Can't get TVNZ ONDemand to work in Chromium/Chrome

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Bananabob

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#157220 24-Nov-2014 10:40

I have tried to play programmes with TVNZ OnDemand in Chromium, but it will not play. Just displays a blank/black box where the programme is supposed to be.

I have removed ad blocking from the website.

I am using the pepper flash player.

TVNZ website is no help it just goes on about Adobe Flash.

Anyone have any ideas on getting it going?

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#1181984 24-Nov-2014 10:53

Use the supported configuration that they support and see if it works?

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#1182221 24-Nov-2014 16:07

Going to assume your on linux?

I dont think chromium ships with pepper flash (chromium is completely open source and flash is not)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Chromium/Getting-Flash

Im still not sure this will work as tvnz uses DRM and I think google stripped it out of pepper flash,

I usually just use firefox with pipelight for flash video, works for skygo as well

There's a chromium build to use pipelight if you really want chromium
http://pipelight.net/cms/chrome-chromium.html

yes this is mess and no, no one who matters cares :)

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#1182287 24-Nov-2014 17:44

Killerkiwi2005: Going to assume your on linux?

I dont think chromium ships with pepper flash (chromium is completely open source and flash is not)

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Chromium/Getting-Flash

Im still not sure this will work as tvnz uses DRM and I think google stripped it out of pepper flash,

I usually just use firefox with pipelight for flash video, works for skygo as well

There's a chromium build to use pipelight if you really want chromium
http://pipelight.net/cms/chrome-chromium.html

yes this is mess and no, no one who matters cares :)

I think you are right about the DRM - So the fact that Google do not have it in pepper explains why I can't get it to work. Looks like I will stick with loading Firefox for TVNZ.

Why do the they need DRM? (That is a rhetorical question!)