Description of the issue: It’s been a couple days since I’ve been getting a drm error on various sites, for example at first Spotify and then crunchyroll too with error DRM-0. I’ve already tried to: Disable my extensions Tried shields up and shields down and allow all cookies Enabling and disab…

@NekoHunter just a heads up, according to the devs that isn’t a solution but is more of a workaround that can cause more issues. [image] There have been two different people who have given suggestions on what might need to be done. One suggestion is from the VP of Engineering at Brave and the sec…

@NekoHunter Good, detailed bug report; thank you. Probably, the cause of the bug, is one or more extensions that you have installed. The cause could also be, the order in which you installed the extensions. Your list of extensions (alphabetical order): Dark Mode Enhancer for YouTube Foxified G…

@Mattches What you have asked the Brave team about: Play drm-controlled content - #44 by Mattches is the same issue for @NekoHunter - notice the last screenshot at: Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 0.0.0.0 Status - Update error and DRM Issues - #3 by NekoHunter next to last com…

For anyone reading this, so you don’t have to read the entire linked post, the solution mentioned was to simply run brave as administrator but it’s not a permanent solution.

@Saoiray Thanks for the links; good to know.

Yeah for this one I would just follow along with the issue @Saoiray opened previously as it is not specific only to the Widevine Component. Thread is active and it looks like the team is working on a fix. I will ping to see if I can get an update on where we stand here.

Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 0.0.0.0 Status - Update error and DRM Issues

Brave Browser Desktop Support

NekoHunter March 30, 2025, 12:39pm 3

I’ve followed all the steps in order but it still doesn’t work.
I’ve also tried with other browsers but brave is the only one giving me problems

Here are a screenshot of the components
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After

Topic		Replies	Views
Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 0.0.0.0 Status - Update error Brave Browser windows	7	16569	July 31, 2023
Widevine Content Decryption Module - Status Update Error - Version 0.0.0.0 Desktop Support windows	1	943	March 8, 2024
DRM Content no longer playable Web Compatibility windows , bug , browser	7	489	November 15, 2025
Play drm-controlled content Desktop Support windows	44	1885	March 26, 2025
Widevine Content Decryption Module - Cant update	39	5684	August 7, 2021
Widevine Extention not working Brave Browser bug	1	165	July 1, 2024
New user: Netflix and Widevine not working, even after re-enabling multiple times Desktop Support widevine	21	623	November 18, 2025
Protected Content...again Desktop Support linux	5	17049	December 5, 2022

Widevine Content Decryption Module - Version: 0.0.0.0 Status - Update error and DRM Issues

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