Netflix on Raspberry Pi 4

[Beorn_Bear]

Will it be possible to play Netlfix on a Raspberry Pi 4?!

[fruitoftheloom]

Will it be possible to play Netlfix on a Raspberry Pi 4?!

WidevineDRM is required:

https://help.vivaldi.com/article/raspberry-pi/

[besthomefurniture]

I have been installed WidevineDRM but it seems to put a heavy load on my laptop.
Can you tell me the specs needed to run WidevineDRM?

[bensimmo]

I have been installed WidevineDRM but it seems to put a heavy load on my laptop.
Can you tell me the specs needed to run WidevineDRM?

I works with Amazon Video fine
Give it a try. You can always remove it.
Netflix needs and ID change iirc of that link above (I was there yesterday to use with Amazon Video) and that is streaming UHD versions.

[fruitoftheloom]

I have been installed WidevineDRM but it seems to put a heavy load on my laptop.
Can you tell me the specs needed to run WidevineDRM?

This is a Raspberry Forum and you state you have a Laptop, different machines !!

[bensimmo]

I think that is just a comparison, assuming they have no Pi4 yet.

[pagenotfound]

AFAIK, Netflix works on a Pi 3 with Kodi 18 and a suitable plugin. So if it doesn't already work on a Pi 4, it probably will in the not too distant future. Currently the Kodi version best adapted to the Pi 4 is said to be the one that comes with Libreelec.

[kflmiami420]

bensimmo Can you tel us how you got prime video to work on your raspberry pi 4 with buster and chromium please ?

[bensimmo]

Use the Vivaldi browser and follow their instructions for the Pi with respect to Widevine.
There is a link above already.
Then log into Prime Video.

And play.

I expect you can do something similar in Chromium too.

[topuli]

for chromium you would need the widevine library
there are scripts that can fetch this library
https://gist.github.com/ruario/19a28d98 ... 42e5f8bf29

/usr/bin/chromium-browser

would be the right place to put the library


as far as i have read the browser agent ist crucial for using netflix or prime
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... pkjnoahfmg
the default chrome agent string without rasp.... should work

[lumsdot]

Netflix seems to work mostly ok on Rasbian uisng Chrome on the pi 4 ,
goto Ventz blog for instructions on how to download widevine and setup netflix on Chrome

https://blog.vpetkov.net/2019/07/12/net ... -chromium/

Netflix should now work but on some monitors you may notice bad screen tearing when the camera moves, plus Netflix will only play at
1280 by 720 in chrome (it just does), you can display the resolution its playing at by pressing shift ctrl alt and D to display the netflix stats.

I found that to fix the screen tearing I had to reduce my PI screen resolution down from 1080P to (1280 by 720 by 59.94 HZ,) using Preferences, Screen Config menu,
i guess this reduces the amount of scaling that needs to occur

[kflmiami420]

Maybe in the next Buster update they can incorporate the widevine and setup netflix on raspberry pi 4 with its build in chromium

So users can set up their new Pi 4's 4gig and start watching their favorite one Netflix,Prime Video , Hulu , etc

@RaspberryPi are you listeneing ? LOL

[fruitoftheloom]

Maybe in the next Buster update they can incorporate the widevine and setup netflix on raspberry pi 4 with its build in chromium

So users can set up their new Pi 4's 4gig and start watching their favorite one Netflix,Prime Video , Hulu , etc

@RaspberryPi are you listeneing ? LOL

It is not "legally" possible to include WideVine, the Raspberry Pi SBC is not classed as a "Secure Platform"

https://www.widevine.com/solutions/widevine-drm

[bensimmo]

Maybe in the next Buster update they can incorporate the widevine and setup netflix on raspberry pi 4 with its build in chromium

So users can set up their new Pi 4's 4gig and start watching their favorite one Netflix,Prime Video , Hulu , etc

@RaspberryPi are you listeneing ? LOL

That's up to Netflix, Amazon to provide the method.
It's their platform they want you to pay for.
Ask them.
You pay more to them than you doing to RaspberryPi.

[JohnLee09]

Netflix seems to work mostly ok on Rasbian uisng Chrome on the pi 4 ,
goto Ventz blog for instructions on how to download widevine and setup netflix on Chrome

https://blog.vpetkov.net/2019/07/12/net ... -chromium/

Netflix should now work but on some monitors you may notice bad screen tearing when the camera moves, plus Netflix will only play at
1280 by 720 in chrome (it just does), you can display the resolution its playing at by pressing shift ctrl alt and D to display the netflix stats.

I found that to fix the screen tearing I had to reduce my PI screen resolution down from 1080P to (1280 by 720 by 59.94 HZ,) using Preferences, Screen Config menu,
i guess this reduces the amount of scaling that needs to occur

Thank you for sharing this. I was looking for a way to play spotify and this one worked.

[BeauSlim]

For best results, you probably want to go with LibreELEC and the castagnait Netflix addon. See https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=329767
My understanding is that the browser and kodi addon versions of netflix don't support hardware acceleration. This will probably limit you to 720p60 or 1080p24.
If someone ports Android to the Pi4 with proper video support, I expect it will become the best for Netflix, much like it is for the Tinker Board.

[lucap]

For best results, you probably want to go with LibreELEC and the castagnait Netflix addon. See https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=329767
My understanding is that the browser and kodi addon versions of netflix don't support hardware acceleration. This will probably limit you to 720p60 or 1080p24.
If someone ports Android to the Pi4 with proper video support, I expect it will become the best for Netflix, much like it is for the Tinker Board.

Have you tried on your pi4?
I can't make latest LibreELEC alpha (9.1.002) works, I get this error:

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ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting /usr/lib/kodi/addons/inputstream.adaptive/

but the addon lives in:

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/storage/.kodi/addons/inputstream.adaptive/

I still haven't find a way to make it search for the correct path

[fruitoftheloom]

For best results, you probably want to go with LibreELEC and the castagnait Netflix addon. See https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=329767
My understanding is that the browser and kodi addon versions of netflix don't support hardware acceleration. This will probably limit you to 720p60 or 1080p24.
If someone ports Android to the Pi4 with proper video support, I expect it will become the best for Netflix, much like it is for the Tinker Board.

Have you tried on your pi4?
I can't make latest LibreELEC alpha (9.1.002) works, I get this error:

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ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting /usr/lib/kodi/addons/inputstream.adaptive/

but the addon lives in:

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/storage/.kodi/addons/inputstream.adaptive/

I still haven't find a way to make it search for the correct path

Is the add-on even compatible with ARMHF LibreElec or even passed DRM requirement ??

[BeauSlim]

Unfortunately I don't have my Pi4 where I am this week. I don't remember exactly whether I tried the Netflix addon on LibreELEC on the Pi4. It definitely has worked in the past for me on the Tinker Board and on a Pi 3, both of which are armhf. I'll try to remember to follow up here in a couple days.

[BeauSlim]

Ok, so, just to absolutely confirm: I have The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance playing on my Pi4 right now using LibreELEC and the Netflix plugin. It looks smooth at 1080p24 and seems to have surround audio.

Use the image from https://libreelec.tv/raspberry-pi-4/ Enable the "inpustream adaptive" addon.
Enable ssh and then use scp to copy the repo zip file from https://github.com/castagnait/repositor ... -1.0.0.zip to the Pi.
Enable unknown sources under Settings/System/Add-ons. Install the repo (via "install from zip file") and then Netflix (via "install from repository").
It takes a few minutes to setup and then basically just works.

[lumsdot]

Thanks i got netflix to work using your instructions, I got 1080p ok and no screen tearing.

Note: when you first start Netflix its says it needs to install widevine and will extract it from a 2gb chrome download, to avoid the huge download i did the following to install widevine

down load widevine file onto a PC from

https://blog.vpetkov.net/2019/07/12/net ... -chromium/

and extract it to your C:\ drive

install putty on your pc so you can connect to your pi

run PSFTP (part of putty)

open libreelec (or IP address of PI)

username root password libreelec

lcd c:\ (will make local directory C:)

use ls and cd to change to the remote directory to /storage/.kodi/cdm/

and type

put libwidevinecdm.so

i also copied it into /storage/.kodi/cdm/widevine folder not sure which folder it needs, but no harm having it in both folders.


Netflix should now work ok on the PI4, it beats waiting for a 2gb download

Ok, so, just to absolutely confirm: I have The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance playing on my Pi4 right now using LibreELEC and the Netflix plugin. It looks smooth at 1080p24 and seems to have surround audio.

Use the image from https://libreelec.tv/raspberry-pi-4/ Enable the "inpustream adaptive" addon.
Enable ssh and then use scp to copy the repo zip file from https://github.com/castagnait/repositor ... -1.0.0.zip to the Pi.
Enable unknown sources under Settings/System/Add-ons. Install the repo (via "install from zip file") and then Netflix (via "install from repository").
It takes a few minutes to setup and then basically just works.

[Noonves]

Ok, so, just to absolutely confirm: I have The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance playing on my Pi4 right now using LibreELEC and the Netflix plugin. It looks smooth at 1080p24 and seems to have surround audio.

Use the image from https://libreelec.tv/raspberry-pi-4/ Enable the "inpustream adaptive" addon.
Enable ssh and then use scp to copy the repo zip file from https://github.com/castagnait/repositor ... -1.0.0.zip to the Pi.
Enable unknown sources under Settings/System/Add-ons. Install the repo (via "install from zip file") and then Netflix (via "install from repository").
It takes a few minutes to setup and then basically just works.

Hello,

I did exactly like you (I have RPi 3), but it doesn't work for me.
An error occurred while downloading Chrome OS image "SSLError: ('The read operation timed out',)".

What could be the reason?

[ZachariasFoxx]

An error occurred while downloading Chrome OS image "SSLError: ('The read operation timed out',)".

Exactly the same by me.

What causes this issue?

Thanks for help

[Kaizoku001]

Hi, Followed the instructions from
https://blog.vpetkov.net/2019/07/12/net ... -chromium/

But I still get an error when I try to play a netflix or Prime Video.

trying to get it to work on Chromium in Raspbian.

new at this, any help or suggestions are apreciated

[fruitoftheloom]

Hi, Followed the instructions from
https://blog.vpetkov.net/2019/07/12/net ... -chromium/

But I still get an error when I try to play a netflix or Prime Video.

trying to get it to work on Chromium in Raspbian.

new at this, any help or suggestions are apreciated

As already stated Netflix and Amazon services require Digitals Rights Media, when workarounds are found they quite often change their requirements. It is not surprising old instructions are not now working. Best bet is to purchase a device which is classed as a Secure Platform / DRM !!

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/shield-tv/


Many Kodi add-ons are illegal and not officially supported by the Kodi Developers


https://blog.vpetkov.net/2019/07/12/net ... -chromium/