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[PlayReady][Chromium Edge] Dash.js PlayReady does not run locally
For me Playready DRM does not work at all in new Edge, only in old legacy Edge. When I visit https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm I always get an error.
Girofox Agreed. PlayReady content seems to be broken in Chromium Edge, Version 83.0.478.56. Google Chrome only supports widevine so PlayReady support was something Microsoft added to Chromium Edge. Disabling hardware acceleration in Chromium Edge disables PlayReady support and most DRM content plays correctly by falling back to widevine. DRM just doesn't work properly for some users in Chromium Edge unless you disable hardware acceleration.
I've also tried the Canary Builds of Chromium Edge, Version 85.0.558.0, and PlayReady support is equally broken. Disabling hardware acceleration corrects the DRM playback issues in the canary builds as well by forcing Chromium Edge to use widevine and removing PlayReady.
- It is very weird, because Netflix works on Edge with more than 1080p, on Chrome (Videwine) Netflix streams with much lower quality. So sometimes Playready seems to work but is very broken. On old Edge everything concerning Playready works.
Girofox I'm not able to get PlayReady working under Chromium Edge very well on my laptop which has WDDM 2.7 drivers and two video cards, the Intel HD Graphics 630 and the AMD RX Vega. Disabling hardware acceleration solves the issue completely. I have no issues with hardware acceleration on Google Chrome. There are also no DRM playback issues with the Netflix modern app, the Amazon modern app, and may other apps with DRM playback. Seems to be a Chromium Edge issue. Others have reported similar issues with the only workaround being to disable hardware acceleration. Stinks for sure.
SpideyMan8192 when i disable hardware acceleration only Videwine shows on https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm so playready only works with hardware acceleration