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Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by Mindwipe on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:21AM (#26993826)
You can watch HD in the Netflix app on Windows if your hardware supports HDCP.

Edge on Windows also gets HD from Netflix and Amazon, because it uses the same DRM pipeline as the app does (Microsoft PlayReady).

There's no exemption from the DRM rules here, Edge and the app implement hardware backed DRM systems.

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Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by pja on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:31AM (#26993948)
WideVine is level3 for browsers on the Desktop: https://go.buydrm.com/thedrmblog/why-google-widevines-drm-is...

I guess Windows streaming is going via PlayReady then.

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Re:YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid Google co... by Mindwipe on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:39AM (#26994038)
Widevine is not used by Edge for Windows, as you say PlayReady is.

(Well, Widevine actually is also present for a site to use if you really want to, but other than being too lazy to have two license servers there's very little reason why you would.)

Microsoft have not ported PlayReady to other OSes, so Edge for Mac/Linux does use Widevine and gets Level 3.

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