DRM-contents still not work in Slimjet (23.0.1.0 beta)
Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 11:23 am
I had great hopes that this problem had been finally solved in this beta, but unfortunately it wasn't. It would be interesting to know why it isn't working in Slimjet, but it works fine in Vivaldi which is also chromium-based browser? Last year Vivaldi developer Ruarí Ødegaard told that from now on Widevine support is also for Linux users: "Vivaldi now fetches Widevine during the install mechanism, meaning it should work out of the box for all Linux users". What are they doing different? Why it isn't possible also in Slimjet?
I like Slimjet a lot. It's a speedy browser with low memory usage. Perfect especially for older computers. But if I can't watch paid sport channels because of DRM-content not working, there is now point to use this browser any more. I'll stick with Vivaldi and Firefox from now on. But this is not farewell for ever. I'll be back if things get better in near future...
System: HP-250-G6-Notebook-PC
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.7
Kernel: 4.18.0-20-generic x86_64
Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 620
I like Slimjet a lot. It's a speedy browser with low memory usage. Perfect especially for older computers. But if I can't watch paid sport channels because of DRM-content not working, there is now point to use this browser any more. I'll stick with Vivaldi and Firefox from now on. But this is not farewell for ever. I'll be back if things get better in near future...
System: HP-250-G6-Notebook-PC
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.7
Kernel: 4.18.0-20-generic x86_64
Distro: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 620
