OSMC won't play HD .ts files on RPi

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Hi,

I’ve bought the MPEG-2 codec licence for my Pi and it is now playing SD .ts files (copied from my Humax), but refuses to play videos recorded from HD channels.

Is this a known issue? What can I do to try and solve the problem?

Thanks

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Is there some kind of encryption in the recorded streams?
Some tv boxes do this to prevent playback on other devices. Some do it only to the hd streams.

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Oh, ok. I’m too much of a noob to work this out. Is there a way I can remove this block?

Edit:
Hang on, found this:
“you can’t, they are encrypted using a key unique to each HDR - you have to play them back on the HDR they are recorded on.” (https://www.avforums.com/threads/how-to-decrypt-ts-files.1125631/)

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Depends how hard you are willing to try.

There is a reasonably laborious procedure to extract a file without encryption:

There also appears to exist custom firmware that doesn’t encrypt recorded files if you search around, but that is probably going far beyond the noob level…

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The custom firmware can be set to automatically decrypt recordings - the trick is to read the wiki notes about what is needed.
Derek