Does HDCP works with AVR second output?

cheapie408 · December 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM

Since my AVR (Pioneer SC-LX502) have a 2nd HDMI out that mirrors the primary video, would that be sufficient to allow HDCP to work when connected to the Pi so that Amazon Prime and Netflix would work?

cheapie408 · December 28, 2025 at 5:54 AM

Decided to test this and confirm that it works if anyone is interested

pclin · December 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM Official Post

If you use the second HDMI output on the AVR, both devices must support HDCP at those outputs; grabbers don't support HDCP. Furthermore, you'll only receive signals that both devices support. So, it's usually not a good idea.

A splitter with HDCP, Scaler and EDID settings is the better choice.

This ensures the TV always receives the best signal with EDID Copy (The AVR only sees the EDID data from the TV.).

regards pclin

cheapie408 · December 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM

That's interesting, at the moment, I have the grabber connected to the AVR 2nd HDMI, I was able to play NF and Amazon video and the grabber picked it up. I purchased the splitter from the link below based on some recommendation thinking I was going to need it. I'll hang on to it just in case.

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