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Normally your only option to access DRM-protected content would be to use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, but here are some alternate ways you can keep using stock Chromium.\n\nInstructions are for Arch GNU/Linux; should work for other Arch-based distribution.\n\n##  Installing Google Chrome and using its Widevine distribution\n\n### Install Google Chrome **stable** (beta or unstable won't work)\n#### You will need a AUR(Arch user repository) helper to download Google Chrome like [paru](https://github.com/morganamilo/paru) or [yay](https://github.com/Jguer/yay)\n\nSkip this if you already have it.\n\n```bash\nyay -S google-chrome\n```\n\n### Run script\n\nThe following script symlinks Google Chrome's Widevine library to Chromium's directory.\n\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/Empyreann/chromium-widevine.git \u0026\u0026 \\\n\tcd chromium-widevine \u0026\u0026 \\\n\t./use-from-google-chrome.sh\n```\n\n## Test Widevine\n\n*warning: restarts Chromium*\n\n```bash\nkillall -q chromium \u0026\u0026 \\\n\tchromium ./test-widevine.html \u0026\n```\n\n…Or manually:\n\n1. Restart Chromium. If it was already open, then go to [chrome://restart](chrome://restart).\n2. Make sure Protected Content is enabled in settings: [chrome://settings/content/protectedContent](chrome://settings/content/protectedContent).\n3. Open `test-widevine.html` from this cloned repo in Chromium.\n\n…Alternatively, visit Netflix, Spotify, or $DEGENERATE_DRM_CONTENT_PROVIDER to see if it works directly.\n\n# Limitations\n\n- [Some streaming sites](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item\u0026px=Disney-Plus-Not-On-Linux) refuse to run at all on Linux because the kernel does not provide access to chipset-level fencing of DRM decryption as provided by Microsoft and Apple systems.\n- These scripts assume a standard installation from Arch Linux packages. If you have installed Google Chrome or Chromium manually, you might have to edit the scripts.\n- Because we are installing files directly to `/usr` (as opposed to the more appropriate `/usr/local`), and we have to for Chromium to find Widevine, on system upgrades your package manager might clobber these files, and you will have to redo these steps.\n- These instructions only work for amd64 (64-bit x86_64) on GNU/Linux.\n\n\n## Installing Widevine alone without Google Chrome\n\nPaste this into your shell:\n\n```bash\ngit clone https://github.com/Empyreann/chromium-widevine.git \u0026\u0026 \\\n\tcd chromium-widevine \u0026\u0026 \\\n\t./use-standalone-widevine.sh \u0026\u0026 \\\n\tkillall -q chromium \u0026\u0026 \\\n\tchromium ./test-widevine.html \u0026\n```\n\nThe first method using Google Chrome just copied one directory from its installation. Observe the Widevine directory in the Google Chrome distribution:\n\n```text\n/opt/google/chrome/WidevineCdm\n├── LICENSE\n├── manifest.json\n└── _platform_specific\n    └── linux_x64\n\t        └── libwidevinecdm.so\n```\n\nWe don't actually need the whole Google Chrome installation. We can recreate that tree in the Chromium directory (i.e., `/usr/lib/chromium`) with a standalone distribution of the Widevine shared library. Copying just `libwidevinecdm.so` into `/usr/lib/chromium` doesn't work.\n\nDisadvantage of this method: You might have to manually re-run this script whenever Chromium updates to get the latest Widevine. The first method piggybacks Google Chrome's distribution which is assumed to be up-to-date and updated by the same package manager that updates Chromium. 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