Remix OS for PC based on Android x86 and can not play DRM video streams

[slsee...@gmail.com]

As expected, I can't play any DRM protected video on Remix OS for PC's (i.e. Netflix, Hulu, etc...). I mentioned this was a problem in Android x86 on the announcement video Jide posted on youtube and they said it was confirmed working, but clearly it's not. I belive this stems from the fact the Android x86 does not have the media DRM framework required and provided by Google Widevine. I think this support requires that the hardware vendors pay licensing fees. If this is the case, I don't think you'll ever be able to have a fully functional Android running on a generic PC.

Does anyone have any better information on this or is it hopeless?

[Abner Chamate]

Too bad no Netflix not good Remix OS.  

[kaise...@gmail.com]

Aw, I was hoping for Netflix and Viaplay but it wont play any movies. I heard about a "patch" for the Remix mini (they had some problems with netflix aswell)  

http://support.jide.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/205824628-Update-on-Netflix

Maybe they can implement this patch on Remix OS unless there's licenses problems.

[p3db...@gmail.com]

The Nexus Player (https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/drivers) has Android 6.0.1 Widevine Blob's, it uses an Intel Atom Z3560 cpu. So it's blob files might work for other Intel CPU's.

[Steven Seed]

That's certainly something I'm going to try out. BTW, the latest RemixOS can play Netflix and Hulu out of the box presumably because they are using a different type of drm. Google Play movies does not however work, so maybe these binary blobs will help.

[tail...@hotmail.fr]

strange,in 2.0 nervous is know to work...damn 3.0 is a mess.
ho and check if you have video acceleration and not a generic driver.
the problem can be from here.