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[Jess Telford <jess+ubuntuone@xxxxxx>]

So I'm finally getting around to trying to use chrome's version of the
widevinecdm* plugins in chromium.

Unfortunately, I am getting a redirect loop on Netflix, but I'm not sure
if that's because the widevine plugins aren't working correctly or not.

I have installed v45 of both Chrome and Chromium on my 64it Ubuntu
14.04.

Then I ran:

sudo cp /opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdm* /usr/lib/chromium-browser/

Upon pointing Chromium at netflix, and selecting a show to watch (eg;
Sense8 http://www.netflix.com/watch/80025752), it drops into a redirect
loop and Chromium shows me the error page.

I can successfully load and watch that same URL in Google Chrome.

Any ideas?

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Title:
  Unable to use the widevine plugin with Chromium

Status in Chromium Browser:
  Unknown
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Chromium is unable to use the widevine component from google chrome :
  libwidevinecdmadapter.so and libwidevinecdm.so

  How to reproduce :

  - copy the 2 files the chrome archive in /usr/lib/chromium-browser
  - check chrome://components/
  - Widevine does not appear

  Solution :

  With the help from several people (hogliux for patch and saiarcot895
  for PPA) , a PPA is available with this feature :

  - https://launchpad.net/~saiarcot895/+archive/ubuntu/chromium-dev

  - You need the binary widevine plugin plugin (2 files) :

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-
  browser/+bug/1371274/+attachment/4397708/+files/WidevineLinuxForChromium44.tar.gz

  To be copied in /usr/lib/chromium

  - Launch netflix.com and see if it works.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: chromium-browser 37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Sep 18 21:11:17 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-02 (350 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: chromium-browser
  SystemImageInfo: Error: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type: 'system-image-cli'
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-31 (109 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted]
  mtime.conffile..etc.chromium.browser.default: 2014-06-01T14:14:23.245932

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