Can iOS/Android play protected media offline?

I'm working on a system that will provide offline access to DRM protected video on tablet devices. In discussions with Adobe it was suggested we could use Adobe Media Server to encrypt files for Protected HDS / Protected HLS, then download those files into our application for later offline playback. Looking around the documentation and discussions, I can't really see where to start, beyond finding phds_policy.pol which would set the required protection level.
Can an AIR application play back a locally stored copy of a protected HDS (or HLS) video?
If so, do we have to transform the manifest file to reference a locally stored key?
Does this work on iOS and Android?

Usually the problem came up for me when I imported files from an exterior hard drive. I just had my whole project turn to the red "Media Offline" window.These files were imported directly from my camera. My computer didn't go offline.
Michael,
I am not sure where these particular media files were located, when Imported. It seems that they were on an external HDD, but then I am not certain of that.
When a file is Imported into PrPro, a link to the original file is created, and this link is an absolute Path, in that every aspect of it's location, name, etc., MUST be maintained, or the link will be broken, and then the Media will show as Media Offline. In PC-speak, the HDD's drive letter must be maintained, exactly as it was, at the time of Import. In Mac-speak, that is the Volume. Being a PC-only guy, I am not sure of all variables on a Mac for Volume names, so you will have to investigate that aspect. However, if any part of the Path (probably goes by a different name on the Mac) changes, one must manually re-link via the new Path.
Can you give us the complete details on where the files were, when Imported, and then any change that might have taken place?
Thank you, and good luck,
Hunt

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vornis wrote:
Hello there,
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