Streaming encrypted copyright content (audio/video) with HTML5

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Joao Almeida picture Joao Almeida · Mar 26, 2015 · Viewed 10.5k times · Source

Is possible to stream encrypted content (DRM) using only Javascript and HTML5 audio and video tags, leaving behind and not using the SWF approach?

Answer

Markus Schumann picture Markus Schumann · Mar 31, 2015

Yes - you can playback encrypted content with certain browsers just using HTML5.

Let's look at the entire workflow.

On the server side: you have to encrypt your content and provide a license server.

for example:

On the client side: you need a browser that supports encrypted media extensions (EME).

  • Chrome 34+
  • IE 11+ on Windows 8+
  • Safari 8+ on Mac OS

Netflix started working on it two years ago: http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/04/html5-video-at-netflix.html and supports it now on a variety of browsers and platforms.

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