Live DRM

In this topic, you will learn how to enable content protection for your live stream.

Enabling DRM for Live content

Note:

By default, DRM is applied to outputs as follows:

Your Live account must be enabled first by Brightcove Support in order to use DRM.
To publish a DRM-enabled event, use any of the following:
- A DRM-enabled Brightcove Player v6.37.1 or later
- The Brightcove Native SDK for iOS v6.5.0 or later
- The Brightcove Native SDK for Android v6.11.0 or later
If you want to override the DRM default settings you can do it via API or please contact Brightcove support to change them in the Live Platform.
- FairPlay: applied to HLS outputs
- PlayReady: (only devices with PlayReady 3.0 or later) applied to DASH outputs
- Widevine: applied to HLS outputs^[1-1]

Notes

^[1-1] Widevine can be applied to DASH outputs instead of HLS. To make Widevine with DASH the default requires an account-level override. Contact Support if you want this override applied to your account. Using the Live API you can also specify widevine:hls or widevine:dash for particular jobs, regardless of the default for your account. Note that depending on how your account/job is configured, the API response (like the one shown below) will include either widevine:hls or widevine:dash outputs, but not both.

While Creating a New Channel, scroll down to the DRM section and select the desired encryptions for your channel.

After you click Save, scroll down to the Live Channel Details to see your encryption modes.

The Brightcove Player utilizes different DRM playback technologies with different browsers.

The following table details the relationship between the browser (latest version), format, and playback technology used in Brightcove Player:

Browser	Format	Playback Technology	Rendition Type Used to Deliver DRM Content
Chrome Desktop	HLS with Widevine	EME	HLS
Chrome Mobile	HLS with Widevine (iOS) HLS with Widevine (Android)	Native EME	HLS
Internet Explorer	No versions of IE are supported by Brightcove
Edge¹	HLS with Widevine	EME	HLS
Safari	HLS with FairPlay	Native HLS	HLS
Firefox	HLS with Widevine	EME	HLS

¹DASH + PlayReady using Edge on iOS is not supported.

For further assistance, please contact Brightcove Support or your Customer Success Manager.