protected playback

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 has confirmed that the August and September 2025 servicing updates for Windows 11 introduced a regression that can block playback of DRM‑protected video in certain Blu‑ray, DVD and digital‑TV applications, and Microsoft is rolling a targeted fix through the Release Preview channel...