Chrome phasing out support for User-Agent

Re:Chrome phasing out support for User-Agent by recursive on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @07:16PM (#22689335)

1) I'm not on Linux. 2) I'd rather have the convenience of streaming at all than the best possible resolution.

I don't know what the resolution of my TV is, but I highly doubt it's over 1080p, if that.

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Re:Chrome phasing out support for User-Agent by heavyset_go on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @07:20PM (#22689362)

Streaming above 720p also doesn't work via Firefox on any operating system.

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Re:Chrome phasing out support for User-Agent by SturgeonsLaw on Thursday March 26, 2020 @07:48AM (#22692554)

According to the test pattern videos I'm getting 1080p in Firefox on Windows

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Re:Chrome phasing out support for User-Agent by AnssiH on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:33PM (#22695886)

Try "actual" content videos. You can press ctrl+alt+shift+D to open a debug overlay that shows the playback resolution.

The actual DRM limitations also vary by content (and region) - with some titles I get 720p on Linux while some other titles are limited to SD, while I get 1080p on Windows Edge on those same titles.

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Re:Chrome phasing out support for User-Agent by Macha on Thursday March 26, 2020 @12:16PM (#22695081)

They may not have the same DRM restrictions as actual content? It's not that Firefox is not technically capable of rendering the videos, it's that it doesn't give the DRM the control that Netflix and rightholders want to require in exchange.

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Re:Chrome phasing out support for User-Agent by rubin55 on Thursday March 26, 2020 @07:02AM (#22692334)

Source?

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Re:Chrome phasing out support for User-Agent by AnssiH on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:33PM (#22695893)

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23931

> Mozilla Firefox up to 720p

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