Digital Rights Management (DRM) protects video content by encrypting it and offering certain client-side guarantees that help prevent capture and duplication of the asset. You can enable DRM when when you use ephemeral cloud buffering without storage.

There are several types of DRM. Presenter supports the two main industry standards:

• FairPlay, used by Safari and Apple devices
• Widevine, used by Chrome, Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers

The level of protection depends on the viewer's browser and setup.

FairPlay (Safari on Mac): The strongest protection available. Decryption and video playback happen entirely in the secure hardware; screen recording and screenshots are fully blocked. HDCP protects video traveling across physical connections such as HDMI.

Widevine L1 (Chrome/Edge on Windows with supported hardware): Similar to FairPlay—hardware-backed protection that blocks screen captures and recordings, with HDCP support.

Widevine L3 (Chrome on macOS, Firefox, and other setups without hardware support): The stream is encrypted and can only be played with a valid license, but because the video is processed in software, screen recording and screenshots may not be fully blocked. Many platforms lower the video resolution in this scenario to reduce the impact of any capture, but Presenter always delivers your content at full quality.

For the strongest protection, we recommend viewers use Safari on Mac, or Chrome/Edge on Windows. If you're sharing especially sensitive content, your admin can enable a stricter DRM setting that limits playback to hardware-protected browsers only.

DRM can’t be used at the same time as forensic watermarking.

Your workspace owner can enable DRM in the Features area of their Admin Portal.

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