I've bountied this question on Ask Ubuntu: http://askubuntu.com/questions/1488/how-can-i-use-netflix-on-ubuntu for a Chromium answer.
This is something people want, there are situations where you can't or don't wish to use Chrome. 1. You wish to use Chromium not chrome for various reasons, but activly watch Netflix - would be able to enable/disable plugin by user choice. 2. Chromium is avaible as a build for ARM - on a chromebook you could copy over the plugin and be able to watch where Chromium is the only choice. 3. Chromium could be a canidate for Ubuntu's default browser if *certain* things were worked out, and is in the Software Center, Chrome isn't in the Software Center. So considering we have a possible soultion a patch + install option (like pepper-flash) whould be something we would want, even if chromium developers aren't persuing things like this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371274 Title: Unable to use the widevine plugin with Chromium Status in Chromium Browser: Unknown Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Triaged 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/chromium-browser/+bug/1371274/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
