Bug 395205 - Unable to play videos in Netflix due to missing plugin
Summary: Unable to play videos in Netflix due to missing plugin
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: Falkon
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Rosca
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Reported: 2018-06-10 07:27 UTC by ketil ervik
Modified: 2018-06-29 07:16 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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2018-06-10 07:27 UTC, ketil ervik 		Details
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Description ketil ervik 2018-06-10 07:27:00 UTC 
Created attachment 113185 [details]
Netflix problem

I have a problem with netflix.se
When I start a movie, I get a black screen with information about the missing plugin to watch the movie. I did not get this issue in Firefox. What should I do? or is this a bug?
Comment 1 magiblot 2018-06-25 22:29:13 UTC 
I guess this is the same problem as with Spotify and its "your browser is not supported" error message.

I just found installing the Qt5 WebEngine Widevine plugin solves the problem:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qt5-webengine-widevine/

This is an Arch Linux package, however. I don't know if you are provided such a package in Ubuntu.
Comment 2 Juraj 2018-06-29 01:41:56 UTC 
Wouldnt changing UserAgent to something else like Chrome or Mobile device also work ?
Comment 3 David Rosca 2018-06-29 07:16:05 UTC 
You need to have QtWebEngine built with proprietary codecs and widevine plugin, see https://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/06/03/netflix-qt-webengine-5-7/