DRM content not working

[neolorn]

Enabling this extension completely breaks DRM content on Microsoft Edge (also possibly any chromium-based browser) and Windows Store applications (since most are based on WebView2 which runs on shared Edge runtime).

Issue can be easily reproduced by playing any DRM content on any service (e.g. Netflix, YouTube)

Microsoft Edge Version 122.0.2365.106 (Official build) (64-bit)

[galulex]

@neolorn Could you provide more details. I do not quite understand what the issue is

[neolorn]

This is a screenshot while streaming a TV show on Netflix which as you can see works just fine.

The following is the exact same scenario with the only difference being the extension installed and turned on which as you can see shows a playback error because of DRM (Digital Rights Management). This is due to Widevine L1 protection needing a secure output path that the extension cannot emulate.

This can be fixed by the following suggestions:

• Skip styling any <video> elements with mediaKeys != null (which indicates DRM).
• Avoid any DOM manipulation on known DRM-heavy domains like netflix.com, disneyplus.com, etc.
• Shadow DOM and hardware overlays are sensitive to forced background changes — consider excluding them.

The reason why it also breaks the Windows Store Netflix app is because the app is a PWA (progressive web app) which basically runs on the same browser engine as Edge. I already sent feedback to Edge team to allow users to disable extensions running on PWA (if this was not intentional)

Thank you!

[galulex]

@neolorn You should be able to toggle the extension on/off inside PWA as well if you assign a keyboard shortcut to it.