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Stagnant
42 days 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
42 days ago
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But doesn't this limit you to 1080p?
Retr0id
42 days ago
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Correct
Wowfunhappy
42 days 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
42 days ago
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Indeed, note that I'm not the same user you were originally replying to
Wowfunhappy
42 days ago
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(Thanks, yes I know! I still wanted to finish the point!)
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