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breaking bad 4k

You probably don't even have a 4K Tv set yet, just content providers are already getting the video ready for the day when you do. Netflix is i of the main sources for 4K video right now as we await 4K Blu-Ray discs, and thus far content producers could feel secure providing their UHD video on the streaming platform. However, it appears that the first pirated 4K content from Netflix has hitting torrent sites, calling into question how secure the latest DRM schemes really are.

The leak in question is the commencement episode of Breaking Bad, which has a run time of 58 minutes. For less than an hour of 2160p video, you're looking at a whopping 17.7GB. That's nigh 50 times larger than the standard definition version of the episode. File size volition vary a bit based on the encoding used past the release group, but this 1 has a bitrate of 41.3Mbps. A 4K file can go much higher when you don't take to worry about streaming it over the internet. Even this relatively small 4K file will push the average laptop's decoding capacity during playback.

This version of Breaking Bad is based on new 4K masters, then there's a lot of involvement in it. The Blu-Rays were based on an older 2K master. The leaked episode just has video and subtitles from Netflix. The audio is ripped from the Blu-Ray version of the bear witness.

It'south notable that Breaking Bad was ripped from Netflix at all, seeing as information technology was protected with the latest ii.ii version of High-Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection (HDCP). This DRM scheme was implemented after attacks were found that allowed HDCP ii.0 and 2.1 to exist cracked. Some by versions of HDCP were broken when master keys were leaked as well. It's not clear if the release group (the well-respected iON) really managed to break HDCP 2.2 or if they plant some other way to rip the stream from Netflix. HDCP works by requiring an authenticated path from the source to output. Any anomalous device or software should foreclose the video from playing.

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Netflix is investigating the leak, merely information technology'southward unlikely the responsible party will be found. 4K video streams are mostly labeled with a discreet digital watermark that can be analyzed to determine the business relationship a file was ripped from. However, piracy groups are ordinarily well-acquainted with this technique and know to strip information technology from the uploaded version.

The Breaking Bad airplane pilot is probably just the outset. If someone has figured out a reliable mode to rip HDCP 4K content from Netflix, at that place will be many more leaks in the future. The average pirate probably won't be downloading it yet, though. Virtually 20GB is a lot of data to store for a single hr of Television — that would be well over 1TB for all of Breaking Bad. At that point, it'south probably easier to just subscribe to Netflix.