the connected display is not authorized to play protected movies

I have the same problem and I am pretty upset about this. I bought an IPad 2, and the hdmi cable and I can not view HD material on my (quite modern) Samsung LED TV...

Really?!?!

What is with this, I PAID itunes to get that episode of Dr Who, I want to LEGALLY watch it on my display and I can not... This is unsatisfactory

Gotta love the ******* fanboy. I love my iPad and ll it can do but this is horse ****. My tv is HDCP compliant, and just like apple can force people to adhere to a subscription model, they can force people to make their content playable AS ******* ADVERTISED BY APPLE.

Way out of line, Apple. You imply that we can watch the movies we buy from iTunes in HD using your adapter. Your Apple Store employees suggest we do just that. Many of us built our home-entertainment systems around this new "capability." Fix this now, Apple.

I have done just a little more research on this, and found that if any one piece of equipment is HDCP compliant in the chain, then all parts have to be (ie, video, player, adapters, and TV/Monitor). It looks like the video itself does not have to be HDCP compliant for things to break down if the player for instance is. So somebody mentioned that an RCA adapter did not have the same problem, so RCA must not have put the HDCP restrictions in their adapter. Somebody said in a thread somewhere else that TV's have been produced with HDCP for over 5 years now (2008 thread) but that does not seem to be the case. I also read where maybe only one HDMI port on your tv may be HDCP compliant, so you might want to get into the manuals or web site for your tv and find out. And as I mentioned before, a cheap or bad cable may be missing the wire or diode or something which permits the HDCP data to pass, so while I used to think that changing cables to solve a problem was a silly idea, now I am a believer. Beware thin HDMI cables, or ones that you cannot verify if a competent manufacturer made them. I would hope that any cable that comes in a box with good name brand equipment would be fully compliant.

Everyone save yourself £99 and use my solution!

I had exact same problem and I have found a way to get round out!!!! Easy!

So the reason it doesn't allow it to play is for security to stop piracy etc.

Plug in the cable and VGA and aux cable and get everything set up so you are looking at the home screen.

1) select Videos

2) selected the film you want to watch

3) click the little play button

4) it will then come up with the message saying it can't play protected films blah blah blah

5) WITHOUT clicking ok double tap the home button to bring up the multitasking bar and swipe left to reveal the control panel

6) hold fast forward for a second or two and the movie with continue to play!

Stay in the multi tasking bar with the control panel, The message will stay there but don't worry. Kick back and enjoy your iPad movie on the big screen:)

I'm sure your saying thanks:) it was my pleasure realising I've outsmarted apples little security protection thing lol

Hi,

I had this "problem" as well. However, I thought about it and tried to understand why this could possibly be apple's chosen course of action. Two things occured to me. First was DRM material could be used in a manner not covered in the terms and conditions of using such content. For example you agree it is for your personal use, but if somebody connected their iPad to a tv at public location and showed a movie for a fee or even perhaps free this may breach the terms and conditions.

The second thing that occured to me is that apple has a product already on the market that does what you guys want to accomplish. It is named the Apple TV. It is designed to play DRM and DRM free media from your iOS devices and your iTunes libraries. It costs $99 (plus the cost of an HDMI cable). This product allows apple to have end to end coverage of DRM content. You may or may not want to spend additional money on such a device, but in my opinion an Apple TV is the device you need to accomplish your goals.

To my knowledge all the marketing around using cables to connect to external displays is about display mirroring. Not media playback. There may be a misunderstanding, perhaps apple should reconsider wording/marketing material. I suggest you let them know at http://www.apple.com/feedback/ because this forum is user to user and not intended to reach apple.

Best of luck!

It would have been better if this was mentioned in the product description. It is in the Q&A but that's really not good enough. Unless you find the cable useful for other things, I'd return it (or buy a new TV).

It doesn't work?

It's not mirroring the iPad screen?

It's not playing back YouTube, Netflix, abc player or any games or apps that allow it?

Sounds like a defective cable or iPad.

Or did you mean it doesn't work the way you thought it should, Apple did not read your mind and know the media you wanted to play would not work, did not jump out of concealment and slap it out of your hand crying," No! This will not work for what you intend, do not buy it!"

It doesn't work?

It's not mirroring the iPad screen?

Exactly.

The description of the product is:

"Use the Apple Digital AV Adapter to mirror whatever’s on your iPad 2 screen — apps, presentations, websites, and more — on your HDTV or HDMI-compatible display in up to 1080p HD (movies play at up to 720p)."

