title: Electron isn't loading Netflix even with a Widevine plugin fully functional
body: <p>I have a side project that play Netflix, and suddenly it stopped working and started showing this error.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JnwgX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JnwgX.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>I didn't update anything on my side, it just stopped working from Netflix's side (I guess).</p>
  <p>I'm using Electron 1.8.4, I've tried upgrading Electron to the latest 2.0.0beta-5 without success.</p>
  <p>I've also tried to use Widevine plugin from Chrome 59 to 62 and even the one coming from the Brave browser, without success.</p>
  <p>I've created a <a href="https://github.com/yoannmoinet/netflix-and-electron" rel="nofollow noreferrer">small repository</a> to reproduce the issue easily.</p>
  <p>It's also letting you load the Shaka Player and Bitmovin DRM tests, so you can ensure the Widevine plugin is correctly loaded :</p>
  <pre><code>git clone git@github.com:yoannmoinet/netflix-and-electron.git
  cd netflix-and-electron
  npm install
  npm start
  </code></pre>
  <p>I've also opened <a href="https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/12427" rel="nofollow noreferrer">an issue with Electron</a> to get help there as well.</p>
  <p>I'm really stuck there, thank you so much for your help.</p>
  <p>EDIT:</p>
  <p>It appears that Netflix implemented a new VMP (verified media path) support to the Widevine browser CDM lately. So the little players/browsers won't be able to play DRM content without a proper, whitelisted, Widevine CDM installation from Google.</p>
  <p>I've contacted them to see what are the steps to get one.</p>
  <p>EDIT #2 (07/24/20):</p>
  <p>It's been two years, and I still have no license.</p>
  <p>I've signed a few documents to get it, but since then, no news.</p>
  <p>Last contact I had was a few weeks ago where they finally answered one of my emails, stating that they would transfer all this process to another third party. I'm guessing I'm back to square one now.</p>
  <p>This must be a joke.</p>
  <p>All Hail DRM.</p>