Widevine in arm

ARM Technical Assistance
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Hi,
what is the best way to get widevine to work in manjaro to be able to stream netflix or amazon prime. I heard vivaldi has a setup that should work on arm but am getting continuous web page crashes with it. Im currently using pbpro manjaro xfce.

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Install chromium-docker package.

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Thanks, I just tried it now and it doesn’t seem to do anything. A terminal window will appear for a second and close. How do you run it?

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@spikerguy Is something wrong with the chromium-docker package?

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Sounds like docker permission issue.

sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami)

And then reboot so it will take effect.

Nothing should work.

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Ok I typed in that exact command and rebooted. It still didn’t work. Terminal window opens for one sec and closes. Then I tried
Sudo usermod -aG docker mangled
(mangled computer username)

Still nothing.

Not sure but during the docker install, it couldnt load daemon. Could that be the issue?

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Then you need to uninstall it and install it again and share the output from ite installation process.

sudo pacman -R chromium-docker

sudo pacman -S chromium-docker

Please share the output while it’s installing.
The logs can tell us something.

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Thank you for your help. Reinstalling it fixed the issue. I wonder if the permissions had to be in place first before installing the docker. It works now and this time I did not see any issues with the daemon.
Thanks again

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Hi,
I had the same issue as Mangled. Double installation worked.
Next issue I am facing is that there is no sound in chromium-docker.
I am working on Raspberry pi 4. Youtube audio plays ok in Firefox, but not in Chromium Docker.

@spikerguy I have found your other post where you say:

This is covered in my git already.
User will have to enable it from. Paprefs
https://github.com/spikerguy/docker-chromium-armhf/blob/master/chromium-armhf#L15

but i do not understand how to manage it to work.
Could you please explain step by step?

Regards

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I will try it on my rpi4 and try to reproduce this.

It should work fine though.

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Same issue on pi4 with chromium-docker 4.10.1610.6-3. Double installation and no sound.

Set host IP for Pulseaudio
/usr/local/bin/chromium-armhf: ligne 4: hostname : commande introuvable
Enabling XHost Forwarding
non-network local connections being added to access control list
Searching for Docker image ...
Found and using 3c58bc5d3e4a
WARNING: The requested image's platform (linux/arm) does not match the detected host platform (linux/arm64/v8) and no specific platform was requested
[1:217:0103/223651.901139:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are "tcp" and on UNIX "unix")
[1:217:0103/223652.025724:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are "tcp" and on UNIX "unix")
[1:217:0103/223652.025834:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are "tcp" and on UNIX "unix")
ALSA lib pcm.c:8382:(snd_pcm_set_params) Sample format not available for PLAYBACK: Invalid argument
ALSA lib pcm.c:8382:(snd_pcm_set_params) Sample format not available for PLAYBACK: Invalid argument
[632:1:0103/223715.216617:ERROR:child_process_sandbox_support_impl_linux.cc(81)] FontService unique font name matching request did not receive a response.
[632:1:0103/223715.218034:ERROR:child_process_sandbox_support_impl_linux.cc(81)] FontService unique font name matching request did not receive a response.
[632:1:0103/223719.122721:ERROR:child_process_sandbox_support_impl_linux.cc(81)] FontService unique font name matching request did not receive a response.
[632:1:0103/223719.131174:ERROR:child_process_sandbox_support_impl_linux.cc(81)] FontService unique font name matching request did not receive a response.
[632:1:0103/223719.458249:ERROR:child_process_sandbox_support_impl_linux.cc(81)] FontService unique font name matching request did not receive a response.
[632:1:0103/223719.459732:ERROR:child_process_sandbox_support_impl_linux.cc(81)] FontService unique font name matching request did not receive a response.
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@darksky can you test this?

I will try to do it tonight if I can get some free time.

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I would like to test it, if I was not such a novice in linux. Can you give me a hint how to do it? Is there any other option to watch eg. Netflix on Manjaro ARM 64-bit run on Raspbery pi 4?
@spikerguy, will you try your chrome-docker solution, on your rpi?

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Hello
Yes I have tried it but my electricity went off while installing and it corrupted my os idk why.

I tried it on another arm device and I see some warnings and some errors, I will look into it tomorrow will have to update the docker script.

Other user have it working fine he tried it few hours ago.

Update: I tried on GT King Pro and everything worked fine.
Please try this following

Hopefully it use work and @Ace just confirmed that it works on his RPI4 8Gb on the second attempt.

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Always no sound, triple installation. paprefs ok and reboot.(pi4 8Go)

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After another attempt (I did double pacman again and PAPre changes), I see now what is my current problem. Starting from reference: in Firefox I have possibility to switch between the audio devices (hdmi0 and jack output). In chromium-docker, I can hear only from hdmi output. What is wierd, I see two devices in Audio settings, but switching between them, changes nothing - hdmi plays for both cases. And of course it does not suits to my needs, I would like to use jack connection. @spikerguy, does docker somehow force to use only the hdmi output?

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If the paprefs is used then it will follow the default selected in the host pc.
I have tested it with Bluetooth headset and also hdmi but this was long time ago.

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I can confirm that watching DRM contents in ARM is possible with chromium-docker. And been using it to watch Netflix in three days straight having work left behind :slight_smile:

Primary problem for me now is that frame drops while watching it in full screen, nevertheless I don’t mind watching in normal-size window, you will eventually get used to it.

Also, I had this Error regarding bus.cc and maybe it’s the reason why the video is somewhat pixelated but I can bare with it. :slight_smile:

Here’s the error I got.

[1:221:0109/060104.439404:ERROR:bus.cc(393)] Failed to connect to the bus: Could not parse server address: Unknown address type (examples of valid types are “tcp” and on UNIX “unix”)

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Came across this issue once. I could not toggle the volume from chromium-docker and all I did was the same way @spikerguy did.

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Hello All,
I did fresh Manjaro Plasma ARM 64-bit installation on my new Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB ram. Firmware is from December 2020. After I have settled usb-storage configuration for SSD msata drive from which I am booting the system and after i did all system updates… I have did “this double” chromium-docker installation.
My issue now is:
Even I disable all audio devices I still can hear the chromium-docker audio e.g. youtube. I can"t change the voice volume and the sound came out as from hdmi cable.
@Ace, I don"t understand your last post, by saying “toggle the voice” you mean you can not control voice neighter?
@spikerguy, how do you understand this issue? can you refer to something? how can I test it? what to configure?
I wanted to create fully media rpi: spotify, netflix, youtube, kodi runned on relatively fast and cheap device. If I not find the solution with this Manjaro, what should i look for next?
Thanks in advance, regards.