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    Can the Macbook Pro Unibody in Windows do HDCP?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by happyprozak, Feb 24, 2009.

  1. happyprozak

    happyprozak Notebook Geek

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    I know that Apple did not include any HDCP support in their notebooks. As I understand it though, HDCP is an actual piece of hardware on the graphics card. I'm guessing Apple uses the same graphic cards as everyone else, but their drivers simply don't support HDCP.

    Now that Nvidia has released drivers, I'm wondering, is it possible to update a Macbook Pro's drivers with Nvidia drivers and enable hdcp?
     
    happyprozak, Feb 24, 2009
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    kgeier82 Notebook Deity

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    from my understanding here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_DisplayPort

    the Mini-Display port spec includes HDCP. From that point it becomes a simply software issue, and whether it is enabled or not via driver.

    That all said, in order for HDCP to even be in the picture, I would say you have to be able to stream HD content (probably NOT apple trailers) from the mac to the display, aka Blueray. Since no Mac has blueray, HDCP on a Mac would be useless?

    This is just my thinking about the HD stuff. The hardware seems to be there for HDCP, but my thinking leans towards "what are you going to do with it?"

    edit: I just saw the word DVD in the HDCP article I linked. I guess a "newer" dvd can require HDCP. I was unaware of that.
     
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  3. happyprozak

    happyprozak Notebook Geek

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    Well currently, I use bootcamp to run Windows on my MBP. I can hook up a blu-ray drive and watch movies, but I was hoping to be able to hook up my MBP to a tv and watch blu-ray movies that way. The lack of HDCP is means I can't do this though.

    I hope someone here knows if installing drivers from Nvidia (under windows of course) enables HDCP.
     
    happyprozak, Feb 24, 2009
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