▲ 127 ▼ Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux (www.heise.de) submitted 11 months ago by greenbelt@lemy.lol to c/steam@lemmy.ml 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments At this time an open source HDMI 2.1 implementation is not possible without running afoul of the HDMI Forum requirements.
[–] turdas@suppo.fi 14 points 11 months ago (2 children) There's three big reasons: D, R and M. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) A couple of years ago, I hooked up my laptop to a monitor and to watch a movie from a streaming service. Since the monitor (a budget AOC model) didn't support HDCP, it didn't play. Here's the amazingly sophisticated hack I used to get it working: Instead of using the monitor as an additional display, I mirrored the laptop screen to it. Millions of dollars developing DRM defeated by a single key stroke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] klangcola@reddthat.com 5 points 11 months ago Sounds like screen mirroring from laptop should be outlawed. Think of the shareholders! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 child) A couple of years ago, I hooked up my laptop to a monitor and to watch a movie from a streaming service. Since the monitor (a budget AOC model) didn't support HDCP, it didn't play. Here's the amazingly sophisticated hack I used to get it working: Instead of using the monitor as an additional display, I mirrored the laptop screen to it. Millions of dollars developing DRM defeated by a single key stroke. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] klangcola@reddthat.com 5 points 11 months ago Sounds like screen mirroring from laptop should be outlawed. Think of the shareholders! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] klangcola@reddthat.com 5 points 11 months ago Sounds like screen mirroring from laptop should be outlawed. Think of the shareholders! permalink fedilink source parent