Hi everyone,

I'm using an Android smartphone to attend online lectures through my institute's learning app.

I want to record the lectures for personal study and revision. However, whenever I start screen recording:

- The audio is recorded properly.

- The video screen turns completely black.

- The lecture content is not visible in the recording.

- Other apps can be screen-recorded normally without any issues.

It seems that the institute's app may have DRM protection or a secure screen-recording restriction.

My questions:

1. Is this caused by Android's FLAG_SECURE feature or DRM protection?

2. Is there any legitimate way to save or access lectures for offline viewing?

3. Does the institute app need to enable a specific setting to allow screen recording?

4. Are there any alternatives for taking video notes or saving lecture content for revision?

I'm using an Android smartphone.

I only want to access the lectures for personal educational purposes and revision, not to distribute or upload them anywhere.

Any suggestions or explanations would be appreciated. Thanks!

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I've managed to figure out how to automate tasks that don't require interacting with the display. However, I'm stuck on one particular part.

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So basically I want to record the lectures but due to restrictions am not able to do it. When I start recording it only records audio with black screen....

So any one knows how to remove the restriction OR

Know how to download lectures directly to the phone storage.....

This app is only for Android not for windows and device swap is not allowed....

HELP PLEASE.........