Udemy videos don't show up

[art-stankov]

System Details MacOS Sonoma 14.0 Thorium Version 116.0.5845.169 (Official Build) (arm64)

Problem There is a gray square in place of a video on Udemy and play/pause button doesn't seem to do anything.

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[gz83]

Is this page working on chrome?

@art-stankov

[Ok9xNirab]

@gz83 Same issue from me!

Is this page working on chrome?

Yes. I'm using brave browser.

[gz83]

@gz83 Same issue from me!

Is this page working on chrome?

Yes. I'm using brave browser.

Does this page use widevine?

@Ok9xNirab

[Ok9xNirab]

@gz83 Yes. Google DRM (Widevine)

But i see it's already installed.

[gz83]

What I mean is whether this webpage uses Widevine to process audio and video. If so, then I'm sorry, it may be because of Widevine's VMP verification. Currently, Thorium cannot perform VMP verification, so it cannot play audio and video that require VMP verification. To conduct VMP verification, we need to pay a large fee to Widevine, which we are temporarily unable to pay.

@Ok9xNirab

[Ok9xNirab]

Thank you @gz83 for describing this issue.

[art-stankov]

@gz83 As I see on the Internet, the Widevine is indeed used as DRM on Udemy

[gz83]

@gz83 As I see on the Internet, the Widevine is indeed used as DRM on Udemy

Please see my previous reply

@art-stankov

[art-stankov]

@gz83 I saw it, just confirming that the Widevine is indeed used

[jcraig999]

@gz83 how much is the license for Widevine? I may be able to help contribute to some of the cost. I'm noticing that there are some websites that require Widevine, and I'm having to switch back-and-forth a lot between browsers. I really like this project and I want it to improve, but I can't contribute code, but I might be able to help out in this manner.

[gz83]

According to Alex, a fee of US$5,000 needs to be paid to Widevine, but whether this number is calculated on a monthly or annual basis I am not clear yet.

@jcraig999

[jcraig999]

Based upon my own research, I can surmise that it is probably annual or a one time payment because there are services out there where you can get a license for around $99 a month. I wouldn't be able to pay the $5000 out right, but if Alex set up some kind of pool where people can donate (I know you can do this on PayPal), I would definitely donate on a monthly or bimonthly basis. @gz83

[jigglywatts]

I could do $10/month or contribute a couple hundred if it was a one time fee

[jcraig999]

I have a friend that already has a Widevine key, and he said that you may be able to implement it into the project. Do you have discord or telegram so he can reach out or should he contact Alex via email? @gz83

[gz83]

Thank you very much for your and your friends' help. If this key is valid, it will solve many problems related to widevine.

Please contact Alex via email and CC me on the email, thank you.

@jcraig999

[jcraig999]

What is your email? I don't see it in your profile. @gz83

[gz83]

I have temporarily made my email address public, can you see my email address? My email address may appear in my profile or in your email.

@jcraig999

[jcraig999]

Got it. You can make it private again. He will reach out as soon as possible. Feel free to ping me if you don't hear anything. @gz83

[gz83]

Has your friend emailed us? I haven't received an email from your friend yet.

@jcraig999

[jcraig999]

Probably not yet. I will follow up.

[jcraig999]

Sorry it took me so long to reply. He said that, unfortunately, he can't give you all the key without losing access to it himself. @gz83

[gz83]

It doesn't matter

@jcraig999

[jcraig999]

Sorry for the late reply. What doesn't matter? @gz83

[gz83]

Sorry for the late reply. What doesn't matter? @gz83

What I mean is: we don't feel any dissatisfaction or frustration that your friend was unable to provide a key for widevine, and we still appreciate the time and effort you and your friend put into solving the widevine problem, despite ultimately failing to share the key for widevine with us.

@jcraig999

[Alex313031]

@gz83 @jcraig999 Yeah, what gz83 said lol.