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DRM: com.widevine.alpha update, XHR complete. status is "Forbidden" (403), readyState is 4. Response is ACCESS_DENIED

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mattson718
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when to try to play video on https://www.dcuniverse.com this DRM: com.widevine.alpha update, XHR complete. status is "Forbidden" (403), readyState is 4. Response is ACCESS_DENIED error comes up. 

this drm: com.widevine.alph update, xhr complete. status is "bad request" (400), readystate is 4. response is bad request error comes up on https://moviesanywhere.com
when to try to play video on https://www.dcuniverse.com this DRM: com.widevine.alpha update, XHR complete. status is "Forbidden" (403), readyState is 4. Response is ACCESS_DENIED error comes up. this drm: com.widevine.alph update, xhr complete. status is "bad request" (400), readystate is 4. response is bad request error comes up on https://moviesanywhere.com

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cor-el
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You are running an older Firefox 56 version that might not be support properly for Widevine. I don't know what Widevine version is compatible.

You can try the current Firefox release to see if that works. Make sure to create a new profile folder for this version.