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exoplayerazure-media-servicesdrmwidevineshaka

Even if my Azure widevine license has expired, I can still play content


Azure Media Service is used to deliver widevine license, I used shaka-packager with key-id and key-value get from license to package and encrypt video, and output two types of files, MPD, and MP4 encrypted video.

When I test the encrypted content with the Dash test player, everything works fine and without a license, I can not play video.

Then when I override policies and set license_duration_seconds = 1800

The player stops after 30 minutes and displays "DRM: KeyStatusChange error! -- License has expired"

However, when I click on Load again or refresh the page and use the same license and MPD URL, the same content plays again!

I'm not sure if I missed something when I package the video with shaka-player.

Is this the expected behavior?


Solution

  • When you "click on Load again or refresh the page", are you sure the player did not get a new Widevine license (hence another 30 min of playback window)?

    Is this a browser app or native/non-browser app? The reason I ask this: not every Widevine environment supports persistent license. Android native app and Android Chrome support it. If you expect license re-use, persistent license is required and needs to be supported.