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Unable to play Netflix video

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  • Igcine ukuphendulwa ngu Vmoutsop

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The issue seems to be with DRM. Although DRM videos play on other sites like on Amazon Prime Video. I've done everything I could find on the internet as to fix this issue like I've checked and unchcecked play DRM content in the settings and cleared cookies and cache and everything but nothing seems to be fixing the issue. Also, everytime I load Netflix I get a little yellow dialogue box saying installing components please try again. This happens everytime I load Netflix. Now when I click on any video it asks me to install SilverLight, I've installed it already but still it asks me to install it to play the video.

The issue seems to be with DRM. Although DRM videos play on other sites like on Amazon Prime Video. I've done everything I could find on the internet as to fix this issue like I've checked and unchcecked play DRM content in the settings and cleared cookies and cache and everything but nothing seems to be fixing the issue. Also, everytime I load Netflix I get a little yellow dialogue box saying installing components please try again. This happens everytime I load Netflix. Now when I click on any video it asks me to install SilverLight, I've installed it already but still it asks me to install it to play the video.

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did you try to restart firefox after installing silverlight ?

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Yeah I've restarted firefox but the same issue persists. Opening Netflix comes up with the yellow box saying installing components please try again later and when trying to play videos it asks to install silverlight.

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do you have flash player installed? if yes then do these steps:

  • Click the menu button and choose Plugins.
  • Click More or Options for the Shockwave Flash plugin.
  • Uncheck Enable Adobe Flash protected mode.

Netflix should now play . like the problem with Adobe Flash protected mode.

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No, I don't have or at least don't see Flashplayer in the plugins section.

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Try to toggle DRM off/on to see if that makes Firefox (re)load DRM components.

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As stated in my first post, I've already done the DRM off/on toggle and that didn't work. Still facing same issues.

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see if the 'always use private browsing' box was checked!.

if yes, then unchecked it.

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Its already unchecked.

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ok

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Thank you.

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Did as you asked, still facing same issues. Didn't fix the problem.

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install Windows Media Pack

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It says already installed.

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Hi slmnkhan2016

I play Netflix and Amazon Prime Video fine on three Windows 10 computers without Flash or Silverlight installed so there's hope :-)

If you haven't already, please try: 1. Firefox Safe Mode: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode 2. Refresh Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings

If that doesn't work, then please copy and paste about:support (or help->Troubleshooting information) into this thread please!

Cheers!

...Roland

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I've been having the same problem and have gone through every recommended change, setting and check. I've started in safe mode, shutdown all add-ons, etc. and it doesn't work. This seems to have happened recently. I know in the past couple of months it did work but now since I upgraded to 63.01 it doesn't work.

Any help is appreciated.

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Hi vmoutsop, if you check your plugins, do you have Widevine installed and enabled?

  • Ctrl+Shift+a (Mac: Command+Shift+a)
  • "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
  • type or paste about:addons in the address bar and press Enter/Return

In the left column of the Add-ons page, click Plugins.

Then check the list on the right side that Widevine has the status "Always Enabled."

Okulungisiwe ngu jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

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Hi jscher2000, thanks for responding.

Yes, Widevine is set to "Always Activate" and Widevine has a last updated of November 2018.

I also have a portable version running that is still at v63, not 63.01 and it seems to work fine.

When I look at the web console I keep seeing this message:

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed Location: https://www.netflix.com/nq/msl_v1/cadmium/pbo_logblobs/%5E1.0.0/router Line Number 1, Column 1:

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Is there a way to download the about:config and compare it to a fresh config?

That is the only thing I can think that may be different. Maybe I changed something and it's causing a problem.