Issue: Can’t replicate message to install WidevineCdm Procedure description: First: Go to a page that requires WidevineCdm (in my case Netflix) Select never install in the popup and Never ask again After that: I can’t play movies on Netflix (expected) On brave://settings/extensions Widevine …

Yes, that must be the correct flag. Unfortunately, I can’t provide the exact path to the file because I don’t have a MacOS machine. On Windows, opening C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data opens a directory where you can see all user profile directories. The main profi…

Widevinecdm always worked as intended. When I turn ON or OFF Widevine folder with name Widevinecdm appear and disappear respectively, from Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser. The reason of my post is not that. The first time that I access to a website that needs Widevinecdm (in…

@filSec , Thank you for clarifying. I think that the next step here is to test this using a new, temporary browser profile and see if you get the same results. Ensure you only have one browser window open (using the newly created profile) when performing the test.

@Mattches I created a new profile called “test” and Bingo. With new profile I get the prompt. [Screen Shot 2021-07-26 at 22.28.23] The selected options are stored on profiles? Where are profiles stored on macOS? I don’t find any folder with my profile name on Library/Application Support/BraveSof…

@filSec , So the Widevinecdm component data should be stored in Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser towards the bottom – not in the individual profile directories. You needn’t install a separate widevine component on each profile. What’s happening here seems to be a permissions h…

@filSec , Additionally, when you toggled the extension on/off in your main profile, did you relaunch the browser before attempting to visit Netflix again?

@filSec , So I’m actually now curious about whether or not Netflix (or any site requiring Widevine content) works? If you have to toggle “on”, then you should be able to login and view content regardless of whether or not you selected block in the permissions prompt.

@Mattches So the Widevinecdm component data should be stored in Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser towards the bottom – not in the individual profile directories. You needn’t install a separate widevine component on each profile. What’s happening here seems to be a permissions…

@Mattches Additionally, when you toggled the extension on/off in your main profile, did you relaunch the browser before attempting to visit Netflix again? Yes, when I toggled the extension on/off in my main profile, I have to relaunch the browser before attempting to visit Netflix again. However…

@Mattches So I’m actually now curious about whether or not Netflix (or any site requiring Widevine content) works ? If you have to toggle “on”, then you should be able to login and view content regardless of whether or not you selected block in the permissions prompt. I created a new profile, tu…

@Mattches Conclusions: 1-Every time that I toggled the extension on/off in any of my profiles, I have to relaunch the browser. 2-Using a certain profile and with Widevine OFF in brave://settings/extensions, when I try to access for the first time to a website that requires Widevine I will be prom…

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