[vlc-devel] How to ensure HDCP connectivity?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le mardi 20 mars 2012 18:22:59 Peter Tap, vous avez écrit :
> When playing through VLC, I need to ensure that the user is using HDMI
> output and HDCP compliant display. Is there any support within VLC to
> detect HDCP?

The video output plugin can refuse to output anything. It can also and 
alternatively requests scaling down to SD though that would be inefficient; 
the GPU is usually far more efficient for video scaling.

> If not, I would appreciate it if someone can point me in the
> right direction for any HDCP programming sample? 

HDCP negotiation is a matter for the hardware output, not for VLC. You need to 
check which whichever video output and/or audio output API you happen to use, 
how HDCP is exposed if at all.

> Perhaps I can write a
> wrapper code to ensure the presence of HDCP before firing up VLC.

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