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Re: DRM support

2013-09-05T21:12:21-07:00

Hi Dakaz

The safe ground is using the PlayReady and SmoothStreaming. It must be mandatory supported by all STA 2.0 compatible devices

Statistics: Posted by mautilus — Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:12 pm

Re: DRM support

2013-09-05T14:49:14-07:00

SDK_STA wrote:
>
> mautilus wrote:
> > 2)Is there common PlayReady API?
> >
> The Smart TV Alliance specification defines a common way of using the PlayReady API,
> refer to section 3.5.1.2 of the specification version 2.x.
>

I am new to the SmartTV Alliance and this forum, but I just downloaded the SDK Manual and I am not sure if that is the specification you refer to or not ( cannot find another download on the developers site, please point me to the right document), but section 3.5 of the 2.5 SDK is the DIAL support.

I would have expected something in SDK to allow the app to query the device to determine DRM capabilities. I do see the smarttv_getPlatform() call documented in section 3.2.3 but this doesn't seem to contemplate DRM capabilities in the response. Am I missing something? How do we determine if the device supports a specific DRM?

Thanks,

--Mike

Statistics: Posted by dakaz — Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:49 pm

Re: DRM support

2013-08-10T05:24:30-07:00

Thanks for the clarification. I am eager to see list of supported devices.

BR
STeN

Statistics: Posted by mautilus — Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:24 am

Re: DRM support

2013-08-10T03:22:39-07:00

Hi,

mautilus wrote:
> Okay, so that means that the fact Panasonic or TOSHIBA is SmartTV Alliance
> member means they might not even have the TV that is specification 2.0
> compliant if I understand you correctly.

Not exactly, it just means that the manufacturer decides which platforms are supporting the Smart TV Alliance specification. Please also refer to the general questions list for the answer on when a list of specific devices that support the Smart TV Alliance specification is published by the Smart TV Alliance itself.

>
> BTW - I am impressed by the quickness you are answering my questions. Keep
> that please, the excellent quality of the developer's forum and their
> community was one of the key success factors behind the famous

Thank you !

Statistics: Posted by SDK_STA — Sat Aug 10, 2013 3:22 am

Re: DRM support

2013-08-10T00:56:42-07:00

Hi,

Okay, so that means that the fact Panasonic or TOSHIBA is SmartTV Alliance member means they might not even have the TV that is specification 2.0 compliant if I understand you correctly.

Well that is very confusing for many customers honestly, since on the Internet they can read Panasonic joined the SmartTV Alliance in January 2013, in the version 2.0 specification they see the PlayReady is included. If they put those together it leads to expectation that the newest Panasonic TV will support PlayReady. It will be really good to have some page and clarify that.

Thanks for clarifying the PlayReady API

Statistics: Posted by mautilus — Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:56 am

Re: DRM support

2013-08-09T23:44:15-07:00

Hi,

mautilus wrote:

> 1)Does that mean that all manufacturers like Panasonic, Toshiba or VESTEL
> supports PlayReady?
>
Typically, manufacturers decide which platforms comply to (which version of) the Smart TV Alliance specification, so there is no black and white answer for this question.

> 2)Is there common PlayReady API?
>
The Smart TV Alliance specification defines a common way of using the PlayReady API, refer to section 3.5.1.2 of the specification version 2.x.

Regards,

Smart TV Alliance

Statistics: Posted by SDK_STA — Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:44 pm

Re: DRM support

2013-08-09T23:36:04-07:00

Hi,

Thanks fro your answers. According the specification v2.0, the PlayReady is mandatory, of course if then the manufacturer supports e.g. Widevine, Marlin or e.g. SecureMedia or VCAS, then this is something extra.

1)Does that mean that all manufacturers like Panasonic, Toshiba or VESTEL supports PlayReady?

2)Is there common PlayReady API?

The reason I am asking is that we are developing also for Panasonic Viera TVs and in the last debate with Panasonic team (~3 weeks ago) they told me they do not currently support any DRM, but they plan doing that, so I am a bit confused now.

Thanks fro clarification.

Regards,
STeN

Statistics: Posted by mautilus — Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:36 pm

Re: DRM support

2013-08-09T17:54:17-07:00

ksteffen wrote:
> Does anyone have a list of DRMs supported by TV by model year.
> Specifically looking for PlayReady Support for Smooth Streaming and HTML
> Video Object

Hi,

based on the support for the Smart TV Alliance specification version, platforms support a set of DRM methods such as PlayReady. It depends on the platform which version of the Smart TV Alliance specification (and thus: DRM methods) is supported. Of course some platforms could support more DRM methods than those mandated by the Smart TV Alliance specification. The indication which Smart TV Alliance specification version is supported is for now published by the manufacturer.

Regards,

Smart TV Alliance

Statistics: Posted by SDK_STA — Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:54 pm

Re: DRM support

2013-08-09T17:51:46-07:00

Hi,

based on the support for the Smart TV Alliance specification version, platforms support a set of DRM methods such as PlayReady. It depends on the platform which version of the Smart TV Alliance specification (and thus: DRM methods) is supported. Of course some platforms could support more DRM methods than those mandated by the Smart TV Alliance specification.

Regards,

Smart TV Alliance

Statistics: Posted by SDK_STA — Fri Aug 09, 2013 5:51 pm

Re: DRM support

2013-08-09T07:12:38-07:00

Hi,

We are working with Widevine and PlayReady as well - which platform are you interested?

BR
STeN

Statistics: Posted by mautilus — Fri Aug 09, 2013 7:12 am

Re: DRM support

2013-08-09T06:31:48-07:00

Statistics: Posted by SDK_STA — Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:31 am

Re: DRM support

2013-08-09T06:31:48-07:00

Hi,

We are working with Widevine and PlayReady as well - which platform are you interested?

BR
STeN

Statistics: Posted by mautilus — Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:31 am

DRM support

2013-08-09T06:31:48-07:00

Does anyone have a list of DRMs supported by TV by model year. Specifically looking for PlayReady Support for Smooth Streaming and HTML Video Object

Statistics: Posted by ksteffen — Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:31 am

DRM support

2013-08-09T06:31:48-07:00

Does anyone have a list of DRMs supported by TV by model year. Specifically looking for PlayReady Support for Smooth Streaming and HTML Video Object

Statistics: Posted by ksteffen — Fri Aug 09, 2013 6:31 am

Re: DRM support

2013-08-09T04:57:54-07:00

Hi Dakaz

The safe ground is using the PlayReady and SmoothStreaming. It must be mandatory supported by all STA 2.0 compatible devices Philips, LG and Toshiba supports that, Panasonic not yet (viewtopic.php?f=5&t=15).

I have never used the OIPF DRMAgent, so I am not sure if they do not have some DRM capability detection mechanism

BR
STeN

Statistics: Posted by mautilus — Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:57 am