With the latest chromium build 52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250 in xenial, the plugin files from Chrome no longer work. I see that this was intentional in the changelog. Is there any chance we will see widevine support again or is it gone for good. What is the reason for this change?
Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of UBUNTU - AL - BR, which is subscribed to Chromium Browser. 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 Solution : With the help from several people (hogliux for patch and saiarcot895 for PPA) , a PPA is available with this feature : - https://launchpad.net/~saiarcot895/+archive/ubuntu/chromium-dev - You need the binary widevine plugin plugin (2 files) : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium- browser/+bug/1371274/+attachment/4397708/+files/WidevineLinuxForChromium44.tar.gz To be copied in /usr/lib/chromium - Launch netflix.com and see if it works. 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/~linux-traipu Post to : linux-traipu@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~linux-traipu More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
