Hello,
Trying to figure out an issue with some youtube video playback.
Issue: Playback is limited to SD (up to 480p) and doesn’t allow HD content to play, option is missing from settings in the youtube player.
My Investigation: The youtube stats (see below) report that 1080p output is restricted. It seems to also impact Firefox.
My speculation: I feel that it’s possible DRM is to blame here, maybe something on the backend isn’t supportive? Other content plays just fine in 1080p/4k.
My Question for you: Do you have issues playing back HD content in your browser? If you do, let me know!
Stats for Nerds:
Google Chrome Version: Version 71.0.3578.98 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Output of etc/os-release (fresh install)
NAME=“Linux Mint”
VERSION=“19.1 (Tessa)”
ID=linuxmint
ID_LIKE=ubuntu
PRETTY_NAME=“Linux Mint 19.1”
VERSION_ID=“19.1”
Running: 4.15.0-43-generic
Youtube Player Debug: {
[removing all the boring unimportant shit]
“drm”: {
“systemInfo”: {
“flavor”: “widevine”,
“keySystem”: “com.widevine.alpha”
},
“sessions”: [
{
“requestedKeyIds”: [
“7d8xF1b7Vd6ucG7P7Qy__w”
],
“cryptoPeriodIndex”: null,
“keyStatuses”: {
“Az6QWENrWkG–8PyVc45Vg”: {
“type”: “HD”,
"status": "output-restricted"
},
[removing the remaining boring unimportant shit]