Chromium Browser and Amazon Music

[mark31]

I have been using Chromium browser to play to Amazon music. Just recently Amazon music was sending messages that the version Chromium is out dated, and must be updated. Now Amazon fails to allow Chromium to play music at all. (same for Firefox). I am running Raspbian stretch on my Raspberry...

pi@raspberry2:~$ uname -a
Linux raspberry2 4.14.79-v7+ #1159 SMP Sun Nov 4 17:50:20 GMT 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
pi@raspberry2:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"

The version of Chromium is 65.0.3325 which seems at the moment the newest release in the distribution...

So question is there a way to get a updated version of Chromium installed? That is not beta....

Does anyone no of another way to stream music from Amazon on a Raspberry that actual works?? I have had little luck with VLC of other music players. I am running custom command scripts that allows the Raspberry to act as a device controlled by LogiTech Harmony Hub...

Thank You

[fruitoftheloom]

I have been using Chromium browser to play to Amazon music. Just recently Amazon music was sending messages that the version Chromium is out dated, and must be updated. Now Amazon fails to allow Chromium to play music at all. (same for Firefox). I am running Raspbian stretch on my Raspberry...

pi@raspberry2:~$ uname -a
Linux raspberry2 4.14.79-v7+ #1159 SMP Sun Nov 4 17:50:20 GMT 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux
pi@raspberry2:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"

The version of Chromium is 65.0.3325 which seems at the moment the newest release in the distribution...

So question is there a way to get a updated version of Chromium installed? That is not beta....

Does anyone no of another way to stream music from Amazon on a Raspberry that actual works?? I have had little luck with VLC of other music players. I am running custom command scripts that allows the Raspberry to act as a device controlled by LogiTech Harmony Hub...

Thank You

Vivaldi Browser ARM which is a fork of Chromium appears to be based of newer release:

https://vivaldi.com/download/

[6by9]

A bump to Chromium 72 is in progress.
Life is slightly more complicated as we have our own patches on Chromium to support hardware accelerated video decode, and things keep moving within the code as to exactly how to implement such things.

[Gavinmc42]

Does 72 use libaom for AV1 decoding?
Dav1d is coming along quickly and might be easier to port for AV1 decoding.

[6by9]

Does 72 use libaom for AV1 decoding?
Dav1d is coming along quickly and might be easier to port for AV1 decoding.

(Going off topic)
The default handler for video is FFmpeg, so if the version used supports it then it will. I couldn't say whether that is the case or not (AIUI it doesn't use the standard system ffmpeg for some reason, but builds its own).

[Gavinmc42]

The default handler for video is FFmpeg

Thanks, did not know that, still learning
Now on FFmpeg page, "Support for AV1 in MP4 and Matroska/WebM", cool, AV1 parser is?

To answer my own question - April 2018 - "AV1 Support through libaom"
I should watch FFmpeg for any changes that may improve browser(and video) performance on Pi's?
Should be able to upgrade FFmpeg before Dav1D makes it into Browsers.
More learning
Not sure if this is what Eben meant when he started this trip, seniors learning Linux?

Amazon music is old tech MP3?
Or did they just change to something newer?
A change to Digital Rights Management? I cannot tell from this
https://music.amazon.com/FE/help?nodeId ... ntent-only

Maybe here, but it says version 65.0.3325.181
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer ... =201483000

Sakaki has 65.0.3325.181 in this version which is Raspbian based.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/view ... 7&start=25

[Gavinmc42]

Just installed the 64bit Chromium it is 69.0.3497.92

[mark31]

Ok, I have been able to get Amazon Prime Music stations to work. I installed Vivaldi, but initial is did not work, but if you enter then command:


pi@raspberry2:~$ vivaldi-stable --help

You will receive a message concerning codecs and you need to execute the following command... (Sorry should have captured the exact message when I first executed the above command, because after the following command has been executed, "vivaldi-stable --help" no longer display the codec message)


pi@raspberry2:~ curl https://launchpadlibrarian.net/40150188 ... _armhf.deb | tail -c+1073 | tar xJ -C ~ --wildcards \*libffmpeg.so --xform 's,.*/,.local/lib/vivaldi/,'

I am stilling getting a message about Chrome/Chromium/Vivaldi is out data and needs to be upgrade, but Amazon Music Prime station still continues to play.

[mark31]

Well it took about week form Amazon Prime Music to stop supporting Vivaldi. I now get a message that Vivaldi is no longer support and I need to go to Chromium or firefox......

[Andyroo]

Maybe try sending a different user agent string and see if it works?

My guess is that it’s a security check rather than functionality but I could be wrong

This is going to be a big big problem in years to come as the ‘force upgrade’ need to keep virtual property increases... Me - I’m looking for a cheap stock of wax cylinders

[1cheesepasty]

I've hit exactly the same problem and as I use my Pi specifically as an Amazon Prime music server to connect to my hi-fi, it's a real headache. It was working perfectly until the recent Amazon update.

I've test a few of the kodi-like and dedicated audio server distros to see if they have any workarounds but nada. I guess it's back to a Bluetooth dongle on the hi-fi picking up Amazon Prime from my laptop .

[bctf1]

I too am frustrated with not being able to play Amazon Music thru my 3B+. I am running the 4/9/19 release of Raspbian and have run updates. The Chromium version is 72.0.3626.121 and my Firefox ESR version is 52.9.0. Neither browser will open the Amazon Music site without a "browser not supported" error. I am having the same issue running Ubuntu Mate on another 3B+ as well. I don't have this problem with any other device (phone, computer or tablet) or browser (safari, chrome, edge, firefox) accessing this site.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Andyroo]

Did you try the user agent string as per my earlier post?

[mark31]

No, I have got side track on to other things (you know life happens). But I do wish give it a try....

[bctf1]

Did you try the user agent string as per my earlier post?

Yes Andyroo, I tried different user agent setting options and none of them allowed Chromium to connect to Amazon Music without an error.

[Andyroo]

You could always try building the latest version in GITHUB using https://tutorials-raspberrypi.com/googl ... pberry-pi/ as a guide.

Looking at Github it’s up to V75

[mark31]

Finally tried tweaking the user agent on Chromium, no luck Amazon music still refused to play.

[bctf1]

Finally tried tweaking the user agent on Chromium, no luck Amazon music still refused to play.

I did the same with the same results.

[1cheesepasty]

5 months on and I still can't get Amazon Music back on my Pi music server.

Project abandoned, Pi on eBay.

[Gomoto]

perhaps a plot by amazon to sell there own hardware

would also like to play amazon music on my pi

[fruitoftheloom]

perhaps a plot by amazon to sell there own hardware

would also like to play amazon music on my pi

Try Vivaldi and install Widevine DRM ??

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