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DRM, or Digital Rights Management, is a class of access control technologies used in movies, songs, programs, etc. that put restrictions on what the user can and cannot do with the file.

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eglinfo ACCEL_WORKING query results in permission denied

When I execute eglinfo from the mesa-utils package, I get failures: $ eglinfo ... GBM platform: amdgpu_device_initialize: amdgpu_query_info(ACCEL_WORKING) failed (-13) amdgpu: amdgpu_device_initialize ...
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Cannot mount and play copy-protected dvd Ubuntu 22.04 (libdvdcss is installed!) [closed]

Greetings to everybody. I have a trouble in reading DRM-protected DVDs on my computer (Ubuntu 22.04). Those DVDs I own personally and I just want to watch them. System tries to read the DVD 3 times ...
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How do you download Calibre on Ubuntu 20.04?

It sounds simple, but I'm not a coder and I have a few hoops to jump through: How do you download a 32-bit version, and Is there a DRM removal plugin that works with it? I've agonized over this for ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Can't Play Disney+ Videos After Update

Disney+ videos refuse to play in either Firefox or Chrome. I get no error codes.
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How do I download Calibre on Ubuntu? [closed]

I know nothing about code. I'd need a blow-by-blow, subtle as an atomic bomb explanation of how to download Calibre on Linux, with Ubuntu.
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Netflix error NSES-UHX on Wayland

When trying KWin Wayland session Netflix refuses to load any page with error NSES-UHX. I tried asking their support but of course that didn't help and they completely ignored my initial suggestion ...
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Why is Hulu video streaming quality poor on Ubuntu 22.04?

Poor quality streaming seems to be exclusive to Hulu as the Netflix stream is clearly HD quality. Hulu streaming quality is blocky and pixelated. The stream was tested in the Firefox browser with DRM ...
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Netflix on Firefox: "The WidevineCdm plugin has crashed"

I installed Firefox from ppa:mozillateam/ppa but Netflix is not working and gives the error: "The WidevineCdm plugin has crashed". I tried to use another user (a new user), I tried to ...
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How can I remove the DRM from PDFs so that I can read them in Google Play Books

Google Play Books is my reader app of choice for Android. I like that I can highlight and take notes, and that I have a pipeline for those notes to get them in to an Anki deck (amongst other things). ...
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Twitter ask por video codecs in Firefox [closed]

There is a similar question but none of the solutions does it for me. I'm in a clean ubuntu 21.04install
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Ubuntu 20.04 - drm_atomic_helper_wait_for_flip_done

I've decided to start using linux (because... why not?), so I went through all the installation process without any problem, the system ask for rebooting, so I let it does. But when the machine ...
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"Study IQ" site videos won't play in Ubuntu 20.04 in any browser

One month ago I was using Windows 10... there the study iq website (which i have subscribed to for 20,000rs) was perfectly playing videos in Chrome and any other browser, but after I switched to ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 errors after suspend: ACPI Error and DRM error

I am running Ubuntu 20.04 on an XPS15. And everytime I suspend and then come back from it, I get the following messages on the screen before the system actually starts: ACPI Error: Thread 3824... ...
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Is it possible to play DRM content in Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla on Raspberry pi ARM64?

I am trying to use a Raspberry pi 4 as a standard desktop computer. After Ubuntu 20.10 installation, I was not able to play any DRM content on Firefox or Chromium. With firefox, I already know that it'...
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Errors in Chrome://gpu after the Jan 06, 2021, updates for 20.04.1

I am using Xubuntu 20.04.1. Kernel: 5.4.0-59. The January 06, 2021 updates included video drivers, mesa and drm updates that are now causing the following repetitive errors in Chrome://gpu (Chrome 87....
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Can't read Netflix nor Prime videos [duplicate]

I am new to Linux and I'm trying Ubuntu 20.04.1 on a USB key to see what it's like. I wanted to watch a movie on Prime Video using Firefox, but I couldn't : it asked me to allow DRM, which I did. But ...
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Widevine plugin crashes when attempting to play Netflix DRM content with firefox

I've recently updated my 18.04 install to 20.04.1 and Netflix fails to play its DRM content using Firefox (at the latest 78.0.2). When attempting to play a video on the Netflix website I am taken to ...
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How to play hd, 1080p prime content in brave or firefox in ubuntu 20.04?

