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Widevine Content Decryption Module for Chromium

I want to enable Widevine Content Decryption Module on Chromium (v51) under Windows (64b) to play HTML5 video content. Is it possible on windows ? Or are there any alternatives ?

Solution

  • yes,

    Download the extension

    the address is `https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/$LATEST-win-x64.zip, where $LATEST is the contents of this file https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/current.txt i.e.: https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/1.4.9.1088-win-x64.zip

    To install

    • unzip the downloaded file
    • go to chromium extentions, enable developer mode
    • then click the "Load Unpacked" button
    • browse to and select the folder you unzipped the download to.

    worked this out thanks to these instructions for linux: https://andreafortuna.org/2019/09/24/how-to-install-latest-widevine-plugin-on-chromium/

    On Google servers, the latest version number is available on the url https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/current.txt so, with a simple script we can automatically download the most recent version:

    #!/bin/bash LATEST=curl https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/current.txt wget https://dl.google.com/widevine-cdm/$LATEST-linux-x64.zip

    Websites to test Widevine:

    https://demo.castlabs.com/ (Choose videos with labeled “DRM”)

    https://shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/demo/

    https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm