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VIM3/3L Enabling Netflix support in Chromium

The Chromium version shipped in Fenix Ubuntu version 1.7.4+ supports playing DRM protected videos on websites like Netflix and Prime Video by installing Widevine CDM library. You can follow this documentation to install the same.

Video playback will be limited to low resolution as Widevine L1 is only supported in Chromium based browser on Windows platform.

Install Widevine library

In order to play DRM protected contents, Widevine CDM needs to be installed. It can be installed by following the steps below.

  1. Open a terminal and run sudo fenix-config
  2. Go to Software > Widevine CDM and choose Install Widevine CDM.

Verifying if Widevine is detected by Chromium

You can use the following steps to verify if Chromium browser is able to detect Widevine CDM library

  1. Open chrome://media-internals in a new tab.
  2. Switch to CDMs tab.

You will see output similar to the one shown below

2025/03/10 08:00 · gunjan