Cinavia second audio steam PS3 work around?

[jagabo]

I read somewhere that the newest LG Blu-Ray players ignore Cinavia when using the USB 2.0 input

I'm sure Sony will make sure that loophole is closed with a future firmware update.

[yoda313]

And it's irrelevant.

I understand that but this is more of a proof of concept idea than a true practical approach. It would be neat to see in action.

Of course HD-DVD players won't respond to Cinavia.

That's what I got from hemlok. Thanks.

@fulcilives - interesting.

[FulciLives]

My understanding is that LG didn't want to include Cinavia but basically had to for disc playback but I suspect they left it out of USB input on purpose, seeing it as a loophole (i.e., not needing support).

[HemLok]

My understanding is that LG didn't want to include Cinavia but basically had to for disc playback but I suspect they left it out of USB input on purpose, seeing it as a loophole (i.e., not needing support).

I think it's more about the media decoder chip used for different players and how stringent the BDA & AACS LA are being with the mandatory enforcement of Cinavia. I know a lot of Blu-ray players use MediaTek and this includes Oppo. I'm not aware of any players using the MediaTek chip for decoding of media formats that aren't Blu-ray that enforce Cinavia. I do expect this loophole to die off at some point if that can be done to existing players or with future generations of MediaTek chips.