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 <kmstoi...@gmail.com> 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. > > -- > 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: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/chromium-browser/+bug/1371274/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371274 Title: Unable to use the widevine plugin with Chromium To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/chromium-browser/+bug/1371274/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
