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Re: [Bug 1371274] Re: Unable to use the widevine plugin with Chromium

 

Kostadin, no, I don't expect it to work in current v53. It should work in
the next release. I hope to have it out within a week.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Kostadin Stoilov <kmstoilov@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Is support for widevine meant to be re-enabled with the latest build
> (53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254)? If so I'm just reporting that it
> is still broken. DRM-enabled video playback doesn't work. I can see the
> widevine module in chrome://components, but it's missing in
> chrome://plugins.
>
> For me personally this feature is still important as http://hbogo.bg/
> does not work with Firefox even with the user agent workaround. For
> whatever reason they insist you need Silverlight.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371274
>
> Title:
>   Unable to use the widevine plugin with Chromium
>
> Status in Chromium Browser:
>   Unknown
> Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Committed
>
> 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
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371274

Title:
  Unable to use the widevine plugin with Chromium

Status in Chromium Browser:
  Unknown
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

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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