[mythtv-users] Broadcom Hardware Decoder BCM970015

[Jarod Wilson]

On Nov 23, 2010, at 2:30 PM, Brian Wood wrote:

> On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 12:21:44 pm Raymond Wagner wrote:
>> On 11/23/2010 14:16, Brian Wood wrote:
>>> "Provides integrated media security features, including support for
>>> protected content playback using industry standard DRM or other
>>> content protection schemes".
>> 
>> That just means the drivers support Windows' protected video path. 
>> It doesn't mean any decryption is being performed on the card
> 
> I wondered about that, but "DRM" is not a term I've seen applied to the 
> "protected path", which I think just means there is no place for the 
> user to get a handle on the baseband video sans HDCP.
> 
> 
> As for what "other content protection schemes" might mean, that's 
> anyone's guess, and I suspect the person who wrote it doesn't know 
> either :-)

With the appropriate firmware and (windows-only) driver, the chip does
support blu-ray decryption and playback (there's a hardware AES engine
inside the crystalhd hardware, iirc). Could be what they're talking
about there, not entirely sure.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com