1294034 - Netflix is not proposed with Firefox 51 on Linux with Widevine enabled

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1181884

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

Description

[eyome]

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1)
Build ID: 20160809030200

Steps to reproduce:

Install Firefox nightly version nightly 51.0a1 (2016-08-09) on Linux from here: nightly.mozfr.org
Enable Widevine in about:addons, section plugins.
Switch user-agent to Win + Internet Explorer with this addon: http://chrispederick.com/work/user-agent-switcher/ and this one: https://github.com/muzuiget/user_agent_overrider



Actual results:

I can't use Netflix, it is always asking me to install Silverlight

Comment 1

[Chris Pearce [:cpearce (Not reading bugmail)]]

Netflix serve PlayReady EME to Windows + Internet Explorer. Firefox supports Widevine EME.

If you spoof your useragent to Chrome52 on Linux, it should work.

Comment 2

[eyome]

Chris Pearce, I confirm, it works with Chrome52 + Linux
Thank you.

Comment 3

[courthicks1]

Which User Agent switcher addon is being used to do that switch? Firefox Nightly 52 and still unable to use Netflix

Comment 4

[eyome]

@[e-mail], I use this one:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher-firefox/
Don't forget to change the chrome version to 52 at least ans validate the drm activation on the top of the web page when you load the film.

About it, this is too tiny too see it, I missed it several times, you should improve his visibility (IMO).
Thank you.

Comment 5

[courthicks1]

@eyome, you are amazing. This means I can ditch Chrome forever!!!

Comment 6

[eyome]

@[e-mail], happy it works for you :), but thanks Firefox devs first! ;)

Comment 7

[courthicks1]

True that, to the devs reading this: THANK YOU!!! I've been wanting this for many years :) Can't wait to ditch the user agent switcher, but in the meantime, this is perfect. Yet another happy day to be a Firefox user