It has always been one of the big "THOU SHALT NOT"s of HDMI that modern HD content can't go to an analog channel, hence HDCP fails when trying to use streaming boxes etc through analog converters. Therefore official HDCP compliant devices that do that, don't exist. Probably unofficial ones do, but they're the kind of thing that might get blocked at customs if ordering from overseas.

BitWrangler wrote on 2023-01-25, 20:58:

It has always been one of the big "THOU SHALT NOT"s of HDMI that modern HD content can't go to an analog channel, hence HDCP fails when trying to use streaming boxes etc through analog converters. Therefore official HDCP compliant devices that do that, don't exist. Probably unofficial ones do, but they're the kind of thing that might get blocked at customs if ordering from overseas.

Didn't that only apply to "high definition" analog signals, such as YPbPr component video and VGA? Weren't converters to standard definition (and lower quality) analog formats (basically anything 480i and lower, including S-Video) exempted from that rule?

Anyway, if you can't find any HDCP-compatible HDMI-to-S-Video converters, you could try looking for an HDCP stripper and run the HDMI signal through that first. It would require two boxes instead of one, but it should work.

digger wrote on 2023-01-25, 22:20:

BitWrangler wrote on 2023-01-25, 20:58:

It has always been one of the big "THOU SHALT NOT"s of HDMI that modern HD content can't go to an analog channel, hence HDCP fails when trying to use streaming boxes etc through analog converters. Therefore official HDCP compliant devices that do that, don't exist. Probably unofficial ones do, but they're the kind of thing that might get blocked at customs if ordering from overseas.

Didn't that only apply to "high definition" analog signals, such as YPbPr component video and VGA? Weren't converters to standard definition (and lower quality) analog formats (basically anything 480i and lower, including S-Video) exempted from that rule?

Anyway, if you can't find any HDCP-compatible HDMI-to-S-Video converters, you could try looking for an HDCP stripper and run the HDMI signal through that first. It would require two boxes instead of one, but it should work.

That would actually be excellent because I could use my existing setup.

Most HDMI to composite devices don’t have over/under scan or alignment settings but my existing device does, only issue would be audio.

Aren’t HDCP strippers rather expensive though?

digger wrote on 2023-01-25, 22:20:

Didn't that only apply to "high definition" analog signals, such as YPbPr component video and VGA? Weren't converters to standard definition (and lower quality) analog formats (basically anything 480i and lower, including S-Video) exempted from that rule?

There was some exception somehow for OTA HDTV and blueray players, but never seen one where the source wasn't controlled.