Watching Spotify and listening to Netflix in 2023

[rmomota]

found the issue
in /compat/linux/etc/alsa/conf.d I got a symlink to the file that does not exist
.../50-oss.conf -> /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-oss.conf
so I deleted that one and created a new symlink
ln -s ../../../usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf.d/50-oss.conf

its working now

 

[rmomota]

Still no Spotify

 

[stovejeebs]

Naturally, this no longer works out of the box. Original instructions yield no DRM as per the provided demo.

 

[Cath O'Deray]

If you have a debug-oriented kernel e.g. GENERIC with FreeBSD-CURRENT, beware of attempting to play Widevine-protected content whilst htop runs; expect a kernel panic.

There's a workaround (htop issue 1537), it'll not be fixed in htop; "… ?the core issue is outside our control ….".

 

[ZioMario]

Do you think that Android X86 virtualized with bhyve can help to watch Spotify and listen to Netflix ?

 

[gnath]

port www/linux-chrome

Today I have installed the package www/linux-chrome on 14.1-RELEASE-p5 with some errors.
It is not working now, but hope they will fix these.

 

[cracauer@]

Today I have installed the package www/linux-chrome on 14.1-RELEASE-p5 with some errors.
It is not working now, but hope they will fix these.

What were the errors?

 

[shkhln]

You know, I'm not thrilled people continue discussing various crappy workarounds in the topic specifically dedicated to the solution that is supposed to kill them. Especially since it's designed to be downright unbreakable (as long as you remember to occasionally update Widevine).

 

[gnath]

What were the errors?

The error was,

[1/103] Installing linux_base-rl9-9.5... 
Cannot install package: kernel missing 64-bit Linux support 
pkg: PRE-INSTALL script failed

 

[cracauer@]

Well, load it.

 

[NapoleonWils0n]

load linux

sudo sysrc kld_list+="linux linux64"
sudo sysrc linux_enable="YES"

 

[gnath]

Just have installed the "Rocky Linux 9.5 (Blue Onyx)" on /compat/linux. Chrome was not installed. It is similar as linux browser chrome with ubuntu.

 

[NapoleonWils0n]

Thread 'Chromium enable drm playback by building the www/linux-widevine-cdm port with Poudriere'

Nov 29, 2023

Chromium has been recently patched to enable Widevine support as mentioned in the post

This lets you play widevine drm encrypted audio and video,
so you can watch things like Netflix, Channel4 and ITV in the UK or other video services that use widevine drm or listen to Spotify

I have written a how guide to install the www/linux-widevine-cdm port with Poudriere

and how to set up virtual_oss to create a loopback device for sndiod audio
so we can record the audio from chromium "which use sndiod audio and not pulse" with obs studio

Building the...

• NapoleonWils0n
• chromium drm obs studio virtual_oss widevine www/linux-widevine-cdm
• Replies: 6
• Forum: Howtos and FAQs (Moderated)

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[rsronin]

Since yesterday Widevine doesn't work. I am on latest pkg and build linux-widevine-cdm from the ports.

Spoiler: build

pkg info linux-widevine-cdm-4.10.2891.0


linux-widevine-cdm-4.10.2891.0


Name : linux-widevine-cdm


Version : 4.10.2891.0


Installed on : Tue Mar 4 09:34:59 2025 CET


Origin : www/linux-widevine-cdm


Architecture : FreeBSD:14:amd64


Prefix : /usr/local


Categories : www multimedia linux


Licenses : Proprietary


Maintainer : arrowd@FreeBSD.org


WWW : https://www.widevine.com


Comment : Widevine CDM plugin as provided by Google


Annotations :


FreeBSD_version: 1402000


Flat size : 17.9MiB


Description :


A browser plugin designed for the viewing of premium video content. This


software is distibuted as a compiled Linux binary and is intended to be


consumed either by a Linux-native browser or via www/foreign-cdm port.

 

[ZioMario]

Sometimes it stops working. But I "developed" a different method. I virtualize Android X86 with bhyve and I can watch whatever I want.

Anyway,everything works great with foreign-cdm-20250224_1.

 

[rmomota]

Can't use this any longer as linux-chrome crashes since I don't know when.
Reinstalled linux-chrome, upgraded chrome, no better results but the crash.

 

[rsronin]

Sometimes it stops working. But I "developed" a different method. I virtualize Android X86 with bhyve and I can watch whatever I want.

Anyway,everything works great with foreign-cdm-20250224_1.

Thanks, it's in the ports, but not available as a pkg yet.

 

[shkhln]

There was a CDM interface update somewhere around Chrome 133, so both www/foreign-cdm and www/linux-widevine-cdm were updated to match it. They won't work with earlier Chrome versions.

(I don't have resources to handle those transitions smoothly, so some junkiness around updates is expected.)

 

[rsronin]

Do I need to be on quarterly?

Fatal uncaught kj::Exception: (remote):0: failed: remote exception: expected cdm_interface_version == 10 [11 == 10]
stack: 82486515710 82486663530
worker.cpp:827: info: exiting...



 

[ZioMario]

Can you give me the web address of the streaming service that you want to watch ? I want to check if I can watch it using my Android VM.

 

[shkhln]

Do I need to be on quarterly?

Check the versions of the packages and decide for yourself.

 

[hakova]

For me, the thing that crashes linux-chrome is trying to login to google. Netflix and other streaming services work as expected, but when loging in to google account for YouTube, YouTube TV or just gmail crashes it.

 

[nxjoseph]

For me, the thing that crashes linux-chrome is trying to login to google. Netflix and other streaming services work as expected, but when loging in to google account for YouTube, YouTube TV or just gmail crashes it.

Yes, it crashed when logging in to some site for me too but at least it works for netflix and prime video.

 

[rsronin]

Can you give me the web address of the streaming service that you want to watch ? I want to check if I can watch it using my Android VM.

JW Developer - Stream Tester

Tools and resources for developers using JW Player’s HTML5 video player, video platform, and Android & iOS SDKs.

developer-tools.jwplayer.com

 

[ZioMario]

DRM with Firefox does not work on Android X86,with Google Chrome it works only for some time and then it crashes...I don't know why. What I'm sure is that NetFlix and NowTV works good. Can you give me the streaming content DRM protected website that you want to use , to test it ?