I can confirm chromium now automatically installs a local copy of Widevine (in ~/.config/chromium/WidevineCdm), and this appears to work both in the deb packages and in the snap. Only a restart is required to enable the CDM. The version of Widevine can be checked by browsing to chrome://components.
In my tests this works on amd64, but not on i386. The UX isn't great because it's not discoverable, there's no user feedback and a manual restart is required, as opposed to the way Firefox handles it, but it's nevertheless a big step forward. I wonder whether this might be a consequence of https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/b5e9a646f5ac2eee57fb0c8cc545f18aa50bd994 ? Although Michel you said it started happening with chromium 81 ? -- 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/1863258 Title: [Snap] Install the widevine binary upon request in Chromium Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Use case : - Start a video on netflix.com ( with chrome/ubuntu user agent ) - Get a mysterious Netflix Error saying your browser is not supported - Start Firefox and watch your video Solution : - Detects when browsing a website that may need widevine ( see how firefox team did ) - ask user if he wants this non-free binary plugin - Run some script like https://gist.github.com/ruario/3c873d43eb20553d5014bd4d29fe37f1 that would copy the widevine plugin in snap user directory Notes : To test if Widevine Works : https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm - Widevine versions and binary url from mozilla https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-beta/file/default/toolkit/content/gmp-sources/widevinecdm.json To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1863258/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
