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I wonder if something like this could ever support DRM. I'm thinking of this mainly for playing Hulu videos on Linux[0]. I consistently have issues with Flash o

I wonder if something like this could ever support DRM. I'm thinking of this mainly for playing Hulu videos on Linux[0]. I consistently have issues with Flash on Ubuntu with Hulu freezing or displaying something along the lines of "Error loading DRM content" [0] http://www.howtogeek.com/239682/how-to-watch-hulu-on-ubuntu-and-other-linux-distributions/ http://www.howtogeek.com/239682/how-to-watch-hulu-on-ubuntu-...

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qb45 10y ago
As long as Flash DRM doesn't use TPM/smartcards/etc it's a cat and mouse game - it's theoretically possible to reverse engineer Flash software and write new implementation, but then it's likely that Adobe would switch to new keys/protocols and/or Hulu would drop Flash support to prevent ripping. Maybe if you asked very kindly, Adobe themselves would release a heavily obfuscated Javascript blob which implements Flash DRM. But at this point they could as well simply fix bugs in their browser plugin. And I don't even know how Flash derives its decryption keys. If this process involves contacting some Adobe servers, it's possible that your problems are caused not by client software, but by network failures or server downtime.
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bytesandbots 10y ago
Do you also get this problem with Chrome browser? If you are using Firefox, it uses an old flash player 11.2 which does not have full support for flash drm. Google chrome for linux comes pre-packaged with pepper-flash, a chrome-only port of the latest flash player. That one should work.
- thrownblown 10y ago
  i can only watch hulu on ubuntu on firefox. 0 problems. chrome browser just sits there with a black screen.
- neilsimp1 10y ago
  Chrome did the trick, I wish I had tried that ages ago. Both Hulu and Netflix only work with Chrome on Ubuntu for me.
etatoby 10y ago
I'm not sure what kind of protection Hulu uses, but if it's like most streaming websites, this should do the trick: https://github.com/K-S-V/Scripts/wiki https://github.com/K-S-V/Scripts/wiki I routinely use it to play protected video content (subscription sports channels) with my favorite video player https://mpv.io/ https://mpv.io/ instead of the horrible flash plugin. Otherwise, you can try asking here: http://www.stream-recorder.com/forum/ http://www.stream-recorder.com/forum/

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qb45 10y ago

As long as Flash DRM doesn't use TPM/smartcards/etc it's a cat and mouse game - it's theoretically possible to reverse engineer Flash software and write new implementation, but then it's likely that Adobe would switch to new keys/protocols and/or Hulu would drop Flash support to prevent ripping. Maybe if you asked very kindly, Adobe themselves would release a heavily obfuscated Javascript blob which implements Flash DRM. But at this point they could as well simply fix bugs in their browser plugin. And I don't even know how Flash derives its decryption keys. If this process involves contacting some Adobe servers, it's possible that your problems are caused not by client software, but by network failures or server downtime.

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bytesandbots 10y ago

Do you also get this problem with Chrome browser? If you are using Firefox, it uses an old flash player 11.2 which does not have full support for flash drm. Google chrome for linux comes pre-packaged with pepper-flash, a chrome-only port of the latest flash player. That one should work.

thrownblown 10y ago
i can only watch hulu on ubuntu on firefox. 0 problems. chrome browser just sits there with a black screen.
neilsimp1 10y ago
Chrome did the trick, I wish I had tried that ages ago. Both Hulu and Netflix only work with Chrome on Ubuntu for me.

etatoby 10y ago

I'm not sure what kind of protection Hulu uses, but if it's like most streaming websites, this should do the trick: https://github.com/K-S-V/Scripts/wiki https://github.com/K-S-V/Scripts/wiki I routinely use it to play protected video content (subscription sports channels) with my favorite video player https://mpv.io/ https://mpv.io/ instead of the horrible flash plugin. Otherwise, you can try asking here: http://www.stream-recorder.com/forum/ http://www.stream-recorder.com/forum/