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> ...the creators of the open source browser Chrome, ... This assumption is a mistake the author is making. Chrome is, for all practical purposes, closed-sourc

by sli 8y ago

> ...the creators of the open source browser Chrome, ... This assumption is a mistake the author is making. Chrome is, for all practical purposes, closed-source and proprietary. It's Chromium that is open-source. So far as I know, Chromium does not have Widevine included by default.

tomxor 8y ago
This is correct, I use chromium - netflix and amazon do not work... the rest of the web is perfectly fine though. It may have been a stupid decision for W£C to include DRM in the spec, but frankly the rest of the internet doesn't give a shit - As far as OSS is concerned it's another 3rd party blob like flash and not a true part of the web. As far as I can tell the author is trying to use this third party blob specifically - not the rest of the browser for which no one has any authority in the creation of...
- tellak 8y ago
  I use chromium and Widevine works fine (Netflix works fine)
- deleted 8y ago
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- Operyl 8y ago
  I use chromium, Widevine and the related sites work just fine here.
JoshTriplett 8y ago
Chromium can download and install the Widevine module, just as Firefox can. The Widevine module, however, is closed source and proprietary.
- heroic 8y ago
  I use Brave and Netflix and PrimeVideo work fine. How does that happen?
  - bfdm 8y ago
    It's possible that you are limited to lower resolution. Can you confirm whether you can get any of the 4k streams?
    - Mindwipe 8y ago
      Widevine is required for any playback. There is no browser support of 4K playback on Amazon at all, irrespective of the DRM situation.
  - crysin 8y ago
    Doesn't Brave have Widevine in it? https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/31 https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/31
  - Mindwipe 8y ago
    Brave downloads the Widevine EME module on demand. It's not included by default, but they have an agreement with Google to be able to include it.
deathanatos 8y ago
I use Chromium/Firefox and Widevine … sometimes works. For example, Chromium recently broke Widevine support; this was the Gentoo thread about it at the time, IIRC: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1080874-start-0.html https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1080874-start-0.html. So, switched to Firefox. Firefox then also had it break on Debian/Gentoo: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1475260 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1475260. Chromium, and other FOSS browsers including Firefox, do support Widevine. It is a giant proprietary binary blob, yes, but there's support for it. (And yes, I wish everyone would adopt and obey the tenants of free software, but alas.)

by sli 8y ago

tomxor 8y ago

This is correct, I use chromium - netflix and amazon do not work... the rest of the web is perfectly fine though. It may have been a stupid decision for W£C to include DRM in the spec, but frankly the rest of the internet doesn't give a shit - As far as OSS is concerned it's another 3rd party blob like flash and not a true part of the web. As far as I can tell the author is trying to use this third party blob specifically - not the rest of the browser for which no one has any authority in the creation of...

tellak 8y ago
I use chromium and Widevine works fine (Netflix works fine)
deleted 8y ago
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Operyl 8y ago
I use chromium, Widevine and the related sites work just fine here.

JoshTriplett 8y ago

Chromium can download and install the Widevine module, just as Firefox can. The Widevine module, however, is closed source and proprietary.

heroic 8y ago
I use Brave and Netflix and PrimeVideo work fine. How does that happen?
- bfdm 8y ago
  It's possible that you are limited to lower resolution. Can you confirm whether you can get any of the 4k streams?
  - Mindwipe 8y ago
    Widevine is required for any playback. There is no browser support of 4K playback on Amazon at all, irrespective of the DRM situation.
- crysin 8y ago
  Doesn't Brave have Widevine in it? https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/31 https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/31
- Mindwipe 8y ago
  Brave downloads the Widevine EME module on demand. It's not included by default, but they have an agreement with Google to be able to include it.

deathanatos 8y ago

I use Chromium/Firefox and Widevine … sometimes works. For example, Chromium recently broke Widevine support; this was the Gentoo thread about it at the time, IIRC: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1080874-start-0.html https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1080874-start-0.html. So, switched to Firefox. Firefox then also had it break on Debian/Gentoo: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1475260 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1475260. Chromium, and other FOSS browsers including Firefox, do support Widevine. It is a giant proprietary binary blob, yes, but there's support for it. (And yes, I wish everyone would adopt and obey the tenants of free software, but alas.)