DRM Info Android App Reports Widevine and Playready DRM Information

I test a fair amount of features in my Android TV boxes review, but I usually don’t test Netflix and other premium online video services since I don’t have any such accounts. These kind of applications appear to be limited by the DRM features enabled in Android. For example, Full HD and 4K video streaming in Netflix requires Google Widevine Level 1, and most devices only come with Level 3 which only supports standard definition, due to cost reasons.

So I decided to look whether I could find an app that would list DRM features, and DRM info appears to be it.

DRM_Info_Android

The app will report both Google Widewine and Microsoft Playready DRM information. The screenshots above show Google Nexus 5 and 6 firmwares include Widevine Security Level 1, but no Microsoft Playready support.

So it looks like a neat and easy way to test DRM features of Android device, so I installed on my Mediatek smartphone, and unfortunately it crashed at startup. So I tried on WeTek Core, which I know supports Level 1, and I had the app would just show a white screen for a second or so before exiting…

It looked promising, but it did not work on two of my devices. Do you have any better luck?

[Update: The app has now been updated and work on my Android smartphone. I could not try on WeTek Core, as a firmware update has rendered the device unusable

DRM_Info_Iocean_M6752

So only Widewine Level 3 for my phone, and no Playready support.]

 

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Xavier
Xavier
8 years ago

Hi

Same issue on OnePlus One!

nimeq
nimeq
8 years ago

On my OPO, it seems to crash in v7 compat (Android 2.1) binary xml layout expansion, which is quite strange.

Wasn’t bored enough to look further, but it does seem to have resources for v21 (Android 5.0)

Mati
Mati
8 years ago

Crashing on LG G3 stock rom 5.0 also

Gabe
Gabe
8 years ago

Lenovo A3500-FL tablet Android 4.4.2 Widevine DRM L3, Playready DRM not supported.

MW
MW
8 years ago

Dogee LEO DG280 Phone running Android 4.4.2 this DRMInfo App installs and launches AOK

Google Widevine DRM – Supported
Microsoft Playready DRM – Not Supported

TLS
TLS
8 years ago

HTC m9, Widewine DRM L1, no problems with the app.

Jim st
Jim st
8 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 2
SGH T889
works fine.

Will check Nexus 5, Tmobile tonight.

Harley
Harley
8 years ago

Do you have a Nvidia Shield TV and/or Google Nexus Player to test?

WeK05
WeK05
8 years ago

@Harley
Google Nexus Player – L1, HDCP 1.x
nVIDIA SHIELD Android TV – L1, HDCP 2.2, Playready DRM supported

Rafael duarte
Rafael duarte
8 years ago

Widevine supported LG Vista, level 1,no Microsoft

diywizard
diywizard
6 years ago

download feature will be disabled on the rooted device even you can side loaded the application.

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