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I have Dell U2713H display connected to mac mini(late 2012) with mini display port to display port cable. When I try to watch Brave by Pixar it gives "This movie can only be played by displays that support HDCP(high bandwidth digital content protection)" error.

What I read from web that this is an issue for old displays with VGA connection. This display is high-end and the connection is display-port so this shouldn't happen. I tried shift+control+option+power button trick to reset System management controller but it just restarts the mac. Any ideas?

Edit:

ITunes played the movie when I plugged the display to Windows 8 PC with display-port to display-port cable. This means either ITunes on Windows doesn't enforce drm, which is unlikely, or mini display-port output of mac mini(or the cable) doesn't support hdcp.

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The Dell documentation on their website for the Dell U2713H specifies in the "Tech Specs" section :

CONNECTIVITY

1 Dual Link Digital Visual Interface connectors (DVI-DL) with HDCP
1 DisplayPort 1.2 (DP)
1 Mini DisplayPort 1.2 (mDP)
1 High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
1 DisplayPort out

As it seems that the DisplayPort is out as regarding HDCP, you then have the wrong cable. HDCP is supported on the Dell U2713H only via DVI-DL.

You should get an Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI cable, which does support DHCP according to Apple. There are quite a lot of them around, for example on Amazon.

harrymc
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The monitor you use supports HDCP, so that shouldn't be a problem. Are you sure you are using a DVI-D cable instead of a DVI-I cable? A DVI-I cable provides an analog signal, which might be causing your problems.

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kobaltz
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mtak
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All available datasheets for this monitor explicitly list HDCP next to DVI and nowhere else.

Content protection/encryption is an optional part of the DisplayPort standard. HDCP over DisplayPort is an option to this option. ;)

user219095
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The web page for the monitor suggest that HDCP is only supported on the DVI-DP connector. However I'd try the HDMI connector if possible. HDCP is more likely to be supported on HDMI than DP. HDCP is only optionally supported on DP, but is generally included on most HDMI connections. (wikipedia)

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