I have enabled the all the three plugins in firefox as drm, open264 and shockwave flash, but I cannot play hd, fullhd in amazon prime. For the brave browser, I couldn't find any plugin options. I have ...
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Watching Netflix in Firefox on Ubuntu 20.04 generates error F7355

I've just set up a laptop with brand new Ubuntu 20.04 and visited Netflix in Firefox. There was a yellow toaster underneath the address bar stating You must enable DRM to play some audio or video ...
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Youtube DRM Movie videos are quality limited in Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04

I have intalled recently Ubuntu 20.04 on my HP pavilion with AMD Ryzen 3. I already installed the restricted extras and Google Chrome... now already i can watch all YouTube videos. The problem is when ...
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CBS All Access Streaming Issues [duplicate]

[EDIT]: I've ported this over the the Linux & Unix SE - since, I really don't know if the issue is Ubuntu specific or a general Linux/*nix issue. Here's the URL: https://unix.stackexchange.com/...
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Widevine problems in Chrome and Firefox on Ubuntu 19.10

I am having problems streaming some TV sites (ITV Hub, BritBox) on Ubuntu 19.10 in Chrome. This is a recent problem that has only recently started, a few weeks ago there was no problem streaming these ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 some drm content not streaming

I am running Ubuntu 19.10 as the only OS on my laptop. Up until recently, that is a few days ago, I regularly watched ITVHub in the Chrome browser on my laptop. Yesterday I tried to watch a ...
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ITV.com no longer works from Ubuntu

Since the beginning of the year (2020) I can't get onto the ITV.com site without it saying my browser settings need updating. The screen that takes me to says I need to change my DRM settings to ...
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Raspberry Pi 4 19.10 Firefox DRM not available

Trying to upgrade my early Pi 4/4gb from Raspian to Ubuntu. Installed 19.10 64 bit. Wildvine is not installed with the default installation and there is no option in Firefox to turn on DRM. There ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 Firefox can't play DRM content

I use Ubuntu 19.10 for 2 weeks now and I like it so far except that I have one little problem: The per-installed Firefox does not allow me to play DRM content media (and possible other media too). i....
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Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Other DRM Content

I am curious, how come when I install the Official Mozilla Snap from the Ubuntu Software store on Ubuntu 18.04.3, I can watch DRM content, but when I use the build that comes with Ubuntu I can't watch ...
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Netflix Fails To Play On Firefox

Netflix on the latest version of Firefox (69.0.1) fails to show content. No error code appears, so I am a bit clue less where I could be going wrong with it. Has anyone faced similar issue before?
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Kmscube on Ubuntu 16.04

I am trying to run kmscube on Ubuntu 16.04. I have built it with meson and ninja, but I see this error when I am trying to run it: i965_dri.so does not support the 0xffffffff PCI ID. Using display ...
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Disables amd gpu kernel

[5.205584/ [drm:amdgpu_init [amdgpu]] *ERROR* VGACON disables amdgpu kernel modesetting. Hello I am having this problem on my machine: I3 7100 / Asus H110M-D / RX 460 4GB / 8GB / SSD 480 and HD 1TB. ...
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Ubuntu virtual machine on Windows error once installed: drm:vmn_host_log [vmugfx] *ERROR* Failed to send log

I have recently installed a VM and Ubuntu, once I finished installing Ybuntu I had the following message drm:vmn_host_log [vmugfx] ERROR Failed to send log I´m no programmer and my knowledge is ...
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Amazon Prime Video on Opera: DRM error

If I want to play videos from Amazon Prime Video in Opera (Version 56.0.3051.104) on Ubuntu, I'm getting the error that there's missing a component for DRM, but I can't find an option to activate the "...
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Netflix and primevideo works on chrome, but not on Opera. Widevinecdm component not found but the .so file is present

There have been questions similar to this, but they were for an older version (which was fixed) and those solutions did not work. Hence, a new question. I have ubuntu 18.04 and the latest version of ...
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How to add DRM protection to my DRM-free ebooks?

