Apple TV 3 HDCP Error

Hi, I have an Apple TV 3. I can watch videos from the apple tv itself like the trailer and movies. However, whenever I tried airplaying from my iPad device. The video loads for a few seconds and I will get a HDCP Error. I've checked up the solution and many of you suggested the handshake error, and have to remove the cables etc. But I've done this countless time and this definitely isn't the issue. It use to work with airplay when I just got it, the problem definitely isn't with the TV or the Cable. Can someone help me?

Imperials wrote:
What do you mean protected by HDCP or flag???
Quote:: I can add movies into my computers itunes and from the ATV, launch the video through home-sharing with no problem.
Playing DRM movies from your ATV, does not prove that it used nor negotiated HDCP successfully.
HDCP is not part of apples DRM, it is part of the Bluray standard to protect the link from a Bluray player to the TV and the Apple TV may be exempt from its use.
But AirPlay is even used on my Pioneer AVR, so maybe Apple had to sign up to the HDCP protection, since they might want to include AirPlay in future TV sets to make HDMI cables redundant.
In any case there is any number of HD media that will play thru HDMI without an HDCP link, HDCP is not required for everything sent over HDMI.
I'm just saying that maybe AirPlay had to include HDCP and maybe the ATV is exempt, that is all I was trying to say.
I also had an bad experience with HDCP, to the point that I thought I needed a new TV, but which turned out to be something wrong in the HDMI cable. The cable worked or not worked depending on how I twisted or bent the cable coming out of the tv.
Now I have writers cramp and an ugly wordy reply!

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