Windows 8 - Media Center DisplayPort HDCP support nonexistent

Anonymous

This feedback was provided under Windows 7, however action has not been taken to correct this issue for Windows 8 either.

ERROR:

Display driver error – the video playback device does not support playback of protected content.

ISSUE:

Media Center with a CableCard tuner doesn't work at all on DisplayPort, because DisplayPort is not detected as HDCP compliant by Media Center. CableLabs Certifited DisplayPort as HDCP compliant but Media Center still hasn't been updated and it still thinks that it's not compliant.

REQUEST:

Requesting Microsoft to produce a patch so that DisplayPort is detected as HDCP compliant by Media Center.

Supporting Documentation:

Microsoft Support Article documenting this issue:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2392252

CableLabs clarification that DisplayPort is indeed supported:

http://www.cablelabs.com/specifications/ecns/opencablehw/OCUR-N-12.1788-1.docx

Digital Content Protection FAQ listing HDCP compliant connections:

http://www.digital-cp.com/faqs

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Anonymous

2013-05-07T21:20:31+00:00

Any idea when this will be fixed?
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Anonymous

2013-06-22T04:42:21+00:00

This was working for the past few months, then with the last update stopped working and now I am receiving the HDCP support required. why?
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Anonymous

2013-07-29T23:49:20+00:00

This was working for the past few months, then with the last update stopped working and now I am receiving the HDCP support required. why?

Can you confirm you had this working for copy-once programming?

MS please fix this issue. It has been years since it was reported (in W7) and you have completely ignored it. I would upgrade to W8 for this one feature alone.
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Anonymous

2013-09-15T07:43:09+00:00

same problem. I really wish Microsoft actually cared about it's customers. If any signs of other alternative programs with easy setup. I will jump at it if microsoft doesn't fix this problem.
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Anonymous

2013-10-08T19:30:49+00:00

Please add this patch to Windows 7 and Windows 8 WMC. This issue will continue to compound as the average display resolution increases. A lot of video cards will include a displayport and a dual link dvi output to achieve the ability to power two displays above 1920x1200 (2560x1440 for example). It is downright silly that you can use WMC for playback on the monitor that is attached to the computer with DVI-D but you can't use WMC for playback on the monitor that is attached with displayport when both the monitor and the output protocol are certified HDCP compliant.

If this continues to be an issue I will be moving away from WMC completely and taking everybody I can with me.
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