Apparently the OP (and others) have an HDTV and an IPad2 , which is all it says you need, and it is NOT mirroring whatever is on [their] iPad 2 screen. So it is not working as described, it is not mirroring the iPad screen.

The product description is incomplete, it needs a caveat about DRM content requiring an HDCP TV.

I have the same problem. I just purchased the cable because my wife wanted to watch movies we purchased on our TV. It is very frustrating that we are restricted from watching movies we have legally purchased.

The person at the apple store who sold me the cable assured me that i could play anything on My Iphone (or Itouch) on the TV.

I completely agree I bought the special HDMI adapter and cable especially so that I could watch movies rented on my i pad 2 on my TV. At first all went very well and I was delighted as I watched 2 movies ( "Tinker tailor Soldier Spy and Warrior). Since then 2 movies rented (The Ides of March and We Need to Talk About Kevin)l carry the same error message "you are not authorised to watch this movie on this display". I tunes have refunded rental costs but this is not really the point. Why don't they identify the protected movies in the details provided BEFORE you rent them? Also copyright is not infringed as you have paid the rental price and its yours for 30 days. Is there the same issue with purchased movies does any-one know the answer? Apple support don't know. It all seems a bit trial and error.

Ohh I did let them know via feedback.

Firstly, if i really wanted to free to air a movie to bunch uf people at a business, could i just go buy a new TV that is DMR compliant and then connect up my ipad and off we go.

Secondly a question, Are you suggesting that Apple TV plays this protected content to my 2 year old Samsung flat screen?

Thanks SABOTAGE, Ill check it out. $99 dollars wont break the bank and it sound like the solution, plus I get the bonus of airplay.

So my hotel room setup should work, right ?

- LAN Cable, to Airport express,

- wifi to ipad 2,

- download HD movie with copyright protection onto my ipad via itunes (rent or buy),

- then airplay to Apple TV box connected via HDMI to the TV (usualy a samsung 45" inch or something like that)

Regards Simon

Apple also sells a product called an HDMI adapter. And "Display Mirroring" isn't really display mirroring if there isn't also content playback since content plays on the "display" as well. Some apps block HDMI output, however the Video app does not, therefor all videos should work.

Also if this excuse of "well you could hook it up to a giant TV and do a "public showing" violating copyright law" is valid, that means all purchased movies via iTunes would not play via HDMI w/secure HDCP link either. Except they do, and since "public showing"s of owned movies is also a violation of copyright law, by your logic all iTunes purchased movies should only play on Apple Devices and not on any TV Screen.

Additionally if your "solution" is to buy another $99 peripheral that logic is flawed as well considering I could hook up the Apple TV to ANY DISPLAY WITH AN HDMI PORT and AirPlay content to it and give a "public screening" in clear violation of copyright law, however I would have paid an additional $99 for the privilege.

Furthermore, Apple doesn't produce products that don't work. The HDMI adapter works for all apps that explicitly allow it as well as all Apple built in Applications and successfully plays back video of all Purchased iTunes movies. By your logic, any Apple Computer that has an HDMI port also shouldn't play DRM'd content on TVs, but they work as well.

Your logic fails entirely because the Apple TV does not give Apple "end to end DRM Management" because an HDMI cable is required to hook it up to the TV, and HDMI Cables have their own DRM standard (HDCP), so the Apple TV is inherently reliant on that technology. Until Apple makes an actual TV, it will not have end to end DRM management on any content played on a TV using an Apple TV with HDMI cord, iPad using HDMI Adapter, or Mac computer using it's HDMI port or DVI to HDMI adapter (depending on age of model).

Therefore this is a real problem (without air quotes) with DRM on certain titles, for me only rentals, not with the fact that I haven't bought an Apple TV.

When someone's that dismissive about an actual problem and simply suggests throwing more money at it, and also suggests it's user error when we're simplying using the product(s) as advertised, it sounds like someone who has no idea what they're talking about.

Since we're talking about help, asking someone to spend $99 to solve a problem that shouldn't exist isn't really helpful to anyone.

The only possible workaround that wouldn't cost a ton of money is getting an official Apple HDMI cord since maybe the rental video DRM requires something special that a traditional HDMI's HDCP link isn't providing. Those are only $19, and if it doesn't fix anything, it's an HDMI cord and can be used with any other HDMI connectable device so it's of some use to you even if it doesn't solve the problem.