th3rEsa Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Technology prevention of the week: Quote This video engine also enforces anti-piracy DRM protections as required by the major studios. Hollywood bosses didn't want to stream 4K ultra high-def content from their studios' websites without mechanisms in place to thwart casual rippers, and so Intel gave the entertainment giants what they wanted. I wonder how AMD processors are doing this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zidane Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 @th3rEsa I'm ###### too but until AMD actually becomes a serious competitor and not the "bargain bin laughing stock processor guy", nothing will change. T3X4S, +Matthew S., Raa and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS Bob 11 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) This reminds me of Vista's DRM APIs (Protected Media Path) and HDCP content protection ##### developed by none other than Intel. Edited August 30, 2016 by zhangm Do not bypass swear filter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsYcHoKiLLa Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 You can still accelerate video via your graphics card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielx64 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Why is this not on the front page? FunkyMike 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3rEsa Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Because no one reported it as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotenks98 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 31 minutes ago, Danielx64 said: Why is this not on the front page? The have to save room for all the useless articles to be posted first. FunkyMike, Circaflex, Draconian Guppy and 2 others 5 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Order_66 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 On the software side as well as the hardware side the desktop is under constant attack but anti-consumer moves such as this one will be easily bypassed in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisp Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Danielx64 said: Why is this not on the front page? Because Neowin is pro Intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, Crisp said: Because Neowin is pro Intel. https://www.neowin.net/news/tags/amd Not sure how you got to that assumption. Danielx64 and th3rEsa 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 I'm sure rippers will find a way around it, they normally always do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3rEsa Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 Grabbing directly from the video output will still be possible. It's just much more effort (and annoying). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Is this decoding unit part of the onboard GPU, or part of the CPU? I was under the impression most modern video playback is hardware accelerated rather than CPU driven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3rEsa Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 It's a part of the video engine. I couldn't read off the linked article where exactly it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterTHX Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 8 hours ago, Order_66 said: On the software side as well as the hardware side the desktop is under constant attack but anti-consumer moves such as this one will be easily bypassed in time. How is trying to prevent piracy anti-consumer? We're talking STREAMING. Want the full version? Buy a Blu-ray. ncoday and DConnell 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3rEsa Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Please don't mix up streaming with illegal contents. The whole point of this anti-feature is to disallow free access to video streams which you are officially allowed to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 6 minutes ago, th3rEsa said: Please don't mix up streaming with illegal contents. The whole point of this anti-feature is to disallow free access to video streams which you are officially allowed to watch. Legal to watch, not legal to record and potentially redistribute. PeterTHX 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3rEsa Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 And now we're finally talking freedom again. Conserving things is not the same as redistribution. +Gary7 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotoxic Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 7 hours ago, th3rEsa said: Conserving things is not the same as redistribution. It doesn't matter what your opinion is, if you don't have a legal right to save something then it is still a "crime". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Just now, exotoxic said: It doesn't matter what your opinion is, if you don't have a legal right to save something then it is still a "crime". Who are you to determine if a consumer's actions are illegal? This could also hamper legit things. Again, the freedom lost is the lack of choice. FunkyMike and th3rEsa 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3rEsa Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 I have the legal right to process legally acquired digital data on a machine which is allowed to access these data in any way I want it to as long as I don't breach the copyright laws. There is no copyright involved in saving my own streams though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 7 hours ago, th3rEsa said: Please don't mix up streaming with illegal contents. The whole point of this anti-feature is to disallow free access to video streams which you are officially allowed to watch. video streams such as any random video stream? Victor Rambo 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3rEsa Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Depends on what they're planning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotoxic Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 hour ago, adrynalyne said: Who are you to determine if a consumer's actions are illegal? This could also hamper legit things. Again, the freedom lost is the lack of choice. Not me, the content owners. It is their property they decided what people who purchase a license can and cannot do with it. PeterTHX 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3rEsa Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 As it is their property, they can decide about my rights to access it. Nothing more, nothing less. Given that streaming already is downloading, they basically try to cut my rights to decide about what happens on my own computer. IMO their rights end where my network connection begins. I must not share their stuff without permission, but they don't have the right to decide what happens inside the machine they allowed to access their stuff. alex_d2w 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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