Vero V and widevine L1

Help and Support Vero V
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Hi there,

first of all: Thanks Sam & Co. for your good work - I think it’s more than appreciable.
To support your work, I think about buying a Vero V, migrating from a raspi 4B. Although I need the GPIO headers of the raspi I think the Vero V is worth the invest and cross-linking it with a raspi is still an option.

My question is: Will the Vero V provide a deeper widevine integration than the raspi 4B?
That is, will it support widevine L1 on a hardware basis so that I can stream content in 4K, e.g. with an advanced Disney+ subscription?

Thanks in advance,
Matthias

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We have Widevine L1 and HDCP2 keys on the box and plan to do something with it in the near future.

But the first focus is DVTM support

Sam

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Can we get a roadmap? I’d like to be able to know how close this feature is

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The plan is still to implement Widevine L1 and HDCP2

This isn’t enough for all streaming platforms in regard of getting full quality.

But it will certainly improve things, particularly with the ability to accelerate video playback in hardware.

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Are you saying you are aware of specific platforms that will for sure not give full quality after and if so could you clarify if that is at all addressable?

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Yes, and no.

Platforms like Netflix have other restrictions like needing an ESN and certification.

Other platforms like Sky do not.

So with Netflix we at least get 1080p which is hardware accelerated. That seems to be the limit with them.

But with other platforms where there is no further restriction then having Widevine L1 should be significantly advantageous to what we have now

Sam

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