Microsoft has confirmed that a late‑August Windows 11 servicing update has introduced a compatibility regression that can cause Blu‑ray, DVD and certain Digital TV apps to freeze, show black screens, or present copyright‑protection errors when attempting to play protected content — and the...
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 servicing activity has broken a narrow but painful corner of media playback: several Digital TV, Blu‑ray and DVD applications that rely on the legacy Enhanced Video Renderer (EVR) are now stuttering, freezing or failing entirely when attempting to play protected...
Microsoft confirmed that its September 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11, identified as KB5065426 (and preceded by the August preview KB5064081), introduced a regression that breaks playback of certain HDCP- and DRM‑protected video streams in legacy playback apps — notably those that use the...