[mythtv-users] Can an iTunes TV download play on MythTV?

[Mark Hetherington]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 04:00 pm, Matthew K. Lee wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've downloaded an episode of "The Office" from iTunes, and I'm trying
> to play it under MythTV.  Unfortunately, it does not work.  Same goes
> for mplayer.  Do I need a codec or something?  Or is it simply not
> possible to play a download from iTunes under linux/MythTV?
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> MOV: Found MPEG4 audio Elementary Stream Descriptor atom (51)!
> Fourcc: drms
		^^^^^
that'll be it! The four CC code is what specifies the codec to use to decode 
it. Normally something like "divx" or "xvid" or "mp34". The fact this says 
"drms" makes it sound like "Digitial Rights Managment <Something". So 
basically it's encrypted, and can only be played in something that can 
understand the proprietary format, and get the encryption keys. That 
basically means it'll never play on an open source product. (If you have the 
source you can modify it to give you the video/keys, defeating the point of 
the drm).