RPi MPEG & VC-1 Licence keys - content playing without?

shanemarsh28 · January 29, 2017 at 3:29 PM

Hiya,

I've noticed today that two of my RPi3 devices were playing MPEG based TV today without licence keys from here: Raspberry Pi Store

Is this by design or a bug? I'm pretty sure Standard def TV never used to play on previous version on the PI without the correct keys.

PS: For safety sake I have now gone ahead and installed the correct keys in config.txt.

trogggy · January 29, 2017 at 3:32 PM

Without key = software decoding.
With key = hardware decoding.

I bought the keys when I started using pvr (mpeg satellite tv). Without them it was watchable, with them much much better. The difference was very noticeable.

shanemarsh28 · January 29, 2017 at 3:37 PM

Ahh I see! I did not know that. Thanks trogggy