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Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc.?

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Jeff Barnett

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Jun 28, 2016, 11:00:10 AM6/28/16

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I just updated to FF 47.0.1 and found Widevine in my list of plugins. I
don't recall adding it to my system. Is this part of FF 47? In any
event, what is it?--
Jeff Barnett

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https://www.widevine.com/

WaltS48

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Jun 28, 2016, 2:48:00 PM6/28/16

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On 06/28/2016 10:59 AM, Jeff Barnett wrote:

I just updated to FF 47.0.1 and found Widevine in my list of plugins. I don't recall adding it to my system. Is this part of FF 47? In any event, what is it?--
Jeff Barnett

From the Firefox 47 release notes.

New

Support for Google’s Widevine CDM on Windows and Mac OS X so streaming services like Amazon Video can switch from Silverlight to encrypted HTML5 video.

and

Update, June 7, 2016: Support for Widevine is now available in the general Firefox release.

REF: <https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2016/04/08/mozilla-to-test-widevine-cdm-in-firefox-nightly/>

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Chris Ilias

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Jun 28, 2016, 9:57:19 PM6/28/16

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On 2016-06-28 10:59 AM, Jeff Barnett wrote:
> I just updated to FF 47.0.1 and found Widevine in my list of plugins. I
> don't recall adding it to my system. Is this part of FF 47?

Yes

> In any event, what is it?

It's a content decryption module used for playing HTML5 videos that use
digital rights management. For more information, visit
<https://support.mozilla.org/kb/enable-drm>.

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