Operation Manual

Niagara 9100 Series User Guide
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Appendix A: DRM for Windows Media
You can protect your content using a technology called Digital Rights Management (DRM). Niagara SCX
allows you to encrypt your content with DRM technology while you are encoding. You can apply DRM
while encoding to a file and when broadcasting a stream. Users will be required to obtain a license to
play the content. This license contains the key to unlock the content and the rights that govern its use.
Note: A third-party license provider issues licenses, so you must set up an account with a third-party
license provider to protect your content.
Niagara SCX automatically detects any available DRM profiles imported on the encoding system. If no
DRM profiles are installed, the DRM functions in Niagara SCX are disabled.
To enable the DRM function in Niagara SCX:
1. Set up an account with a third-party license provider and create a DRM profile.
2. Import the DRM profile using the Microsoft
®
Windows Media Encoder application included with
Niagara streaming media systems or available as a free download from Microsoft Corporation
(http://www.microsoft.com ).
3. Restart the unit on which Niagara SCX is installed, allowing the software to auto-detect and enable
its DRM functions.
Importing a DRM profile
If you have not already done so, set up an account with a licensed provider and create a DRM profile.
Once you create the DRM profile, you must use Windows Media Encoder to import the profile on the
encoding system.
Windows Media Encoder is included in Niagara streaming media systems that have Niagara SCX
version 5.0 or later installed. To access the desktop of the Niagara system, attach a keyboard, a mouse,
and a monitor to the system. If the system is installed in a location that does not provide physical access,
you can use Windows Remote Desktop Connection to access the desktop.
IMPORTANT! When connecting to a Niagara 9100 series system using a remote desktop
connection, it is extremely important you set the Local Resources to Leave at remote computer
before connecting to the system.