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It dosent get rid of the "1000s of adhoc plugins" problem whatsoever, CDMs (the thing EME is merely a bridge to) are platform specific, closed source, arbitrary

by throwaway2048 11y ago

It dosent get rid of the "1000s of adhoc plugins" problem whatsoever, CDMs (the thing EME is merely a bridge to) are platform specific, closed source, arbitrary blobs of code that can do anything on the host system, you do not target "EME" as a streaming host you target these CDMs.

icebraining 11y ago
As I pointed out above, on Firefox they can't "do anything on the host system" as they'll be sandboxed and allowed only the necessary mechanisms to do their job.
- JBReefer 11y ago
  They can't call out at all? I have doubts, but would accept a source.
  - cpeterso 11y ago
    Here is a description of Firefox's CDM sandbox: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-mission-and-w3c-eme/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-missi...
serge2k 11y ago
In practical sense it does because the big content providers are incentivized to work with the common DRM solutions, in order to keep eyes on their product without causing massive headaches for everyone involved. Smaller producers don't have the influence to start putting out custom DRM solutions. You will probably still have the morons who insist they need some special thing, but that's just standard.