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Anindya Chatterjee
Copper Contributor
May 09, 2021

MS Edge Beta can't play Netflix on Ubuntu

I am not able to play any Netflix videos on MS Edge Beta in Ubuntu. But I can play the same on other browsers - Chrome and Firefox on the same machine. This is the error I am getting on Edge.

 

 

 

I have tried with both HW acceleration on and off, but nothing works. I am getting the same error message. Below is my system spec - 

 

OS - Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS

MS Edge Beta - Version 91.0.864.19 (Official build) beta (64-bit)

 

As widevine is available for MS Edge in Linux, I thought I could play Netflix on Edge. Please help.

 

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  • thalskarth's avatar
    thalskarth
    Copper Contributor
    May 28, 2021

    Same issue here. Same Edge version with Manjaro Linux. It seems to be a user-agent problem where Netflix doesn't recognice edge's one. 

     

    I change the user-agent with "User-agent switcher" extension in Edge and problem solved.

    • fabgrel10's avatar
      fabgrel10
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 16, 2021
      This solution solved the exact same problem for me too. Thank you!
    • greentea666's avatar
      greentea666
      Copper Contributor
      Jul 15, 2021

      I install "User-agent switcher" extension in Edge Beta.
      Choose opera Browser and Microsoft windows.
      It could work on my Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS and problem solved.

      • orvaquim's avatar
        orvaquim
        Copper Contributor
        Oct 14, 2021

        Yes, the same here.
        Installed the user-agent switcher and I pretend to be a Chrome for Linux. Netflix streamming works now.

         

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