Encrypt with Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady through DoveRunner — multi-DRM plus forensic watermarking in one workflow.
Qencode integrates with DoveRunner to deliver multi-DRM encryption and forensic watermarking in a single transcoding workflow. Qencode handles encoding and packaging; DoveRunner provides the key server and license delivery for Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady. For content owners who need both DRM protection and forensic traceability, this integration eliminates the need to manage separate watermarking and encryption pipelines.
Any storage or URL
Qencode ingests your source video from any storage provider or URL.
Encode & Encrypt
Qencode transcodes the video and requests encryption keys from DoveRunner's key server during packaging.
Key & license server
Qencode writes encrypted HLS and/or DASH output with DoveRunner-managed keys to your storage.
Licensed playback
The viewer's device requests a license from DoveRunner. DoveRunner validates and delivers the decryption key.
Register for a DoveRunner account and obtain your API credentials, key server URL, and license server endpoints for Widevine, FairPlay, and/or PlayReady.
This step is completed in DoveRunner's dashboard — see DoveRunner documentation
In the Qencode dashboard, go to Settings → DRM and add your DoveRunner API key and key server endpoint.
Add the cenc_drm parameter to your format array, specifying the DRM systems and DoveRunner as the provider. Enable forensic watermarking if required.
Use a test player (Shaka Player for Widevine/PlayReady, Safari for FairPlay) to verify license acquisition, encrypted playback, and watermark presence.
Widevine DRM via DoveRunner
{
"query": {
"source": "https://your-storage.com/video.mp4",
"format": [
{
"output": "advanced_dash",
"destination": {
"url": "s3://YOUR_BUCKET/path/to/output/",
"key": "YOUR_STORAGE_KEY",
"secret": "YOUR_STORAGE_SECRET"
},
"stream": [
{
"video_codec": "libx264",
"audio_codec": "aac",
"width": 1280,
"height": 720,
"bitrate": 3000,
"audio_bitrate": 128
}
],
"cenc_drm": {
"key_id": "e2b281bafba58760cfa65ae6f3ddd630",
"key": "c608c2426e4e7520b8b50f0b825f6e52",
"iv": "34773976613968717467636c65756531",
"pssh": "AAAAUXBzc2gAAAAA7e+LqXnWSs6jyCfc1R0h7QAAADEIARIQ4rKBuvulh2DPplrm893WMBoKZG92ZXJ1bm5lciIPdGVzdC1jb250ZW50LTAx",
"la_url": "https://drm-license.doverunner.com/ri/licenseManager.do"
}
}
]
}
}Replace placeholder credentials with your actual DoveRunner API key and key server URL. Use environment variables in production.
For a step-by-step walkthrough, see Tutorial: DoveRunner DRM
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