https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39137
Bug ID: 39137 Summary: Adobe Primetime CDM: Implement mfplat.dll Product: Wine Version: 1.7.49 Hardware: x86 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: neffi@neffi.net Distribution: ---
There is a new CDM module available for (and bundled with) Firefox for Windows (Vista or later, 32-bit only) developed by Adobe called the Primetime CDM. It implements the necessary DRM for sites such as Netflix to function using HTML5 video, without other third-party modules such as Silverlight. Therefore, it might be a good candidate for getting Netflix playback on non-Linux *nix such as FreeBSD (the only other alternative would be Silverlight, which is also currently broken, but which will be phased out eventually anyway).
If you install Firefox for Windows (version 38 or later) 32-bit version under a wine prefix which is set to Windows Vista or later (I tested with Windows 7), Firefox will automatically download and install this plugin when visiting a site that requires it, such as Netflix (you may need to log in and click on a video for this to happen).
Currently, Firefox will crash when opening a video with this plugin enabled, with the following error:
wine: Call from 0x7b83d7a9 to unimplemented function mfplat.dll.MFGetPluginControl, aborting
Tested using wine-staging 1.7.49 on Arch Linux and FreeBSD.