Questions tagged [hdcp]

HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) is a copy protection system developed by Intel in 1990 to prohibit copyright-protected content to be stored as they pass through the audio and video outputs.

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My display is blank when I turn on my HDTV connected to Media Center

When I turn on my TV, it's often the case that the screen is blank and I have to unplug / plug the HDMI cable connected from the Windows Media Center to a Samsung LED TV. This problem only occurs ...
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How can I know if HDCP is supported in my Linux distribution?

I'm trying to watch Amazon Prime Video on my Arch Linux, but it forces the video quality to SD. With Amazon support I was informed that this happens in cases where there's no HDCP supported. I'm ...
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Is HDCP working for ATI/AMD cards on windows 8?

I have an AMD 6950 and am running windows 8 RTM. I've tried the Catalyst 12.8 drivers and the 12.9 beta drivers. With either drive HDCP seems to be non operational. I've got two dell monitors, one ...
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