Udemy, Netflix, and NOWTV Video Error

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Udemy, Netflix, and NOWTV Video Error #73

Closed Dormant-Hero closed 1 month ago

Dormant-Hero commented 11 months ago

System Details

OS: Windows 10
Thorium Version 117.0.5938.157

Problem An entire courses set of videos on udemy do not play and provide the below error. I test the same ones in firefox and it works fine.

I think this is to do with the latest videos on udemy probably having some security in place to prevent dubious action. Not even sure how much this is worth reporting but just in case :).

Screenshots

leteaaDEV commented 11 months ago

Got also a error on Netflix cant watch Movies ..

gz83 commented 11 months ago

Does Chrome also have this problem? Also, does this site use widevine?

@Dormant-Hero

gz83 commented 11 months ago

Got also a error on Netflix cant watch Movies ..

The problem with netflix not playing is due to Thorium's inability to do VMP validation, and there's no good solution at the moment, other than paying a fee to widevine

@lotek2k

Dormant-Hero commented 11 months ago

I'll have a look when I'm home from work.

Please tell me what I would need to look for alternatively it may be easy and I will Google.

Thanks for getting back to me.

gz83 commented 11 months ago

I'll have a look when I'm home from work.

Please tell me what I would need to look for alternatively it may be easy and I will Google.

Thanks for getting back to me.

Please see my reply above

@Dormant-Hero

Dormant-Hero commented 11 months ago

Sorry I was looking on my phone like an idiot. I decided to wait this time for when I was back at my desktop and read properly. Sorry for not reading properly in the first place.

The video works fine on chrome. The below will show a screenshot Thorium on the left not working and chrome on the right working. I have also taken a photo as I think the video has protection against screenshots in the hope that this helps better identify the issue.

gz83 commented 11 months ago

Thank you for providing more specific information.

Please see this reply: https://github.com/Alex313031/Thorium-Win/issues/73#issuecomment-1767566078

There is a high chance that the problem is caused by VMP verification.

@Dormant-Hero

Dormant-Hero commented 11 months ago

You are probably getting more issues reported than normal due to a youtube being made of this amazing browser.

I guess this is a duplicate issue potentially with it being the same as the netflix one. Feel free to close if that helps organise or is the preferred choice and I can just watch the netflix one I guess.

alcio1 commented 11 months ago

Same problem here with Udemy

leteaaDEV commented 11 months ago

Got also a error on Netflix cant watch Movies ..

The problem with netflix not playing is due to Thorium's inability to do VMP validation, and there's no good solution at the moment, other than paying a fee to widevine

@lotek2k

How much does it coast to verify the browser ?

Does the AVX2 broweser version works on netflix and co ?

gz83 commented 11 months ago

Got also a error on Netflix cant watch Movies ..

The problem with netflix not playing is due to Thorium's inability to do VMP validation, and there's no good solution at the moment, other than paying a fee to widevine @lotek2k

How much does it coast to verify the browser ?

Does the AVX2 broweser version works on netflix and co ?

According to Alex, a fee of US$5,000 needs to be paid to Widevine on a regular basis, but I am currently unclear whether this fee is paid annually or monthly.

Without paying this fee, VMP verification will not be possible no matter what version it is.

@lotek2k

Dormant-Hero commented 11 months ago

Regardless of monthly or annually that is a huge barrier of entry to having a complete web browser for all this DRM content. I doubt many know about this that use their web browsers every day like the world is all rainbows and butterflies.

Thank you for the insight.

Blazzycrafter commented 11 months ago

Regardless of monthly or annually that is a huge barrier of entry to having a complete web browser for all this DRM content. I doubt many know about this that use their web browsers every day like the world is all rainbows and butterflies.

This borders on anti-competitive abuse of market power. sad

Dormant-Hero commented 11 months ago

I recently found something else that may be related. NOWtv videos do not work (UK Broadcaster aka SKY). Top is Thorium and bottom is Firefox working.

venkatavignesh commented 10 months ago

This seems to be an issue only in Windows and Mac maybe but not on Linux (probably) - Udemy videos working well in Debian Sid.

Dormant-Hero commented 10 months ago

This seems to be an issue only in Windows and Mac maybe but not on Linux (probably) - Udemy videos working well in Debian Sid.

It might not be an issue anymore for udemy actually. I reinstalled windows 10 since to try this Atlus OS thing just in case that matters and it is something windows related. Thorium still the same build 117.0.5938.157.

Udemy (ignore course progression please). It is also worth pointing out that older udemy videos do not have the same protections as some newer ones. It could be based on the protection a teacher selects or how a new video is:

Sadly I checked now tv and there is still an issue here:

Neflix: