
I plan on using the splitter method to bypass HDCP. However, are there splitters that that work with multiple inputs rather than outputs? I want to have my PS3 and PS4 plugged into one device, but because of HDCP my PS3 will not work.
Where can I get the new HDMI 2.0 B cable?
Is it common to have issues with HDCP, when it comes to 'regular usage'?
I use HDMI with lots of different devices & TVs & I don't think I've had to deal with any HDCP errors. I'm currently using HDMI with 4 TVs (2008*, 2009, 2018 & 2019) & a monitor, & I'm using about 4 cables, each of a different model (probably at least 1's over a decade old). The date range of the devices I use span at least 2009-2019.
So, maybe the handshake errors come with more specific use, &/or are not very common?
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Ok. iPhone 6pluss, netflix account, and appleTV. Before iOS 11 was released I was able to use iPhone and my Netflix account to download Netflix shows onto my phone - then screen mirror thru AppleTV to project the show onto my television's bigger screen. With the first iOS 11 download that stopped. Now.. it all works the same except the last step. Meaning- I can see Netflix account mirrored from iPhone onto the tv while I am selecting my downloaded show.. but the minute I hit play on the show my TV screen goes black. I suspect (now) that it is HDCP... any tips to make this work again?
You should make a video on why composite needed 4 cables (YRGB)
Best. Spelling Bee Attempt. Ever.
Corporation with a lot of money: "Let's put all these frustrating anti-piracy measures into our products!"
Pirates: "Oh no! Anyway..."
Paying customers: "Why are we still here? Just to suffer?"
my ps3 and much newer tv had a problem with the handshake protocol and simply wouldnt work until i got another cable. i tried several but the one that finally ended up working also happened to be the cheapest piece of crap cable i could find.
reminds me of that time my linux install wouldn't start but windows did.
turns out that one of the hdmi in the ports of the tv I use as a monitor had faulty audio
Honestly this is why I like component cables still existing for now. Oh you still spit out 1080i and 1080p over analog? Lel. The amount of times I could have gotten by DRM and HDCP = to the amount of times it has screwed legit stuff
3:20 If the bios were unlocked in a TV, we would see a LTT video titled "Overclocking my TV part 1/4"
How does HDR work? Is it just a term for displays with a high contrast ratio?
Hi Linus
Can you make a "Quickly as possible" video explaining about the components of a smartphone processor (Snap Dragon)
Thanks :D
i use my laptop for screen mirroring and i use it for Fire TV Stick but the problem is NOW TV uses HDCP and it says that my tv is not HDCP enabled (non-compilant) but i can do it with my NOW TV box, i'm not trying to pirate anything i only want to watch it on a bigger screen.
Sheez, Linus looked so angry at 3:21!
So if I have an older yamaha reciever that had hdmi 2.0 instead of HDCP 2.2 then when I run everything thru it my picture on TV won't be in hd
I have a chromecast ultra and a monitor that is 4k and HDCP2.2 compatible, but I just can't get the chromecast to spit out 4k. Any idea why?
does display port has a negative technology like hdcp ?
Did anyone else see that at 4:28 Linus said "a splitter" but showed the oposite (multiple inputs, one output)?
So, then why does it say Hdcp on my elgato capture software when i try to record some game footage from my xbox?
You should make a video about internet browsers other than Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. I have used Opera a bit and think it's neat, but I've also tried some other lesser known browsers such as Lunascape6 and Cyberfox.
How are these other browsers different from the more commonly used ones. For instance Opera has a built-in ad blocker, and Lunascape uses 3 engines (as noted below).
Also in what ways do rendering engines such as Gecko (Firefox), WebKit (Safari), and Trident ( Internet Explorer) differ?
0:46 "the powers that B"? Death grips reference??
I have a question how to fix 28" 4k hdr monitor eyecare no settings nothing at all can you please help me out
Watching this video on a HDCP-stripped signal because of the wonderful HDMI-splitter trick :)
The HDCP on my setup means I have to start my amplifier after the tv has started or I do not get audio.
It has given people problems because that is *all it does*. Its only function and feature is to break functionality, because some companies imagine that makes them more money. For a handful of lawyers it even does, but certainly not for producers.
Please do a video on how to download more RAM, my mainframe is getting hacked
I had to refund a 4K movie because the resolution was capped at 480p... If anything, this faulty content protection standard would entice consumers to pirate their content instead of spending money on it
I have set up a bars tv an audio on daisy chained splitters before.
When I first built my computer I was using a Display Port cable and Amazon wouldn't allow me to watch Prime content because of HDCP. It wasn't until I replaced it with HDMI cable that I was able to. I've got an Amazon Fire TV 4K and you need a compatible HDCP 2.2 TV, HDMI ports, and audio system.
That is why I had to put a HDMI switch between my TV and DVR. without it the DVR actually overheats and crashes often. but the switch is getting old and needs replacing, unfortunately the one I got to replace it doesn't block the HDCP signature and doesn't fix the problem.
Is display port also a all in one?
Preet Singh Mostly, yes. And it has the added benefit of not requiring a royalty for the device manufacturer to install it.
Preet Singh almost. HDMI also supports Ethernet and mic (screen back to device) so HDMI has a couple of benefits. Also HDCP is also on Display ports.
However I have never run into any problems with computer and monitor / projector for Blu-Ray, Netflix, or Prime. Streaming legally and watching on demand from PC is cheaper than a TV license in the U.K. So I stopped watching TV.