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
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