MyBroadband readers have complained of problems when trying to stream through DStv Now on Linux devices.<\/p>\n
Previously, users running Linux operating systems were able to watch DStv Now through a web browser such as Chrome or Firefox.<\/p>\n
However, since the beginning of 2020, these users have been unable to watch shows on the platform, likely due to a change in the Widevine DRM system.<\/p>\n
Similar problems<\/strong><\/a> with international streaming platforms have been reported this year, indicating that the issue could be a common DRM issue rather than individual platform changes.<\/p>\n In a number of these cases, trailers played properly and advertisements were still served to users on the platform, but the actual content was not retrieved from the server.<\/p>\n This means that users running Laptops with Linux or portable devices like the Raspberry Pi are no longer able to watch DStv Now on these devices.<\/p>\n In the fourth quarter of 2019, Widevine added Verified Media Path (VMP) support<\/strong><\/a> to its desktop browser CDM.<\/p>\n “For browser deployments, this will provide an additional signal to determine if a browser-based implementation is sanctioned by Widevine,” the company said.<\/p>\n “All Widevine browser-based integrations (platforms and applications) must support VMP.”<\/p>\n The default behaviour for browser DRM changed, with licences now only being issued if the platform is verified.<\/p>\n Widevine notes that the desktop version of Linux does not support VMP by default, and an override must be enabled to issue a licence to a Linux desktop.<\/p>\n MyBroadband asked MultiChoice Connected Video whether it was aware of the problems reported by Linux viewers.<\/p>\n The company said that the change was made to the Widevine platform and was not implemented by DStv Now.<\/p>\n It pointed to the same changelog described above which referenced the change made to VMP support.<\/p>\n “We have been busy on a solution which is currently in testing,” MultiChoice said.<\/p>\n “Once testing is complete – and assuming it is successful – we will put the update into production.”<\/p>\n There is no fixed release date for this fix, but the company said it should roll out in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n MyBroadband readers have complained of problems when trying to stream DStv Now on Linux devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":272045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[27627,35,1799],"class_list":["post-339473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv-now","tag-headline","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Widevine DRM<\/h3>\n
DStv Now working on it<\/h3>\n
Now read: How much it costs to build your own \u201cSuperSport\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"