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Tiviar Alpha Plus Combo STB
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HDCP is baked into every HDMI chipset so the box supports it as do all HDMI devices.
Netflix and Amazon are not licensed for Enigma 2 , that's why you cant download apps for it , there are workarounds via kodi but even those are from hooky repositories and cant be relied upon to continue working in a stable way.
Android TV boxes such as the shield recently had a "purge" as it were , in order to continue having a valid license for netflix , amazon , disney etc. support for "other" popular IPTV apps has been pulled and they no longer work.
It was only a matter of time before they got stepped on anyway .
For better, or worse, licenses don't tend to impact feature availability on Enigma2 boxes. It is linux based, and open source (GNU v2.0). Because it uses Python, there is a wide development community and many apps. The culture appears to be that, if it can be done, it will be done.
My reply was based on a detailed post on a technical forum some years ago, as to why the Netflix app was pulled from Enigma 2 boxes. My memory was that it was because there was no hardware encryption available at that time.
(You may be right in relation to HDCP always being baked in to chipsets, I wouldn't know. However, a lot of early HDMI implementations didn't support HDCP, regardless of chipset support. The Tiviar dates from 2013 and records all broadcast content unencrypted. Even with CAMs there is an option to decrypt encrypted content and store in the clear.)0 -
NewClareman wrote: »For better, or worse, licenses don't tend to impact feature availability on Enigma2 boxes. It is linux based, and open source (GNU v2.0). Because it uses Python, there is a wide development community and many apps. The culture appears to be that, if it can be done, it will be done.
My reply was based on a detailed post on a technical forum some years ago, as to why the Netflix app was pulled from Enigma 2 boxes. My memory was that it was because there was no hardware encryption available at that time.
(You may be right in relation to HDCP always being baked in to chipsets, I wouldn't know. However, a lot of early HDMI implementations didn't support HDCP, regardless of chipset support. The Tiviar dates from 2013 and records all broadcast content unencrypted. Even with CAMs there is an option to decrypt encrypted content and store in the clear.)
Definitely right on HDCP and HDMI , HDCP has been mandatory in the spec since HDMI V 1.1 way back in 2003 , long before it became commonplace on consumer devices.
The Tiviar and every other device with HDMI must have it.
HDCP protects content at source , blu rays etc. and has nothing to do with "in box" encryption , that's a different animal.
Humax boxes and some sky boxes for example , uniquely encrypt content on a per box basis so that recorded content cannot be transferred from that box.
Linux being open source under the GNU license is both a good and bad thing.
Great that we have way more control over what the box can do in comparison to some more mainstream boxes out there
Bad in the sense that software players and steamers from the likes of Netflix and Amazon are not open source and will never officially be incorporated into anything distributed under a GNU license , as by default that means that they must also operate under that GNU license.
So yes , there are homebrew versions of these players , but are illegal and often rounded up and stopped and or sued.
They work only as long as its not too much of a hassle for the developers , as long as they can be bothered to put in the time and avoid trouble.
Long story short , Enigma 2 boxes will never be a one box solution sat receiver and streamer , they are a great TV receiver , with some flaky add-ons that may or may not be useful.0 -
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