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mafein
Copper Contributor
Jun 01, 2020

No PlayReady visible with the Chromium Edge

Dear All,   I am trying to watch movies from MUBI.com, but it stutters with all browsers except IE v.11 and Edge v.44. The Edge Chromium also stutters.  When I check it with this website: https://b...
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mafein
Copper Contributor
Jun 02, 2020

Dear Coddy , thanks for your detailed reply. I did the things you said but Intel is the main GPU, I can see playready under about:gpu, but in https://bitmovin.com/demos/drmplayready does not appear, playready appears only in the legacy Edge. (See the attached files)

 

I had the same problem with Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi and Yandex. But what was interesting is Opera and Yandex worked fine with both mubi.com movies and https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm video (and showing no DRM in the bitmovin website), however, after some hours Widevine got activated and mubi.com videos were stuttering as well as the bitmovin video.

 

My humble theory is:

  • It has nothing to do with direct composition. Because I maniplated Chrome by setting --disable-direct-composition=0 to shortcut and I had direct composition "true", but still the same issue. 
  • New Edge does not inherit the functionalities of the Legacy Edge (at least in my case/PC).
  • New Edge is not supporting Playready on my PC.
  • Widevine is blocking the video here : https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm. But when I disable the Widevine I can watch the video in that link without problem, but then I cannot watch the mubi.com movies at all (not even stuttering). 

Cheers 

Ferhat

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Anonymous
Jun 04, 2020

mafein Here is an unofficial list of requirements needed for PlayReady/4k HD to run successfully. It may be possible to circumvent some of these, but this is what our team recommends:

 

  • Update the Microsoft Edge browser to the latest version.
  • PlayReady DRM for Windows 10 on edge://flags must not be disabled. See: edge://flags/#edge-playready-drm-win10.
  • The https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9NMZLZ57R3T7 must be installed.
  • The "Use hardware acceleration when available" setting is enabled. See: edge://settings/system.
  • The following edge://gpu settings requirements must be met:
    • "Compositing" is "Hardware Accelerated".
    • "Direct composition" is "true".
    • "PlayReady Hardware DRM support" is "true".
  • A Windows 10 computer or tablet with the latest Windows updates installed.
  • A 60Hz 4K capable display (with HDCP 2.2 connection if external display).
    • NOTE: Every monitor connected to your computer must meet these requirements to successfully stream in Ultra HD.
  • Intel's 7th generation Core CPU (i3, i5, or i7 models in the 7xxx or 7Yxx series) or newer, or a NVIDIA GPU that meets https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4583/~/4k-uhd-netflix-content-on-nvidia-gpus .
  • A steady internet connection speed of 25 megabits per second or higher.
  • Streaming quality set to Auto or High. 

 

Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

  • Natank05's avatar
    Natank05
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 16, 2024

    I have a question on how you managed to find the "PlayReady Hardware DRM support" is "true". 

    I cant see at all in edge://gpu/. thats not appearing anywhere for me

     

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    mafein
    Copper Contributor
    Jun 07, 2020

    Thanks for the response Deleted, but that is a vicious cycle. Chromium Edge disables direct composition due to my GPU, but without this I cannot get Playready enables as per your response. My suggestion playready should be independent of direct composition, if not possible, direct composition should not be disabled due to GPU. Because I do have Playready with my legacy Edge version. My issue is problably that my GPU is incompatible with widevine. By the way I have no issues with watching Netflix movies. The only issue is mubi.com movies and the DASH content here: https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm . 

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      Girofox
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 21, 2020

      There is a workaround I found today! Just disable either Widevine DRM or PlayReady DRM in edge://flags like in the images below. Both enabled (default flag is enabled by the way) does not work! And with override software rendering list set to enabled you even get hardware accelerated video decoding. On https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm you can check which one is enabled and below in the images you can see it works flawlessly for both DRM key systems. When you also want to stream 4K Netflix you need the HEVC video extensions from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/hevc-video-extensions-from-device-manufacturer/9n4wgh0z6vhq
      I get 1080p and over 4000 kBit/s bitrate for the movie snowpiercer in Netflix (view with CTRL + Alt + Shift + Q). Bitrate in Netflix UWP App is even higher and supports 5.1 Dolby sound.

      PlayReady Hardware DRM supportedge://gpuEdge flags for NetflixWidevine



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      Girofox
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 20, 2020

      There is a workaround! You need to enable either playready drm or widevine drm by using Edge flags (see 2nd picture below). And for video accelerated decoding you need to enable "override software rendering list". To test if drm video streams work you can use the website https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm . Netflix uses playready (for highest bitrate) while amazon prime uses widevine so you need to disable the other unused drm in flags. To get 4K Netflix you also need the HEVC video extensions from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/hevc-video-extensions-from-device-manufacturer/9n4wgh0z6vhq Nevertheless only the Netflix UWP App delivers the highest bitrate (you can see resolution bitrate with CTRL + Shift + Alt + Q ). For example I get over 5000 kBit/s at 1920x1080 pixels for movie Snowpiercer but only 2800 kBit/s at 1920x1080 in Edge.

      Widevine

      Edge flags for NetflixEdge flags for Amazon Prime Video

      edge://gpuPlayReady Hardware DRM support

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