No Movies for Rooted XOOMs?? Devs unite!

[gdogmcstyles]

Being that this dev community is the absolute best, I have to bring this to light.

Google Movie Support has just informed me that Google Movies will not work for rooted XOOMs. This just won't fly.

Is there anyone out there working on a fix or workaround for this?
I'd love root. I love movies. We shouldn't have to choose between the two.

 

[dscribe]

Being that this dev community is the absolute best, I have to bring this to light.

Google Movie Support has just informed me that Google Movies will not work for rooted XOOMs. This just won't fly.

Is there anyone out there working on a fix or workaround for this?
I'd love root. I love movies. We shouldn't have to choose between the two.

I feel ya bro, and I'm pretty sure the devs are already looking into it. Since it is a DRM authorization issue, it is probably going to be a pretty good hack to get around it.

 

[Kcarpenter]

I'm confused by 2 things on this topic:
1) why does it matter if its rooted or not?
I would assume the answers is because root would allow us some magical privledge of copying a cache and possibly extracting video and then redistributing.

2) how the frig can it tell?

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[bishop72]

that is why i cannot watch green hornet. i rented it to see how it would look on the xoom and it will not play

 

[kcrudup]

2) how the frig can it tell?

My guess is either one of: (1) checking for the ro.secure property being set, or (2) doing something "rootable", like being able to read a certain file/directory, etc.

If in the former case, I don't have an idea of what to do that wouldn't require the HC source, but in the case of the latter, it'd be relatively easy to ... wait- don't let me help El Goog out. It's not rocket science (think rootkit, but in reverse).

 

[JeffR714]

Well instead of listening I tried it as well with The Green Hornet and couldn't download it. Kept getting error but these developers will come up with the answers they have been nothing short of amazing when it comes to the Moto Xoom

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[Kcarpenter]

My guess is either one of: (1) checking for the ro.secure property being set, or (2) doing something "rootable", like being able to read a certain file/directory, etc.

If in the former case, I don't have an idea of what to do that wouldn't require the HC source, but in the case of the latter, it'd be relatively easy to ... wait- don't let me help El Goog out. It's not rocket science (think rootkit, but in reverse).

Assuming scenario 2, wouldn't Super User prompt for permissions? I would think its likely.

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[opsahl]

This is the same with the blockbuster app on the Atrix. I can set SU to block requests from the app, but as long as I'm running rooted, it refuses to play (and tells you when you launch the app).

I don't understand the difference between this and running Itunes or Netflix on a "rooted" (admin capable) PC. Why is the phone different?

 

[theimpaler747]

This is not development. Moved to general.

 

[opsahl]

This is not development. Moved to general.

Your forum, you run it your way, just a question.

With all due respect, couldn't OP remain if modified to [REQUEST] since it's a dev request? General is so filled with crap I think this may get lost. :/

 

[rebill]

that is why i cannot watch green hornet. i rented it to see how it would look on the xoom and it will not play

So did you still get charged for it? The wifi version won't even get the movies for awhile. I don't know why Google doesn't have it ready for both.

 

[mhausig]

It isn't very surprising to hear. None of the major studios will allow media to be downloaded without some form of restrictive DRM and root access probably violates their policies.

 

[jiwengang]

So did you still get charged for it? The wifi version won't even get the movies for awhile. I don't know why Google doesn't have it ready for both.

? I saw the movie link in Web version of Market.

 

[cur8or]

Yeah, you can order/get charged for it but it won't work. Need to contact customer service to get a refund. They told me they'll consider putting in a warning in the future before you buy it.

 

[rebill]

Yeah, you can order/get charged for it but it won't work. Need to contact customer service to get a refund. They told me they'll consider putting in a warning in the future before you buy it.

Would make more sense for it to check if you're rooted before the transaction goes through.

 

[nbajwill55]

Nice Google, what a great way to pit the development community against you, even though Android would be nothing without us. Sellout.

 

[Kozdoba]

Strange, I have unlocked and rooted Nexus One and could play any Netflix video in official Netflix app, so DRM works on rooted system. So may be it's problem with something else?

 

[gerald410]

If you order thru your web browser by going to the web based android market and play it thru your web browser it works.

 

[JeffR714]

Thanks for the tip on the browser market thing it works
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[husker91]

Nice Google, what a great way to pit the development community against you, even though Android would be nothing without us. Sellout.

Lol you're an idiot. It isn't googles fault they had to do this. If you were selling movies and wanted to make some money, would you want them to be distributed for free without your permission? I think not...