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Hello!
Until recently Vodafone TV was only available on mobile phones or tablets and on TV using their set top box. At last they allow us to watch Vodafone TV on our computers through a browser by going to this link: Vodafone TV I can login to my Vodafone TV account, browse the available TV channels and VOD movies, but when I try to play a movie after a few seconds I get an error message. I searched that message and it is because my monitor is connected via analog VGA cable and is not HDCP compliant. In my main PC (see second system specs) I use a Display Port to VGA adapter to get a resolution of 1440x900. If I use an HDMI connection I am limited to 1280x720 and I cannot add 1440x900 as a custom resolution, I have tried, it doesn't work. I would prefer it if I could use my VGA connection to get the higher 1440x900 resolution and avoid HDMI. So is there any way to fake HDCP compliance and let me watch Vodafone TV on my computer? Please don't suggest to switch to HDMI, I already know that. I am just curious if there is any workaround to use a VGA monitor. For example Cyberlink PowerDVD would deny playing Blu Ray movies on VGA monitor, but I can use Media Player Classic for that. Is there any similar workaround? I have already tried all three browsers, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, the movie won't play.
Until recently Vodafone TV was only available on mobile phones or tablets and on TV using their set top box. At last they allow us to watch Vodafone TV on our computers through a browser by going to this link: Vodafone TV I can login to my Vodafone TV account, browse the available TV channels and VOD movies, but when I try to play a movie after a few seconds I get an error message. I searched that message and it is because my monitor is connected via analog VGA cable and is not HDCP compliant. In my main PC (see second system specs) I use a Display Port to VGA adapter to get a resolution of 1440x900. If I use an HDMI connection I am limited to 1280x720 and I cannot add 1440x900 as a custom resolution, I have tried, it doesn't work. I would prefer it if I could use my VGA connection to get the higher 1440x900 resolution and avoid HDMI. So is there any way to fake HDCP compliance and let me watch Vodafone TV on my computer? Please don't suggest to switch to HDMI, I already know that. I am just curious if there is any workaround to use a VGA monitor. For example Cyberlink PowerDVD would deny playing Blu Ray movies on VGA monitor, but I can use Media Player Classic for that. Is there any similar workaround? I have already tried all three browsers, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, the movie won't play.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (build 22631.4249) test laptop, Windows 11 Pro v24H2 (build 26100.3915) main PC
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Extensa 5630EZ
- CPU
- Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2000 MHz
- Motherboard
- Acer Extensa 5630
- Memory
- 4GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series)
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC268 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x800
- Hard Drives
- Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB SATA Device (250 GB, SATA-III)
- Internet Speed
- VDSL 50 Mbps
- Browser
- MICROSOFT EDGE
- Antivirus
- WINDOWS DEFENDER
- Other Info
- Legacy MBR installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no WDDM 2.0 graphics drivers, no SSE4.2, cannot get more unsupported ;) This is only my test laptop. I had installed Windows 11 here before upgrading my main PC. For my main PC I use everyday see my 2nd system specs.
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- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro v24H2 (build 26100.3915)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom-built PC
- CPU
- Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generation)
- Motherboard
- Asus P8H61 s1155 ATX
- Memory
- 2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600
- Graphics card(s)
- Gainward NE5105T018G1-1070F (nVidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5)
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD audio (ALC887)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Sony Bravia KDL-19L4000 19" LCD TV via VGA
- Screen Resolution
- 1440x900 32-bit 60Hz
- Hard Drives
- WD Blue SA510 2.5 1000GB SSD as system disk, Western Digital Caviar Purple 4TB SATA III (WD40PURZ) as second
- PSU
- Thermaltake Litepower RGB 550W Full Wired
- Case
- SUPERCASE MIDI-TOWER
- Cooling
- Deepcool Gamma Archer CPU cooler, 1x 8cm fan at the back
- Mouse
- Sunnyline OptiEye PS/2
- Keyboard
- Mitsumi 101-key PS/2
- Internet Speed
- 100Mbps
- Browser
- Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox
- Antivirus
- Microsoft Windows Defender
- Other Info
- Legacy BIOS (MBR) installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, WDDM 3.0 graphics drivers, WEI score 7.4
