Incompatibility with newest Widevine on ARM systems - workaround available

[sorin-pop]

MOD-EDIT: As of 2018-09-06 the newest widevine automatically downloaded through inputstreamhelper is causing errors on ARM systems. See emilsvennesson/script.module.inputstreamhelper#35 (comment) for a possible workaround.
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General infomration

Prerequisites

• Are you running the latest version?
  Yes. 0.3.12

Description

[Description of the bug or feature]
The video playback does not start and there are no errors.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start Netflix add-on
2. Start some film

Context (Environment)

Installation

• [x ] I installed the plugin via zip from the Releases page
• I´m using the Netflix Repo
• I´m using a different source (Please tell which)

Additional informatin on the environment

LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-9.0-Milhouse-20180904210311-#0904-g1725942.tar
plugin.video.netflix-0.13.12.zip

Debug log

https://paste.kodi.tv/oboqobuzom

[sorin-pop]

Additional info: before experiencing the issue, I was prompted for Widevine update, and I accepted and went through it. So it might have something to do with that.

[joeoharasp]

Hello, I have the same scenario and problem.
I'm not sure but I suppose it's a Widevine update issue because it doesn't play any videos neither Netflix nor Amazon Video addons :(

[bluray93]

Exactly the same for me. Nothing works after Widevine update.

[wintuxx]

Same problem. After widevine update no Video will start.

[deorder]

See: emilsvennesson/script.module.inputstreamhelper#35 (comment)

[caphm]

There appears to be an issue with newest widevine on arm systems. Unfortunately there's nothing we can do about it on the add-on side. This needs to be resolved by inputstream.adaptive. I'll keep this open as a reference though.

[caphm]

@sorin-pop I edited your initial post to have the issue prominently visible and provide the link to the workaround. Thanks @deorder for pointing this out.

[ismaellutz]

Same problem here. Solved updating to LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-9.0-Milhouse-20180912210258-#0912-g5c961f9

[the-isz]

Hey guys,

for me, only libwidevine.so from the package chromeos_10575.58.0_daisy-spring_recovery_stable-channel_spring-mp-v3.bin.zip works, not the one from chromeos_10718.88.2_daisy-spring_recovery_stable-channel_spring-mp-v3.bin.zip.

I get the following kodi log messages when trying to play a video with the latter one:

19:55:05.938 T:1905541136  NOTICE: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: plugin://plugin.video.netflix/?action=play_video&infoLabels=%7B%27rating%27%3A+0%2C+%27writer%27%3A+%27%27%2C+%27episode%27%3A+1%2C+%27plot%27%3A+u%27Rick+takes+Morty+on+a+trip+to+another+dimension+to+find+seeds+for+%22mega-trees%2C%22+while+Jerry+and+Beth+argue+over+Rick%5C%27s+influence+on+their+son.%27%2C+%27season%27%3A+1%2C+%27tvshowtitle%27%3A+u%27Rick+and+Morty%27%2C+%27title%27%3A+u%27Pilot%27%2C+%27mediatype%27%3A+u%27episode%27%2C+%27mpaa%27%3A+u%27-%27%2C+%27director%27%3A+%27%27%2C+%27genre%27%3A+u%27TV+Action+%26+Adventure%27%2C+%27year%27%3A+2013%2C+%27duration%27%3A+1339%7D&video_id=80098733&pin=False&start_offset=1
19:55:05.942 T:1503465808  NOTICE: Creating InputStream
19:55:06.493 T:1691337040 WARNING: CAddonSettings[plugin.video.youtube]: failed to load value "" for setting kodion.subtitle.languages.num                                                                                       
19:55:08.742 T:1503465808   ERROR: AddOnLog: InputStream Adaptive: Unable to load widevine shared library (/var/lib/kodi/.kodi/cdm/libwidevinecdm.so)
19:55:08.743 T:1503465808   ERROR: AddOnLog: InputStream Adaptive: OpenDRMSystem failed
19:55:08.746 T:1503465808   ERROR: CVideoPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [plugin://plugin.video.netflix/?action=play_video&infoLabels=%7B%27rating%27%3A+0%2C+%27writer%27%3A+%27%27%2C+%27episode%27%3A+1%2C+%27plot%27%3A+u%27Rick+takes+Morty+on+a+trip+to+another+dimension+to+find+seeds+for+%22mega-trees%2C%22+while+Jerry+and+Beth+argue+over+Rick%5C%27s+influence+on+their+son.%27%2C+%27season%27%3A+1%2C+%27tvshowtitle%27%3A+u%27Rick+and+Morty%27%2C+%27title%27%3A+u%27Pilot%27%2C+%27mediatype%27%3A+u%27episode%27%2C+%27mpaa%27%3A+u%27-%27%2C+%27director%27%3A+%27%27%2C+%27genre%27%3A+u%27TV+Action+%26+Adventure%27%2C+%27year%27%3A+2013%2C+%27duration%27%3A+1339%7D&video_id=80098733&pin=False&start_offset=1]
19:55:08.747 T:1503465808  NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()

Any idea why the current version doesn't work for me? I'm on kodi 18 Beta 2, by the way.

Thanks in advance!

[witzatom]

I used the workaround to update to libwidevinecdm.so from chromeos_10575.58.0_daisy-spring_recovery_stable-channel_spring-mp-v3.bin.zip however that has not helped.

Updated to the at this point latest milhouse build - LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-9.0-Milhouse-20171130232920-#1130-g45ad320.tar, that along with the older libwidevinecdm from 10575.58.0_daisy has not worked.

I have tried to reverted to libwidevinecdm that inputstreamhelper downloads on its own (newest). That has not helped either. Seems like ill just have to wait for inputstreamhelper to fix this.