DSTV Desktop Player DRM Question

[lorrainew]

Hi All

My husband and I are avid local content watchers on DSTV. However, he will be going overseas for 2 months and I'm planning to download certain programmes for him (From Kyknet specifically) via DSTV's Desktop Player. The programmes are only valid for 7 days though and available for download for 30 days at most.

Is there a way to bypass the DRM on the player to keep it for longer? I've scanned the net and tried out a couple of options (DRM Remover for Mac/Windows applications) but no luck.

I'm aware that international series etc are available using torrents but I'm looking for local content specifically.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

L

 

[SpoonTech]

Hi All

My husband and I are avid local content watchers on DSTV. However, he will be going overseas for 2 months and I'm planning to download certain programmes for him (From Kyknet specifically) via DSTV's Desktop Player. The programmes are only valid for 7 days though and available for download for 30 days at most.

Is there a way to bypass the DRM on the player to keep it for longer? I've scanned the net and tried out a couple of options (DRM Remover for Mac/Windows applications) but no luck.

I'm aware that international series etc are available using torrents but I'm looking for local content specifically.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

L

Have you tried perhaps backdating your computer's date. I don't really use the desktop player because the quality isn't great, but for local content I guess you're forced to.

 

[lorrainew]

Thanks SpoonTech, I'll try that. And you're right, the quality is terrible. I'm also looking into "stream recorder/capture" software.
Thanks again.

 

[lorrainew]

Update: Tried it and it works. Guess I can continue setting back my pc until I figure out a way to keep the files.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

or you can screen capture (Fraps) while playing the show on the monitor. Unfortunately extremely tedious....

 

[lorrainew]

Thanks. Will try it out.

 

[McGuywer]

You have one lucky husband!

Well done Lorraine!

 

[lorrainew]

Thanks McGuywer! It helps that we're both computer nerds. Our idea of a romantic evening involves multiplayer on ps3. He He

 

[Segg]

Ive got a csi episode from over a year ago, all I do is copy and paste the file to another location, open it with windows media player, then it asks me for drm, it automatically re-directs the window it opens to dstv on demand where I enter in my login details and then it plays!