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'Firefox is installing components needed to play' any video on sites like Netflix etc

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I have googled this to death and tried everything, I still can't get video to play on Firefox on streaming sites

I have googled this to death and tried everything, I still can't get video to play on Firefox on streaming sites

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cor-el
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Make sure you have updated the Widevine plugin to the latest version (4.10.2557.0).

  • Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins

You can toggle DRM off/on to see if that makes Firefox (re)load DRM components.

You can possibly check the XHR requests in the Browser Console if this doesn't work.