CentOS - Feb 2019 - firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.centos.x86_64 and Netflix

Hi all,

Since the last upgrade to firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.centos.x86_64 on my 
CentOS 7, it is no longer possible to watch Netflix with my Firefox, it 
always says that "Firefox is installing components needed to play the 
audio or video on this page. Please try again later."
But nothing happens and Netflix is no longer readable with Firefox...
I tried downgrading to firefox-60.4.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 and al is now 
correct with Netflix...
Anyone had experienced the same behavior ?

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Install Google Chrome.

Em S?b, 9 de fev de 2019 12:11, Bernard Lheureux <
bernard.lheureux at bbsoft4.org> escreveu:
> Hi all,
>
> Since the last upgrade to firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.centos.x86_64 on my
> CentOS 7, it is no longer possible to watch Netflix with my Firefox, it
> always says that "Firefox is installing components needed to play the
> audio or video on this page. Please try again later."
> But nothing happens and Netflix is no longer readable with Firefox...
> I tried downgrading to firefox-60.4.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 and al is now
> correct with Netflix...
> Anyone had experienced the same behavior ?
>
> --
> (?-     Bernard Lheureux
> //\     Linux System Administrator
> v_/_    MailTo:bernard at lheureux.be
>
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On 09/02/2019 15:12, Gl?nio C?rtes Himmen wrote:
Really not the answer I expect...
I hope a corrected version of Firefox will soon be released !
> Install Google Chrome.
>
> Em S?b, 9 de fev de 2019 12:11, Bernard Lheureux <
> bernard.lheureux at bbsoft4.org> escreveu:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Since the last upgrade to firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.centos.x86_64 on my
>> CentOS 7, it is no longer possible to watch Netflix with my Firefox, it
>> always says that "Firefox is installing components needed to play
the
>> audio or video on this page. Please try again later."
>> But nothing happens and Netflix is no longer readable with Firefox...
>> I tried downgrading to firefox-60.4.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 and al is now
>> correct with Netflix...
>> Anyone had experienced the same behavior ?
>>
>> --
>> (?-     Bernard Lheureux
>> //\     Linux System Administrator
>> v_/_    MailTo:bernard at lheureux.be
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> CentOS mailing list
>> CentOS at centos.org
>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>>
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On Sat, 2019-02-09 at 15:10 +0100, Bernard Lheureux
wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Since the last upgrade to firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.centos.x86_64 on my 
> CentOS 7, it is no longer possible to watch Netflix with my Firefox,
> it 
> always says that "Firefox is installing components needed to play
> the 
> audio or video on this page. Please try again later."
> But nothing happens and Netflix is no longer readable with Firefox...
> I tried downgrading to firefox-60.4.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 and al is
> now 
> correct with Netflix...
> Anyone had experienced the same behavior ?
> 
Yep.  It isn't just you.  The Spotify webplayer stopped working for me
when I upgraded to firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.x86_64 on RHEL7.6 WS.

Downgrading to firefox-60.4.0-1.el7.x86_64 restored the ability to use
Spotify.

Bernard Lheureux:
>
> Since the last upgrade to firefox-60.5.0-2.el7.centos.x86_64 on my
> CentOS 7, it is no longer possible to watch Netflix with my Firefox, it
> always says that "Firefox is installing components needed to play the
> audio or video on this page. Please try again later."
> But nothing happens and Netflix is no longer readable with Firefox...
> I tried downgrading to firefox-60.4.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64 and al is now
> correct with Netflix...
> Anyone had experienced the same behavior ?
I think this might be something to do with an incompatible 'Widevine'
plugin for playing DRM content

See:

 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1524830

One workaround is detailed in Comment #5 :

 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1524830#c5

(I haven't tried this myself)

James Pearson