[PLUG] Disney +

[Ben Koenig]

theyve been making incremental changes to firefox so it might be smoother
now.

when the DRM plugins were added originally you would get a yellow notice
asking if you wanted to install them. The exact trigger for that could have
beeen anything since its not actually tied to a particular service. It was
this really creepy background process.

But with all the recent UI changes who knows what happens now. Ive moved on
to Falkon for my web stuff so my experience with Quantum is pretty thin.

On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 7:22 PM Erik Lane <eriklane at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I didn't know anything about all of that with messing with the kernel
> or anything, but I figured it wouldn't be too hard for me to just try it
> and see what happened. I don't believe that I've watched any DRM video on
> that laptop in the past, so it would have had to do all of that today when
> I went to the Disney+ website, but I could be mistaken. But for me, I
> didn't even have to restart Firefox. (Which is part of what makes me
> question whether my memory is correct...)
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 7:14 PM Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Glad to have my head set straight.
> >
> > Now I wonder how I came up with what I said!
> >
> > Great that it works.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 20:30 Erik Lane <eriklane at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I went ahead and tried this on my laptop that has Linux. It worked just
> > > fine. It only asked me to push a button that allowed DRM playback.
> (Just
> > a
> > > little authorization banner on the top of the screen.)
> > >
> > > It wasn't the best video quality, because that laptop is old and
> couldn't
> > > quite handle it. If I let it keep going it slowly got better, to the
> > point
> > > that if I had nothing else better to use I would have put up with it.
> > (I'm
> > > a Star Wars fan, so just for the Mandalorian it's worth it for our
> > family.)
> > > The computer is running Linux Mint 19.1 and I just used the
> > distro-provided
> > > Firefox and logged into my Disney account. It was super easy.
> > >
> > > I usually use either a Roku or a Playstation, as those are connected to
> > > decent sized screens, and my computers are not.
> > >
> > > Good luck!
> > > Erik
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 4:15 PM Tomas Kuchta <
> > tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I do not watch TV, so take this with grain of salt .... I might have
> > mix
> > > up
> > > > unrelated info in my head.
> > > >
> > > > I recall reading about Disney min. req. somewhere and it would
> require
> > a
> > > > kernel change. If I recall it correctly, Disney would have to be in
> the
> > > > chain of trust for the whole PC + kernel, including kernel modules.
> > > >
> > > > I remember thinking - just take, take, take and do not give anything
> > back
> > > > corp. attitude. Disney's content distribution runs completely on
> linux.
> > > > Sure they could have bothered to make the content accessible on Linux
> > > too.
> > > > They probably employ 1000-ish Linux devs to make the whole thing
> > happen.
> > > >
> > > > I will say no more, as not to spread misinformation. Google it up
> > Disney
> > > on
> > > > Linux.
> > > >
> > > > -T
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 18:56 Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > If you've been away for a while, then you might want to read up on
> > the
> > > > new
> > > > > DRM extensions for firefox.
> > > > >
> > > > > *Supposedly* if you open up a video that is DRM protected, there
> is a
> > > > > special module that Firefox will immediately download and install
> for
> > > > you.
> > > > > Once it installs, you typically just restart firefox and it works.
> > > It's a
> > > > > distro agnostic solution, but I don't know if there are special
> > quirks
> > > > for
> > > > > this particular service.
> > > > >
> > > > > If things go according to Mozilla's plan, then it should be
> > automatic.
> > > A
> > > > > quick internet search confirms this, but there's some conflicting
> > blogs
> > > > so
> > > > > I'm not totally sure.
> > > > >
> https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/12/disney-plus-linux-support-fixed
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 3:49 PM Steve Atkins <fsradio at comcast.net>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Has anyone been streaming Disney + video?  Their requirements say
> > > > > > windows or Mac only, but goes on to say latest version of firefox
> > > > should
> > > > > > work.  So which is it?  And forgive the obvious, I've been away
> > for a
> > > > > > while, what's the current distro favored for media entertainment?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -steve
> > > > > >
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