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: 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.

To enable DRM for your Live content follow these steps:

In ADVANCED OPTIONS > Content Encryption. Select Digital Rights Management(DRM) from the Encryption dropdown.
An additional Token Expiration option will appear, allowing you to select the time in minutes with a minimum expiration time frame of 900 minutes and a maximum of 2,592,000 minutes (the last equal to 1800 days).
In the Event Information Panel, you will be able to see the DRM URLs for Fairplay and Widevine.
To publish a DRM-enabled event, click Publish and Embed > Player Configuration in the left navigation.
- In Live Player Options, select a DRM enabled player. (For Live DRM playback you will need to select or create a DRM enabled player v6.37.1 or greater).
- If you don’t have a DRM player available, go to the Player Module > Select or Create a Player > Playback in the left navigation. Select the “Enable DRM” option. (The Player for Live DRM playback has to be v6.37.1 or greater).
Back in the Live module, you will be able to select your DRM enabled player and Publish your DRM event.