# Plex Player for Protected Channels (DRM) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [April 11, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-player-for-protected-channels-drm/188172 "2017-04-11T11:59:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![agholsopple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@agholsopple](https://forums.plex.tv/u/agholsopple)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-player-for-protected-channels-drm/188172/1 "2017-04-11T11:59:41Z")
Is plex ever planning on making their player able to play and/or record protected channels? I would like to know before i pay for a subscription to use HDHomerun’s app to record TV. ---
**Author:** ![jpcomputers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jpcomputers](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jpcomputers)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-player-for-protected-channels-drm/188172/2 "2017-08-11T14:04:56Z")
I would also like to know this. ---
**Author:** ![hitnrun30](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@hitnrun30](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hitnrun30)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-player-for-protected-channels-drm/188172/3 "2017-09-11T17:35:35Z")
I dont get it, I got the HD Home Run with the cable card. HD HomeRun app works great with the DRM channels, plex should be fine as well. ---
**Author:** ![SiscoPlex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/siscoplex/32/6113_2.png) [@SiscoPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SiscoPlex)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-player-for-protected-channels-drm/188172/4 "2017-09-11T19:22:10Z")
> @hitnrun30 said: > I dont get it, I got the HD Home Run with the cable card. HD HomeRun app works great with the DRM channels, plex should be fine as well. That’s not how it works… Plex would need to write the code to pass the protected path to the end device(and be certified to do so). ---
**Author:** ![sGarver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sgarver/32/3939_2.png) [@sGarver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sGarver)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-player-for-protected-channels-drm/188172/5 "2017-09-11T20:03:39Z")
> @SiscoPlex said: > > > @hitnrun30 said: > > I dont get it, I got the HD Home Run with the cable card. HD HomeRun app works great with the DRM channels, plex should be fine as well. > > That’s not how it works… Plex would need to write the code to pass the protected path to the end device(and be certified to do so). AND, Plex would incur a re-occurring licensing fee for use of such certification. Meaning, passing the cost on to us users. ---
**Author:** ![esmarq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@esmarq](https://forums.plex.tv/u/esmarq)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-player-for-protected-channels-drm/188172/6 "2017-09-11T21:48:06Z")
plex wasnt design to play drm protected channels. plex isnt tivo or hdhomerun app that were made to play drm channels out of the box. maybe in the future but right now plex dvr hasnt fully matured yet. ---
**Author:** ![hitnrun30](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@hitnrun30](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hitnrun30)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-player-for-protected-channels-drm/188172/7 "2017-09-12T13:40:49Z")
But then why make it work with a tuner that uses a cable card. ---
**Author:** ![sGarver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sgarver/32/3939_2.png) [@sGarver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sGarver)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-player-for-protected-channels-drm/188172/8 "2017-09-12T15:35:02Z")
1. Because not all cable stations are/were DRM’ed. 2. The codebase (firmware) for the different HD Homerun devices were close enough to allow one driver to access them all. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-player-for-protected-channels-drm/188172/9 "2020-01-07T23:06:06Z")