Linux Users Can Now Use Disney+ After DRM Fix

'"Linux users can now stream shows and movies from the Disney+
streaming service after Disney lowered the level of their DRM
requirements," reports Bleeping Computer:

When Disney+ was first launched, Linux users who attempted to watch
shows and movies were shown an error stating "Something went wrong.
Please try again. If the problem persists, visit the Disney+ Help
Center (Error Code 83)."

As explained by Hans de Goede, this error was being caused by the
Disney+ service using the highest level of security for the Widevine
Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. As some Linux and Android
devices did not support this higher DRM security level, they were
unable to stream Disney+ shows in their browsers... Yesterday, Twitter
users discovered that Disney+ had suddenly started working on Linux
browsers after the streaming service tweaked their DRM security
levels...

Even with Disney+ lowering the DRM requirements, users must first make
sure DRM is enabled in the browser. For example, Disney+ will not work
with Firefox unless you enable the "Play DRM-controlled content"
setting in the browser.'

-- source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/19/12/08/169213

Cheers, Peter
-- 
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/
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