@Jeimpiputt70 @aki-ch

I just streamed from an Android phone with the Blue TV app 5.3.4 to a Chromecast and couldn’t understand the problem. Even the blockbuster Men in Black, which was shown on RTL2 last night, worked without any problems.

Maybe it’s a temporary problem that has now been fixed?

If not:

Which blueTV app version are you using?

What connection between tablet and screen?

[Addendum] A series from 2015 via blue play (i.e. paid content) also works. [/Addendum]

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@Tux0ne According to your nickname, you also have Linux. Does it work there with DRM turned off?

Chromecast supports DRM, so you should be able to see something there even with vision protection activated.

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ROFL, I can just imagine a journey with a kilometer long cable to the internet box.

I searched for it on my trusted search engine and apparently there are occasional problems with DRM on the FireTV Stick.

I assume you don’t have another streaming stick or an HDMI cable from the tablet to the screen at hand? (You may be able to buy the cable in the Swisscom shop and exchange it after 14 days if it does not work as desired).

P.S. If you have TV M or higher: Does the same message appear when playing bluePlay content?

I have never used a Fire Stick.

So that you can stream from an Android device, do you have to install the AirScreen app on the stick?

This is then perhaps not compatible with newer DRM protection?

With a 40 CHF Chromecast stick you don’t have this problem.

Contrary to the assumption that, like all other providers, you cannot stream to a screen (completely absurd), it works perfectly with Chromecast or Apple TV (Airplay compatible devices).

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@aki-ch wrote:

@SamuelD But that doesn’t explain why I was able to watch all private German channels without any problems until April 3rd, 2022 and not since April 8th, 2022.

Nothing has changed in my components this week.

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According to my clarifications, the channel was activated on April 6th. DRM encryption (Digital Rrealmanagement), for use on the web and TV app, is activated on 20 additional channels. Swisscom therefore meets the licensor’s legal requirements.

Digital rights management is a type of copy protection that does not prevent copying, but is intended to control the use (and distribution) of digital media. With blue TV Air, the DRM affects all channels that are transmitted in encrypted form. This includes all subscribed premium channels such as blue+, Sport Events and blue Video, but also channels that are included in the normal Swisscom lineup such as AXN, Discovery Channel, Vox, etc..

In order to play the content, the entire playback chain must support DRM.

Screen mirroring or screen projecting is not the same technology as Airplay or Miracast.

With screen mirroring, it is common practice that DRM-protected content is not transmitted. Similar to when you want to take a screenshot in the app and the image remains black.

It may be that this may have worked. With a device that supports Miracast or Airplay, you don’t have this problem. It would be tragic if it stopped working. With screen mirroring, I would be rather surprised that it has worked this way so far.

aki-ch

Now it depends on how you do it from the app on your smartphone/tablet.

If you can stream from the blue TV app, i.e. real streaming, (the Fire Stick would then establish the connection to the streaming server, the smartphone would only be used for control) it should actually work, at least that’s how it is with the Chromecast. That would be with this standardized symbol, unless Swisscom came up with the idea of ​​generating its own symbol again (like with iOS)[upl-image-preview liId=46351i81B332E1674428E2 alt=Download.png uuid=5400a04d-5567-42c7-9f0c -9e15633fb3ea]

But if you project the image directly via the settings on your smartphone/tablet, i.e. establish a point-to-point connection with the Firestick, as a rule. Combined with a fairly modest image and high battery consumption on the smartphone/tablet, it won’t work.

These are 2 different things,

The former would be streaming as in the title. The second would be screen mirroring, which is not streaming 🙂

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aki-ch wrote:

Is there a list of which channels are affected by DRM?

If I can no longer stream to a larger screen while on vacation and the app isn’t available for Android TV either (both of which are now a fact), then it has definitely become worthless for me.

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We have now activated encryption for the channels on this list, as required by law.

@SamuelD Good to know, thank you. This also fits with the TF1 and M6 mentioned in the French-speaking forum.

Does the technology used allow me to broadcast individual programs in encrypted form?

If so, the relevant broadcasters would only have the opportunity to broadcast the content where visual protection is required by the rights holders in an appropriate code, while it would still be possible to receive the other programs freely.

Oh, and @aki-ch then, as I suspected, it’s a problem with the FireStick that doesn’t implement the DRM correctly. Maybe the Amazon helpline or something similar can help you.

@SamuelD

Your list is completely out of date and therefore far too short.

@Siberian-steel

Can you add to the list?

@Stauldoteiy82

@SamuelD

I really hope that the author of the list, SamuelD, will submit an updated version as soon as possible.

@Siberian-steel @Stauldoteiy82

Why such a list, you can tell for yourself which channels work and which don’t. Especially since the situation is constantly changing, i.e. a new list is out of date in just a few days.