Widevine activate issue

[SomeDev]

I try to build my own Cef release with proprietary codecs, Flash and Widevine. But I can't. I know this is one of the most frequently asked questions, but I think some circumstances have changed since last suitable answer.
I'm using windows embedded industry pro 8.1 with VS2015 Update 3 installed.

I use D:\cef as root for my build experiments.
0) I prepared everything as needed following https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/ ... ndBuilding
1) I set "set GYP_DEFINES=proprietary_codecs=1 ffmpeg_branding=Chrome enable_widevine=1" to allow what i need in build
2) I build project using this command "python automate.py --download-dir=sources --x64-build"
3) After the build, I copy pepperflash plugin binaries and run
cefclient --enable-widevine-cdm --cache-path=D:\temp --ppapi-flash-path=pepflashplayer64_23_0_0_207.dll --ppapi-flash-version=23.0.0.207
codecs and flash works, but widevine not.

I tried cefclient --cache-path=D:\temp --ppapi-flash-path=pepflashplayer64_23_0_0_207.dll --ppapi-flash-version=23.0.0.207
--enable-widevine-cdm --widevine-cdm-path=WidevineCdm\_platform_specific\win_x64\widevinecdmadapter.dll

But with same result

https://shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/demo/ also shows me that Widevine is absent, and when I look in Plugins or in DRM tabs of cefclient - I see that Widevine is not present in my build.

What have I done wrong?

[magreenblatt]

You're not specifying `--branch=XXXX` to automate-git.py so it's building master. GYP is no longer supported so you need to use the GN configuration. See https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/ ... ckStart.md.

On Windows you need a system installation of PPAPI Flash from https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/. Enable it with the `--enable-system-flash` command-line flag.

For Widevine requirements see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2009.

[SomeDev]

You're not specifying `--branch=XXXX` to automate-git.py so it's building master. GYP is no longer supported so you need to use the GN configuration. See https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/ ... ckStart.md.

On Windows you need a system installation of PPAPI Flash from https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/. Enable it with the `--enable-system-flash` command-line flag.

For Widevine requirements see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2009.

Thank you!
I rebuild the solution on branch 2785, with parameters "set GN_DEFINES=proprietary_codecs=1 ffmpeg_branding=Chrome enable_widevine=1"
following the instructions. Version works fine, but widevine still not working.
If I run it "cefclient --cache-path=D:\temp --enable-system-flash --enable-widevine-cdm" pepper flash plugin is present, but widevine not.
if I run "cefclient --cache-path=D:\temp --enable-system-flash --register-pepper-plugins="WidevineCdm\_platform_specific\win_x64\widevinecdmadapter.dll;application/x-ppapi-widevine-cdm" it is visible on plugins page, but still not working with Shaka player
If I set CDM path on DRM page "WidevineCdm\_platform_specific\win_x64" and I got error message "Missing manifest file WidevineCdm\_platform_specific\win_x64\manifest.json (2)"

[magreenblatt]

You need to create a manifest file as specified in the documentation: https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/ ... ugin.h-167

[SomeDev]

You need to create a manifest file as specified in the documentation: https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/ ... ugin.h-167

Thank you!
When I created this manifest.json (as written by the link) nothing works

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{
  "os": "win",
  "arch": "x64",
  "version": "1.4.8.903",
  "x-cdm-module-versions": "4",
  "x-cdm-interface-versions": "8",
  "x-cdm-host-versions": "8",
  "x-cdm-codecs": "vp8,vp9.0,avc1"
}


but when I merged my manifest with existing google chrome manifest it begins to work

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{
  "manifest_version": 2,
  "update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
  "name": "WidevineCdm",
  "description": "Widevine Content Decryption Module",
  "offline_enabled": false,
  "version": "1.4.8.903",
  "minimum_chrome_version": "43.0.2340.0",
  "x-cdm-module-versions": "4",
  "x-cdm-interface-versions": "8",
  "x-cdm-host-versions": "8",
  "x-cdm-codecs": "vp8,vp9.0,avc1",
  "icons": {
    "16": "imgs/icon-128x128.png",
    "128": "imgs/icon-128x128.png"
  },
  "os": "win",
  "arch": "x64"
}


But when I play any Widevine DRM assets from https://shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/demo/
I got this error Shaka Error DRM.FAILED_TO_GENERATE_LICENSE_REQUEST (The initialization data type is not supported by the key system.) video begins playing and stops on 10-12 second.

I think I must add some more configurations? Or I am looking in wrong direction now?

[amaitland]

Did you get permission from Google to access the CDN as per the issue posted above?

[SomeDev]

Did you get permission from Google to access the CDN as per the issue posted above?

Do you mean CDN infrastructure for downloading keys?

[magreenblatt]

But when I play any Widevine DRM assets from https://shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/demo/
I got this error Shaka Error DRM.FAILED_TO_GENERATE_LICENSE_REQUEST (The initialization data type is not supported by the key system.) video begins playing and stops on 10-12 second.

This is expected behavior if you have not properly licensed Widevine support from Google. You can contact Google about Widevine issues via https://www.widevine.com/contact.html.

[SomeDev]

But when I play any Widevine DRM assets from https://shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/demo/
I got this error Shaka Error DRM.FAILED_TO_GENERATE_LICENSE_REQUEST (The initialization data type is not supported by the key system.) video begins playing and stops on 10-12 second.

This is expected behavior if you have not properly licensed Widevine support from Google. You can contact Google about Widevine issues via https://www.widevine.com/contact.html.

Thank you for advice! I have write them an e-mail, so I think it will not be a problem.

[edgardog]

Were you lucky contacting Google for licensing widevine?
I get the same error using the binaries from chrome (matching version). I hate having to use chrome for watching Netflix when CEF client is great but Netflix wont run.
It used to work great on 32bits.