This is only true for weaker levels of widevine. The highest tiers of widevine security won’t release the content to a Linux system at all because it cannot encrypt the entire chain, for exactly this reason. Netflix and Amazon currently support the weaker methods, but Disney+ already requires the more restrictive implementation. It’s only a matter of time before others follow suit
Sounds like such a block would be highly dependant on a specific recorder + driver combo. In the name of science I’ll do some experimentation tonight.
UPDATE: Worked just fine for me.
Netflix running Bojack Horseman in Firefox under Linux Mint, stock NVIDIA 550 driver, and replay-magic as screen recorder.
This is only true for weaker levels of widevine. The highest tiers of widevine security won’t release the content to a Linux system at all because it cannot encrypt the entire chain, for exactly this reason. Netflix and Amazon currently support the weaker methods, but Disney+ already requires the more restrictive implementation. It’s only a matter of time before others follow suit