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  1. Bug #1371274
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Comment 5 for bug 1371274

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Chad Miller (cmiller) wrote : Re: [Bug 1371274] Re: Unable to use the widevine plugin with chromium

I don't think you'll find this plugin listed under about:components anyway.
Try about:plugins .

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Ekimia <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Chad do you think the problem is with the branding in
> widevine_cdm.gyp ?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371274
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> Title:
> Unable to use the widevine plugin with chromium
>
> Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> 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
>
> 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
>
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