[SML] Macbook hdcp question

John Taylor jt at techie.com
Wed Sep 23 19:03:16 UTC 2015


Is there any way to set the Kramer to ignore HDCP? Maybe change the 
input to generic setting?

JT

On 9/23/2015 1:57 PM, Steven Hood via Stagecraft wrote:
> The projector works fine either way, but the Mac is sending HDCP which 
> tells the Kramer to shut off the VGA output. If I run the Kramer 
> without the projector powered on, the Kramer tells the Mac it only has 
> a VGA output, and the Mac tells the Kramer to disregard HDCP. Why? I 
> don't know.
> Why not go back to the Dell? Because most of the video content I have 
> to play back originally came from another Mac.
> Steven R Hood
> 310.756.3555
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>
> On September 23, 2015 11:51:53 AM Stephen Litterst via Stagecraft 
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> On 9/23/15 1:24 PM, Steven Hood via Stagecraft wrote:
>>> New MacBook Pro. Running hdmi through Kramer switcher. We're running 
>>> the
>>> hdmi from the switcher to the projector via cat6 (works fine). Using 
>>> VGA
>>> from switcher to feed confidence monitor. This all worked beautifully
>>> from the Dell we used before. Tried using a Mac, and the VGA didn't get
>>> signal. My hunch says HDCP is to blame, but I didn't see a way to
>>> disable that...
>>
>> HDMI is working fine from the Mac?  I doubt it's HDCP, then. VGA, being
>> the last bastion of analog signal, doesn't carry the HDCP signal, I
>> believe.  If VGA wasn't a problem with the Dell, it shouldn't be with
>> the Mac.
>>
>> Silly question, but can't you just go back to the Dell?  It worked, why
>> change anything?
>>
>>
>> Steve L.
>>
>>
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