INTELLIGENT HDMI STREAMING ADAPTER

摘要

The invention relates to a video conversion device (1) comprising an HDMI-interface (10) for connecting to a display device (100), and a network interface (20) for connecting to a local area network (LAN). Said video conversion device (1) comprises a conversion device (5) which is designed to convert a video stream into an HDMI signal, transported via Ethernet and/or by means of an IP-protocol. The video conversion device (1) also comprises an authentication unit (30) which is designed to read out at least two MAC-addresses (21, 211, 221, 411) of two different devices (1, 200, 400) which are joined to the local area network (LAN) and to send them to an authentication server (300) which is located outside of the local area network (LAN) on the other side of the home router (200). The invention also relates to an authentication server and to a method for checking the authorization of a video conversion device (1) for capturing a video stream.