[mythtv-users] HDMI over IP

[Simon Hobson]

Mike Perkins wrote:

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>Doesn't this break one of the basic tents of HDMI? I thought that 
>the signal path had to be secure from end to end, so that no 
>'pyrates' could tap the signal and make off with their precious IP?
>
>If you turn the signal into genuine TCP/IP (as opposed to the other 
>sort of IP) then anyone can leech the signal and figure out how it 
>all works.

Just because it's carried on IP doesn't mean it isn't encrypted. It 
does mention HDCP support.

I wonder if it is actually IP, or if it's just <something> over 
ethernet - people often get confused and think that ethernet == IP

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