2013-04-23, 07:52
(2013-04-23, 06:09)victorysshadow Wrote: don't really know if this helps, but amazon videos work on roku and are not encrypted or drm'd. could a similar thing be done on xbmc? i think a lot of the tv programs work the same way. i don't know what protocol and stuff the roku uses though.
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Roku has a "close relationship" with Amazon. Amazon is clearly limiting viewing to those entities with "close relationships", and commercial ones at that, in order to exert control. This is almost certainly being forced by content providers. There are currently holes in their distribution but those that are lucrative and controllable will be filled. Android users, for example can probably expect a solution. Some of those relationships will likely preclude others. Roku pre-empting Tivo comes to mind. I doubt that XBMC will ever have the financial clout to see that hole filled.