Playing protected (drm) movie files? (1 Viewer)

FunkyBoi

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does anyone know if it is possible to play protected (drm) movie files throughl Mediaportal?
 

FunkyBoi

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neither - its on demand content available free of charge from www.channel4.com/4od and www.skyanytime.com - i have config'd media portal setup in my videos to see the directory in which the files are downloaded to - however when i view the directory in mediaportal and try to open a file it just plays a black screen - someone told me it was because the files are drm protected. Any ideas?
 

jburnette

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There is software that will transcode the file and remove the DRM in the process. Tunebite is one that I know of but I am sure there are more. That should allow you to play the files in MediaPortal.
 

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