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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://bitmovin.com/demos/drm, I get the same stuttering issue with DASH and HLS (options in the website). I can see only IE 11 and Edge 44 have Playready active in the above demo website. Chromium doesn't show Playready even after I activate it from edge://flags. It appears that only  Widevine flag works in Edge chromium. I can by the way watch MUBI movies on other PCs, with Google chrome etc.. I know that my PC is old, but Chromium doesn't show Playready activated. What do you suggest me to do?

 

I have:

Windows 10 Pro Version 2004. OS Build 19041.264 

Dell n5110 with Intel® HD Graphics 3000/Nvidia GT 525M (Intel is the main graphics card, doesnt matter if O select Nvidia, still I get stuttering).

 

Regards,

 

Ferhat

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  • Coddy's avatar
    Coddy
    Brass Contributor
    Jun 02, 2020

    mafein 
    I'm guessing you have "PlayReady Hardware DRM support: flase" in about://gpu page.
    I don't know about PlayReady requirements but your hope is that's a missing requirement on the driver side, and thus with an driver update you'll be set. 

    EDIT: I've now seen the screenshot you posted in the other thread and it appears you have Hardware DRM support , but you lack Direct Composition.
    Too bad the latest Intel drivers for 3000 iGPU is from 2015...
    Might be worth trying again with the Nvidia GPU and using the latest Nvidia drivers (from 2018) rather than Dell's OEM drivers. This way you might loose some custom vendor features, probably the ability to switch graphics too... 
    https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/132841/en-us

    As for selecting the nvidia gpu for edge in windows 10 you'd need to go to Settings -> System -> Display -> Graphics Settings (small writing, towards the bottom) -> then Browse for Edge (if you have shortcut on desktop you can select that). 
    After you added Edge to that list you can select which GPU should be used for that process. Application restart is needed if it wasn't closed during the GPU preference selection.

    • mafein's avatar
      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

      • Anonymous's avatar
        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

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