Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri 31 Jan 2025 at 14:06:57 (+0200), Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 21:53 +1100, George at Clug wrote: > > The same (now that I am using backports): > > $ yt-dlp --version > > 2025.01.15 > > Due to the nature of this program (Google plays the cat and mouse > game), new versions a

Re: Don't set APT::Default-Release to backports (was: Re: Firefox and Video DRM)

On Sat, 1 Feb 2025, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 01/02/2025 02:34, Eddie wrote: > > In Synaptic go to "Settings" - 'Preferences" - "Distributions" > > then select "Prefer Versions From" - backports > > Do not do it. It is not a supposed way to use backports. > > > It is

Re: Don't set APT::Default-Release to backports (was: Re: Firefox and Video DRM)

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM Max Nikulin wrote: > > On 01/02/2025 02:34, Eddie wrote: > > In Synaptic go to "Settings" - 'Preferences" - "Distributions" > > then select "Prefer Versions From" - backports > > Do not do it. It is not a supposed way to use backports. >

Don't set APT::Default-Release to backports (was: Re: Firefox and Video DRM)

On 01/02/2025 02:34, Eddie wrote: In Synaptic go to "Settings" - 'Preferences" - "Distributions" then select "Prefer Versions From" - backports Do not do it. It is not a supposed way to use backports. It is therefore recommended to only select single backported

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:52:18 +0100 (CET) Roger Price wrote: > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main contrib > non-free > > Note the http and not https. Is this critical ? Normally, not. It may if you use an apt cache such as apt-cacher-ng. Those cannot inspect an HTTPS str

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:41:29 +0100 (CET) Roger Price wrote: > Should I add allow-insecure=yes or allow-downgrade-to-insecure=yes to > sources.list, or is there some better way? Neither. Your line was incorrect. Also, best practice is to create a new file: root@hawk:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Saturday, 01-02-2025 at 09:01 Roger Price wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > It is bookworm-backports, not debian-backports. See > > . > > My error, I corrected my sources.list. Command apt update then ran > correctly, > and comman

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > It is bookworm-backports, not debian-backports. See > . My error, I corrected my sources.list. Command apt update then ran correctly, and command root@maria ~ apt -t bookworm-backports install yt-dlp youtubedl-gu

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Saturday, 01-02-2025 at 08:41 Roger Price wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, Eddie wrote: > > On 1/31/25 12:40, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > > > Packages from backports are pinned with low priority (100) and never > > > installed by default. So in order to install a backported package, you > > > need t

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Sat, 1 Feb 2025, George at Clug wrote: > # apt remove yt-dlp youtubedl-gui I successfully removed yt-dlp and youtubedl-gui with this command. My sources.list contains the line deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main contrib non-free Note the http and not https. Is this cr

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM Roger Price wrote: > > On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, Eddie wrote: > > On 1/31/25 12:40, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > > > Packages from backports are pinned with low priority (100) and never > > > installed by default. So in order to install a backported package, you > > > need to

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, Eddie wrote: > On 1/31/25 12:40, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > > Packages from backports are pinned with low priority (100) and never > > installed by default. So in order to install a backported package, you > > need to do it like: > > > > apt install yt-dlp/bookworm-backports > >

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Saturday, 01-02-2025 at 03:57 Roger Price wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > > > On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 21:53 +1100, George at Clug wrote: > > > The same (now that I am using backports): > > > $ yt-dlp --version > > > 2025.01.15 > > > > In fact, 2025.01.26 just landed in b

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On 1/31/25 12:40, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 17:57 +0100, Roger Price wrote: I followed the instructions for synaptic at https://wiki.debian.org and added the repository deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free I clicked on ¨Reload" to rel

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 17:57 +0100, Roger Price wrote: > I followed the instructions for synaptic at https://wiki.debian.org and added > the repository > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free > > I clicked on ¨Reload" to reload the package listings and searc

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Friday 31 January 2025 01:50:52 am George at Clug wrote: > Does anyone use Firefox to watch DRM protected Video content? > > Is it normal for DRM to display lots of ads whenever Firefox is > loaded? > > I did enable DRM once, a long time ago, and I started getting annoying > ads whenever Fire

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 21:53 +1100, George at Clug wrote: > > The same (now that I am using backports): > > $ yt-dlp --version > > 2025.01.15 > > In fact, 2025.01.26 just landed in bookworm-backports today. I followed the instructions for synaptic at h

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 21:53 +1100, George at Clug wrote: > > > The same (now that I am using backports): > $ yt-dlp --version > 2025.01.15 Due to the nature of this program (Google plays the cat and mouse game), new versions are released fairly frequently. In fact, 2025.01.26 just landed in book

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Friday, 31-01-2025 at 21:42 Bret Busby wrote: > On 31/1/25 18:19, George at Clug wrote: > > > > > > On Friday, 31-01-2025 at 20:41 Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > >> On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 19:24 +1100, George at Clug wrote: > >>> I have two answers (which might not be good answers, if so someone may

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Friday, 31-01-2025 at 21:30 Bret Busby wrote: > On 31/1/25 16:24, George at Clug wrote: > > > > > > On Friday, 31-01-2025 at 18:57 Bret Busby wrote: > >> On 31/1/25 14:50, George at Clug wrote: > >>> Does anyone use Firefox to watch DRM protected Video content? > >>> > >>> Is it normal for

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On 31/1/25 18:19, George at Clug wrote: On Friday, 31-01-2025 at 20:41 Henrik Ahlgren wrote: On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 19:24 +1100, George at Clug wrote: I have two answers (which might not be good answers, if so someone may be able to correct me) 1) For some time now yt-dlp has been unable to

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

Thanks for your reply. The DRM that was install, I believe to be Google's as per Firefox's default settings when enabling DRM content. It has been some time since I gave up watching DRM content and was only using it for a few news sites. My current stance is 1) DRM is insecure, 2) Any content

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On 31/1/25 16:24, George at Clug wrote: On Friday, 31-01-2025 at 18:57 Bret Busby wrote: On 31/1/25 14:50, George at Clug wrote: Does anyone use Firefox to watch DRM protected Video content? Is it normal for DRM to display lots of ads whenever Firefox is loaded? I did enable DRM once, a lon

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Friday, 31-01-2025 at 20:41 Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 19:24 +1100, George at Clug wrote: > > I have two answers (which might not be good answers, if so someone may be > > able to correct me) > > > > 1) For some time now yt-dlp has been unable to download videos which I

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 19:24 +1100, George at Clug wrote: > I have two answers (which might not be good answers, if so someone may be > able to correct me) > > 1) For some time now yt-dlp has been unable to download videos which I wanted > to download. If you're on Debian Stable, please be aware

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Fri, 2025-01-31 at 17:50 +1100, George at Clug wrote: > > Does anyone use Firefox to watch DRM protected Video content? > > Is it normal for DRM to display lots of ads whenever Firefox is > loaded? Hi! What type(s) of ads are you seeing? In other words, are they for random consumer products

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On Friday, 31-01-2025 at 18:57 Bret Busby wrote: > On 31/1/25 14:50, George at Clug wrote: > > Does anyone use Firefox to watch DRM protected Video content? > > > > Is it normal for DRM to display lots of ads whenever Firefox is loaded? > > > > I did enable DRM once, a long time ago, and I sta

Re: Firefox and Video DRM

On 31/1/25 14:50, George at Clug wrote: Does anyone use Firefox to watch DRM protected Video content? Is it normal for DRM to display lots of ads whenever Firefox is loaded? I did enable DRM once, a long time ago, and I started getting annoying ads whenever Firefox was loaded. It took a while