BuyDRM and Unified Streaming Enhance Integration with CPIX and JWT
BuyDRM, a leading provider of digital rights management (DRM) solutions, announces the enhanced integration with Unified Streaming, a prominent video delivery technology company, encoding and packaging provider. This updated integration replaces a legacy custom protocol with the community-proven CPIX (Content Packaging and Information Exchange). The move enhances flexibility, security, and functionality for users of both platforms.
Previous Integration: Limitations of the Custom Protocol
The previous integration between BuyDRM and Unified Streaming relied on a custom protocol that, while functional, presented several limitations:
- Lack of Configuration Flexibility: The custom protocol lacked the adaptability required to meet evolving content protection needs.
- Insecure Authentication: Authentication data was transmitted in the clear, posing a security risk.
- Manual Signaling Generation: Previously, the packager was responsible for generating signaling on its own. Now, our API provides ready-to-use signaling for advanced packaging features, including PSSH (Protected System Support Header) boxes for all three DRM systems (Widevine, PlayReady, and FairPlay) as well as HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) signaling data.
New Integration: Advantages of CPIX and JWT
The renewed integration addresses these shortcomings by adopting CPIX, a widely accepted standard for content packaging and key exchange. Key benefits include:
- Enhanced Security: The integration leverages JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication, ensuring that no authentication data is transmitted in the clear.
- Improved Flexibility: CPIX offers greater flexibility in configuring content protection settings, allowing users to tailor the solution to their specific requirements.
- Advanced Signaling: The new integration supports signaling for PSSH boxes and HLS signaling data, enabling more sophisticated packaging workflows. Both common encryption and cbcs encoding modes are supported.
- Detailed Logging: The updated system allows for more detailed logging of packaged assets, providing valuable insights into content distribution and usage.
Comprehensive Format Support
Our combined solution is capable of packaging the most used formats, including CMAF (Common Media Application Format), DASH, and HLS — all while supporting all three major DRM systems.
It also supports high frequency key rotation and other crucial DRM and encoding features.
Experience the Benefits for Yourself
The renewed integration between BuyDRM and Unified Streaming represents a significant step forward in content protection technology. By adopting CPIX and JWT, we are committed to providing our customers with enhanced security, flexibility, and functionality.
We invite you to explore how this new integration can elevate your content delivery strategy. Try out our combined solutions today to experience the difference firsthand! Comprehensive documentation and code samples are readily available in both BuyDRM wiki and Unified Streaming's documentation base, ensuring seamless integration and support for our users.
If you'd like to learn more about KeyOS and how BuyDRM can help you, contact us today for a free consultation!
For more information or to get started, watch the setup guide video below or please reach out to our teams at BuyDRM and Unified Streaming.
