• LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch
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    1 year ago

    TL;DW - he needs reference screen grabs to make his screen accurate props, but lately in browser DRM has been making it harder and harder to take screenshots (specifically using a Mac on Amazon streaming service). So if he gets frustrated enough, he’ll just torrent a HQ copy and use that instead.

    DRM is making it annoying for everyone, and you never own anything if you don’t have an unrestricted local copy.

    • ericswpark
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      1 year ago

      I absolutely hate this trend. If my eyeballs can see it, the camera on my phone can. Or a cheap HDMI capture card with a leaked HDCP key. They just want to screw over non-techie people who don’t know about these workarounds.

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        1 year ago

        It depends. Turn of hardware acceleration in firefox or chrome. Works on both. Screen should be screenshot/recordable again.

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      I’m pretty sure this is why Hue Sync (matches lights to the screen) doesn’t work on desktop and the hardware accessory for it is so expensive.