Spoof graphics adapter?

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synexis
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Joined: 27. Aug 2009, 19:41
Primary OS: Mac OS X Leopard
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Guest OSses: Ubuntu, Windows XP

Spoof graphics adapter?

Post by synexis »

Hello,

I am hoping to use the program DIRECTV2PC on my guest installation of XP.
The program allows you to view content from an HD DirecTV receiver on a local network. Unfortunately, DirecTV had to comply with some rather strict digital copy protection guidelines, and I haven't had much luck getting it to do what I want. On a machine running XP as the host, the program won't display video if there are multiple monitors (rendering it near-useless, in my opinion). With VirtualBox, I was able to get almost everything working, except a moment after the video starts I get the following message:

"DIRECTV2PC cannot display this video because your graphics card does not currently support screen capture protection for protected content. Try updating your graphics card driver or modify your driver settings."

I guess my question is whether there is a way to "spoof" the graphics card as something other than "VirtualBox Graphics Adapter" that DIRECTV2PC would see as compliant (or any other suggestions).

Thank you.
stefan.becker
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Re: Spoof graphics adapter?

Post by stefan.becker »

Only thing you can try is enabling 3d in guest settings, 64 MB VRAM and install guest additions.

There are two options. Neither it works or works not.
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