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truehack2, just a comment to clarify some terminology
HDCP is a form of content protection which is used within the digital connection between your source device (PC/HTPC) and your sink device (monitor).
HDCP can be found on DVI, DP and HDMI connections.
HDCP is not part of, or embedded within, the video file stored on either your HDD or your BD polycarbonate disks.
HDCP is, primarily, provided by your graphics card and monitor hardware.
Getting around HDCP needs special hardware.
The legality of such hardware is questionable in many jurisdictions.
DRM is a form of content protection and content managment.
DRM is embedded within the video file on your HDD or your BD/DVD polycarbonate disk.
DRM requires a DRM capable player to allow playback to occur.
DRM can define under what conditions you are actually allowed to watch the movie you purchased.
DRM only exists because of licensing requirments (for example to use the BD logo and get BD decrypt keys you must 'infect' your device with the required BD DRM).
Getting around DRM needs software capable of stripping the type of DRM used from within the 'infected' video/audio file itself.
The legality of such software is questionable in many jurisdictions.
So, to be strictly correct, your post title should be changed to "Gotham - Apple DRM not supported?" as this is more alighed with the issue you actually have
As a side, Cinavia is an audio watermarking technology.
Cinavia is embedded within an audio track.
Supposedly Cinavia does not impact the audio quality.
Cinavia can be found on BD polycarbonate disks.
Cinavia requires software to make it work (that is, to look for it and act on it).
BD licensing requires BD players to be 'infected' with this Cinavia DRM.
Cinavia is used to define under what conditions you are actually allowed to watch the movie you have purchased.
The current status is that Cinavia will not allow you to watch a RIP of your BD polycarbonate disk on any licensed (and Cinavia infected) player.
Your locked into viewing the movie you have purchased in the way the copywrite owned dictates (that is use the BD disk with a licensed BD player - nothing else is acceptable).
Cinavia seems to be making it into all sorts of devices (due to licensing issues it seems).
And it's the same issue with Apple DRM.
Apple DRM limits your abilities to watch what you have bought by requiring a locked up and DRM infected software player.
You can play Apple DRM movies on PC's with DRM capable players (just not sure if the player must be from Apple itself).
XBMC (or Kodi as it's now called) is a video player (with lots and lots of great features).
XBMC comes to you without any DRM infections of any kind (since they don't need to licence anything from the BD cabala they are not forced to include such infections)
XBMC does not have the ability to strip DRM from files during playback.
And likely due to the current state of laws around the globe, we will most likely never see DRM stripping features implemented directly within XBMC.
So if you have DRM infected movies, try using google to find software that is able to strip that DRM from your files.
Hopefully such software exists and goesn't have any trojans within.
Only then will you be able to enjoy your movies on non infected players like XBMC.
In my case i use MakeMKV to strip the DRM from my BD's so i can make a backup of main movie (i don't care about Cinavia for the moment)....
If MakeMKV ever disapears, i will simply stop buying BD's...
I don't buy anything from Apple...
