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Stagnant
6 months ago
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The GPU, not the TPM, is the root of hardware DRM
Yes, you can get around it by playing the video in a virtual machine and capturing it from the host. For widevine videos playing in browser it is also as trivial as disabling hardware acceleration from the browser's settings.
Wowfunhappy
6 months ago
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But doesn't this limit you to 1080p?
Retr0id
6 months ago
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Correct
Wowfunhappy
6 months ago
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Yeah, so that's not really relevant. Hardware DRM is generally only used for 4K, as mentioned in the article.
Retr0id
6 months ago
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Indeed, note that I'm not the same user you were originally replying to
Wowfunhappy
6 months ago
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(Thanks, yes I know! I still wanted to finish the point!)
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