Closed Bug 1265235 (widevine-linux) Opened 9 years ago Closed 8 years ago

Add Linux support for Widevine

Categories

(Core :: Audio/Video: Playback, defect, P3)

Product:
Core
Component:
Audio/Video: Playback
Platform:
Unspecified
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED
Milestone:
mozilla49
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
firefox49 --- fixed
relnote-firefox --- 49+

People

(Reporter: luciano, Assigned: cpearce)

References

Details

(Keywords: feature)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/43.0.2357.93 Safari/537.36 Build ID: 20160315153207 Steps to reproduce: Use an agent-switcher, setting the browser to google Chrome/linux, and go to amazon prime video / netflix, and try to watch a video with HTML5 enabled. Actual results: An error message will appear complaining about missing Widevine plugin. Expected results: This is a request to support Widevine CDM in the linux build of firefox. It says here that this is now supported under Windows and MacOS X: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-drm. Also, there exists a linux plugin that is distributed with Google Chrome and can be loaded in Chromium as well; some googling around will give more details. This bug is related to 872125.
Dupe of bug 1245789, I guess. cpearce, could you dupe it, please, I don't have the rights.
Flags: needinfo?(cpearce)
Not strictly a dupe, as bug 1245789 will end up only adding Windows and MacOSX support, and Linux support won't be coming until later.
Component: Untriaged → Audio/Video: Playback
Flags: needinfo?(cpearce)
Product: Firefox → Core
Priority: -- → P2
Keywords: feature
OS: Unspecified → Linux
Summary: Enhancement: Widevine linux support → Add Linux support for Widevine
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Mass change P2 -> P3
Priority: P2 → P3
Assignee: nobody → cpearce
Alias: widevine-linux
Release Note Request (optional, but appreciated) [Why is this notable]: Netflix on Linux? [Suggested wording]: Support of Widevine CDM through the EME API under GNU/Linux [Links (documentation, blog post, etc)]: do we have something about it?
relnote-firefox: --- → ?
I am using Firefox on Linux version nightly 51.0a1 (2016-08-09) from here: nightly.mozfr.org I activated widevine in about:addons, section plugins. I can't use Netflix; it is always asking Silverlight installation. Even if I switch user-agent to Internet Explorer, Netflix is always asking it.
eyome, please open a separate bug, thanks
Depends on: 1294034
cpearce says Widevine for Linux shipped in Firefox 49.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
status-firefox49: --- → fixed
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla49
Added to the 49 release notes for posterity
relnote-firefox: ? → 49+
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