Custom challenge data in a PlayReady license acquisition req

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I need to include custom challenge data in a PlayReady license acquisition request for smooth streaming and I am not sure how to go about doing such. Is there a way to do so?

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Use the encodingtype=“PlayReadyLicenseAcquistionAndChallenge” content metadata parameter and the encodingKey parameter where ‘%%%’ is the sentinel in the value separating the license acquisition url from the custom challenge data. Example:

videoclip.encodingtype = “PlayReadyLicenseAcquisitionAndChallenge”
videoclip.encodingKey = “https://www.licenseaquistionurl.asmx” + “%%%” + “YourCustomDataHere”

–Kevin

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Kevin, could you please clarify me on this:

Where do I add the encodingtype and encodingKey properties?

like this:

player = CreateObject("roVideoPlayer")
player.SetContentList([{
        Stream: { 
            url: "http://play.ready/url.ism/Manifest"
        },
        StreamFormat: "ism"
        SwitchingStrategy: "full-adaptation",
        encodingtype: "PlayReadyLicenseAcquisitionAndChallenge",
        encodingKey: "https://www.licenseaquistionurl.asmx" + "%%%" + "YourCustomDataHere"
}])

or like this:

player = CreateObject("roVideoPlayer")
player.SetContentList([{
        Stream: { 
            url: "http://play.ready/url.ism/Manifest",
            encodingtype: "PlayReadyLicenseAcquisitionAndChallenge",
            encodingKey: "https://www.licenseaquistionurl.asmx" + "%%%" + "YourCustomDataHere"
        },
        StreamFormat: "ism"
        SwitchingStrategy: "full-adaptation"
}])

or is it some other way? I can’t find it in the rokudev documentation..

Also, If I just want to use encodingKey= “https://www.licenseaquistionurl.asmx” without custom data, is it possible to implement? does the encodingtype property still maintain as “PlayReadyLicenseAcquisitionAndChallenge”?

Thank you for your attention.
Márcio.

4

Bumping this post because I’m also working on getting Playready streams to work on Roku. I would also like to know if the encodingtype and encodingkey are documented anywhere.

5

I not want overwrite the url of acquire license, but get it from manifest. Is possibile?
Or is possibile write %%% + cutomData without url?