I have started reading ebooks, and found store selling DRM-free ebooks, which are watermarked with my real name and email address. I copy these ebooks to my PocketBook Basic Lux 2. In case, that I ...
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Is there a way to get Channel 4 player to work natively in Ubuntu 18.04

CHannel 4 player uses flash and drm. There have been some workarounds. Is there a way to make it work in Ubuntu without using wine? Any workarounds are ok but no wine.
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[drm_kms_helper]] *ERROR* on Ubuntu 16.04, dell vostro 1510 intel core 2: x error + wireless error + and drm_kms_helper error , at start process [closed]

QUESTION Is it possible to ask to ubuntu 16.04 LTS developpers to solve kernel error due to bad relationship process with intel ship on dell vostro 1510 generating xorg graphic errors and network ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Netflix Error F7701-1003 FireFox 59.0.2 DRM enabled

I constantly have error F7701-1003 trying to play Netflix on Ubuntu 18.04 using FireFox 59.0.2. I already googled the problem and tried following: -enabled DRM in the settings, let FF download and ...
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How can I remove the DRM from a Kindle book?

I'd like to know how I can strip DRM from a Kindle book. I would like to buy a Kindle ebook from Amazon. I'd strip the DRM, and convert it to Epub (so I can listen to it on a headset connected to my ...
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Constant DRM entries in syslog for Ubuntu 16.04

On a 10-year-old Dell Inspiron 1525 running Ubuntu 16.04.3 with Intel 965GM graphics and the proprietary Intel graphics drivers loaded, the syslog shows constant DRM entries like these: [ 4108.682415]...
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drm/i915 GPU Hang in Artful Advark 17.10

I have installed fresh Ubuntu Mate 17.10 - Artful Advark. This is my Intel configuration file: $ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver ...
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How do I play DVDs in Ubuntu 16.04?

I need to watch a DVD for school, but when I try to watch it in VLC, I get this error: Playback failure: VLC cannot set the DVD's title. It possibly cannot decrypt the entire disc. Playback failure: ...
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Timeout during install [duplicate]

I'm trying to install Ubuntu for the first time using a USB stick. But i keep getting this timeout Nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: base-2: timeout Any ideas? It stops right there, even when I try to ...
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Cannot play DRM content in browsers (honestly, I've looked)

Okay, before you guys say it's been answered and besiege me with links, I promise I've spent a TON of time searching: honestly I've looked, I've tried everything on every post I've found. I hopped in ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 takes too long to boot, shows errors and turns off suddenly

When booting it shows a purple or black screen for a long time, something it didn't do before. Then, some text appears, than I am not able to copy completely; I will tipe dots where I couldn't get it: ...
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Boot very slow because of drm_kms_helper errors

I just installed 16.04 on my MacBook Air, and everything seems to work well, except booting the system. I've been going through the dmesg-log and found out that drm_kms_helper-errors occur repeatedly ...
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Unable to use nouveau video driver on NV11M chipset due to DRM device not working

I am setting up an old laptop Dell Inspirion 8100 - which will be shipped to a developing country. I work for a volunteer org, World Computer Exchange and the laptop here is donated ones, so pretty ...
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Is it safe to use DRM on Firefox 49? [closed]

Firefox now supports drm, but I've heard it has some risks, Do you know if it's safe? Maybe it executes in a sandbox or something like that.
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Can't watch protected flash videos (nbcsports.com) on chrome in Ubuntu 14.04

My question is similar to this one. My Specs: I'm on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit and trying to stream nbcsports live extra on Chrome (or Chromium). I can't use Firefox since the stream requires flash player ...
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Is it possible to watch Netflix on Firefox 48?

I've read that Firefox now supports DRM, but I don't know if it's already on Ubuntu, do you know if it works? Thanks.
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DRM initialised but dont work at ZOTAC with VIA ZX900 gpu

I have ubuntu 32 bits. My initial problem is freeze of xorg with [ 31.514] (EE) CHROME(0): [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:00:01.0: No such file or directory message in Xorg.0.log ...
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