I went ahead and tried this on my laptop that has Linux. It worked just fine. It only asked me to push a button that allowed DRM playback. (Just a little authorization banner on the top of the screen.)
It wasn't the best video quality, because that laptop is old and couldn't quite handle it. If I let it keep going it slowly got better, to the point that if I had nothing else better to use I would have put up with it. (I'm a Star Wars fan, so just for the Mandalorian it's worth it for our family.) The computer is running Linux Mint 19.1 and I just used the distro-provided Firefox and logged into my Disney account. It was super easy. I usually use either a Roku or a Playstation, as those are connected to decent sized screens, and my computers are not. Good luck! Erik On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 4:15 PM Tomas Kuchta <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not watch TV, so take this with grain of salt .... I might have mix up > unrelated info in my head. > > I recall reading about Disney min. req. somewhere and it would require a > kernel change. If I recall it correctly, Disney would have to be in the > chain of trust for the whole PC + kernel, including kernel modules. > > I remember thinking - just take, take, take and do not give anything back > corp. attitude. Disney's content distribution runs completely on linux. > Sure they could have bothered to make the content accessible on Linux too. > They probably employ 1000-ish Linux devs to make the whole thing happen. > > I will say no more, as not to spread misinformation. Google it up Disney on > Linux. > > -T > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 18:56 Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you've been away for a while, then you might want to read up on the > new > > DRM extensions for firefox. > > > > *Supposedly* if you open up a video that is DRM protected, there is a > > special module that Firefox will immediately download and install for > you. > > Once it installs, you typically just restart firefox and it works. It's a > > distro agnostic solution, but I don't know if there are special quirks > for > > this particular service. > > > > If things go according to Mozilla's plan, then it should be automatic. A > > quick internet search confirms this, but there's some conflicting blogs > so > > I'm not totally sure. > > https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/12/disney-plus-linux-support-fixed > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 3:49 PM Steve Atkins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Has anyone been streaming Disney + video? Their requirements say > > > windows or Mac only, but goes on to say latest version of firefox > should > > > work. So which is it? And forgive the obvious, I've been away for a > > > while, what's the current distro favored for media entertainment? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -steve > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
