Easiest Widevine installation steps
by resolver from LinuxQuestions.org on (#55N34)
There are numerous clickbait-like blog posts purporting to advise people on how to install the Widevine DRM extension so that you can use your paid subscription to Netflix etc., which make the process out to be complicated or laborious. Often these pages offer incomplete or misleading information. Often there is a bunch of unnecessary filler commentary and griping. Many such pages suggest you install special TV-like software or even a special distro just for watching TV.
Getting Netflix working is easy.
Steps:
#0: Install 32-bit Raspberry pi OS on a reasonably fast MicroSD and put is in a reasonably fast Pi, such as a Pi 4B. (64-bit will not work.)
#1: Go to ruario's page on Github that provides a script which downloads the latest Chrome that includes widevine and which extracts the 32-bit .so file. Untar the tar file as described.
#2: Move the libwidevinecdn.so file to /usr/lib/chromium-browser. (Also its manifest file) Chmod it to 644.
#3: Update your User Agent to be that of a modern ChromeOS Chrome browser. You can do this in the browser or if you invoke the browser from the command-line, add the --user-agent="..." switch.
That's it. You can now watch the TV that you paid for.
Getting Netflix working is easy.
Steps:
#0: Install 32-bit Raspberry pi OS on a reasonably fast MicroSD and put is in a reasonably fast Pi, such as a Pi 4B. (64-bit will not work.)
#1: Go to ruario's page on Github that provides a script which downloads the latest Chrome that includes widevine and which extracts the 32-bit .so file. Untar the tar file as described.
#2: Move the libwidevinecdn.so file to /usr/lib/chromium-browser. (Also its manifest file) Chmod it to 644.
#3: Update your User Agent to be that of a modern ChromeOS Chrome browser. You can do this in the browser or if you invoke the browser from the command-line, add the --user-agent="..." switch.
That's it. You can now watch the TV that you paid for.