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Enabling Netflix support in Chromium
The Chromium version shipped in Fenix 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.
- Open a terminal and run `sudo fenix-config`
- Ordered List ItemGo 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
- Open
chrome://media-internalsin a new tab. - Switch to
CDMstab.
You will see output similar to the one shown below
Last modified: 2025/04/23 23:42 by gunjan