Feature: Widevine CDM support for Electron

[johnneerdael]

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Problem Description

Most online streaming platform have DRM built-in which does not work with Electron, however recent advanced have introduced Widevine CDM support in electron basically making it possible to use DRM content in Electron. I would love to see this include in Ferdium since this would allow it to also become a entertainment hun futher narrowing down on the apps I need.

https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/testing-widevine-cdm

Proposed Solution

Implement Widevine CDM support
https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/testing-widevine-cdm

Alternatives Considered

I don't think there are alternatives except for using chrome or native apps?

Additional Information

NA

[MurzNN]

I have found a manual on how to integrate Widevine CDM into Electron manually: http://man.hubwiz.com/docset/electron.docset/Contents/Resources/Documents/docs/tutorial/using-widevine-cdm-plugin.html - hope it helps.

Maybe we can integrate some UI in Ferdium that automates this process?

[MurzNN]

Hmm, seems here is a PR with integration already: #720 (comment)