One of the methods used, yet sometimes complicated and expensive, is by converting the signal for example to VGA, Component or Composite video. This conversion to an analog signal will result in a degraded picture quality, but the result might not be too bad.
Note that quite a lot of devices, like the XBox One, XBox 360 and for example the Amazon Fire TV, dynamically set HDCP on their HDMI ports. This means that for example the navigation menu of the Amazon Fire TV and certain non-HDCP apps will work just fine. However, as soon as you play HDCP content (Amazon Video, Netflix, Hulu, etc), your screen will turn black.
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Some HDMI splitters (I have seen 12 and 14 splitters) by accident strip the HDCP encryption, and the funny part is that these are typically very cheap splitters. However, keep in mind: there is absolutely no guarantee that every HDMI splitter strips HDCP. Even the ones listed below might or might not do the trick.
In my case I used a device to record game playing, specifically the Elgato Game Capture HD game capture device (homepage), which shows a black screen when playing HDCP content or an error message, as demonstrated below.
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Well, it seems the way to go is using one of these splitters, one output to the TV, and the other one to a HDMI2AV converter (convert HDMI to Analog video). The analog video then goes to a cheap $16 USB Video grabber which is compatible with OpenElec on Raspberry Pi.
Thanks for posting your findings here!!
Since I do not have one of these, I was just wondering:
Did you try HDCP stripping while (for example) one port had a HDCP compliant device connected? I have seen and heard about devices that actually require a valid HDCP device on one port for it to work.
Mine is a simple setup Cable box> to in of splitter>1 port to tv HDMI 1> 2nd port to a an Aver Media 310 HD recorder and the recordings are great recording HD material> and to TV HDMI 2 so I can bypass going to the recorder. Also have IPTV Satellite setup and can record that also with the Aver Media 310. All recording are to an external 4TB hard drive. I have quite a library some recorded and some downloaded and moved to the 4TB HD.
Also have a Cable box dvr that can record 5 channels at same time. But have to record to the Aver Media 310 in real time to have my own recording. That is where the splitter comes into play recording live tv or DVR recording.
Thank you so very much. I used the ViewHD with HDMI version 1.3b and it worked without a hitch. My working setup is Roku 3 -> ViewHD -> Yamaha HTR 3063 -> BenQ SH 910. The ViewHD is plugged into HDMI 1 and the BenQ is plugged into HDMI Out, which is the HDMI monitor port.
Prior to this this setup, Roku 3 -> Yamaha -> BenQ produced sound without picture and Roku 3 -> BenQ -> audio out to Yamaha audio, produced picture with no sound and the HDCP error. It also resulted in significant hair loss.
Hi, has anyone any experience with getting a Panasonic hard drive recorder such as model hwt130 working through a splitter?. It seems to switch off its hdmi output as soon as any form of splitter is connected, yet a similar (except for blue ray drive)Panasonic model pwt420 works via a splitter. Wonder if Panasonic have blocked it on the slightly newer hwt130 if so can it be over ridden?
I was partially wrong in stating that, if I plugged in only one cable, I continued to get either stereo or incomplete 5.1. My monitor is the oddball, giving me static through on side and stereo through the other. That I can work around. No problem. The output to the Ultrastudio Recorder 3G that connects to my Mac delivers 5.1 through both sides.
Thank you for the post. I have a videowall 32 when i use it with a PC is working perfect in the six LG monitors. The problem is when i connect the videowall with a playstation or a bluray player. When i do that is not showing images in the six monitors its only showing in one. One technician said its problem with HDCP. What do you recommend to see movies in the videowall with a bluray player or a playstation? Thank you very much.
Thanks Hans. There is actually a USB port coming off the alpine deck as well which is there for fast smart phone charging / connectivity so I am hopeful this will have enough oomph to power a HDMI splitter powered by USB :) thanks again for your input I appreciate it
Hello, I am trying to connect my Xfinity X1 cable box which only has an HDMI out port through my Hauppauge HDPVR2 1512 with component cables (because of the encryption) to my TV then to to my computer to record a ballgame. I did this in the past with my old Xfinity cable box that had component cable out ports. I found a Portta video converter that has an HDMI in port to component out ports and was wondering if anyone knows if it will work to get the game copied to my computer. Thanks.
So the splitter will actually take the HDCP protected HDMI input, and then output that same signal minus the HDCP protection on both splitter HDMI outputs. This way the Elgato can actually read the signal.
I wanted to ask if you know anyway to adapt a HDCP compliant splitter so that it will strip HDCP protocol? I have an Aten VS184 which is being rather uncooperative in trying to split my digital TV box between my TV and a projector, so before I go buy another non-HDCP splitter, I wondered if I could encourage the Aten to play ball?!
Does the splitter need to be between the device (Bluray, AppleTV, Cable Box) before outputting to the reciever which outputs to the TV? What are the setups that others are using when a stereo receiver is in the mix?
Thank you for your quick reply. I guess what I need to know, what are guys, that got this to work, doing with multiple devices (Cable Box. FireTV, AppleTV, Bluray, Game Console). Do they put a single splitter after every device? Send all devices into an HDMI switch (Multiple Inputs to 1 HDMI Output) and then to the 12 Splitter? Or like me, all devices into a receiver with an HDMI output (in my case the Onkyo has 2 HDMI outputs).
That site for some reason confuses me. Do you happen to see any that look promising you could share please? For some reason everything on it looks shady to me for some reason lol. Probably just not familiar enough with it to know what to look for. Haha probably.
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NOTE: The Apple TV3 I am using so far has software version 7.2. The other one I have is running version 6.2. I have tried to keep at least one of them from updating the software since I originally purchased them.
Sorry if some of this sounds repetitive, just trying to make sure my thought process is easy to follow.
Turning everything on, Apple TV3 thru the splitter to the TV comes up with a clean signal (no flashing, no blips of green digital mess like I get when the second output of the splitter is hooked up to a noncompliant HDCP device) so I switched to Input 2 of the TV and verified that the signal coming thru the C-B was fine.
So, my quick findings confirm that the HDMI Cloner Box, in conjunction with the ViewHD splitter, will overcome the HDCP coming from content streamed thru my Apple TV3.
This is great if you want a stand alone recorder. It sucks having to tie up a computer using software and a capture device.
Yes, I have 3 of the same model, 1 older than the other 2. The older one I have successfully been able to use between a Mac Mini HDMI to the ViewHD Splitter sending Output 1 to the LCD TV and Output 2 to the Avermedia Live Gamer Portable to record from Heche Bee OH streaming. However, I have not been able to get this to work with an AppleTV.
While using it (In collaboration with my elgato), it does not rip the HDCP from it. Using my other devices connected to it (A PS4 (With the HDCP Enabled option turned OFF) and a Wii U System) raised zero problems, and thus, I am able to record gameplay perfectly fine. My connections are perfectly fine, and nothing is damaged/broken. So either the splitter cannot strip the HDCP on a Playstation TV system, or my splitter is possibly faulty.
I have two HDMI splitters and a Hauppauge HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition. The splitters works fine without it plugged in to the capture device. However, I try plugging the output on the splitter into the input on the capture device, blank screen, yet detected.
not all splitters strip the HDCP protection, other splitters require the primary output of the splitter to be connected to a legit device, for example your TV before the second HDMI output actually works.
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