Public bug reported: 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 it seems widevine support is only activated when branding=chrome as seen in https://github.com/scheib/chromium/blob/master/third_party/widevine/cdm/widevine_cdm.gyp Widevine support would enable EME playing such as Netflix 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 ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug eme netflix third-party-packages trusty widevine -- 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/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1371274/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
