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| author | Michal Klocek <michal.klocek@qt.io> | 2020-04-29 10:49:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Michal Klocek <michal.klocek@qt.io> | 2020-04-30 22:04:11 +0200 |
| commit | 926881cfbdf5af8be3129f67b6eb37ff762d65b9 (patch) | |
| tree | d953f3011ce4649065082377ef10eaad3884d4db /src/webengine | |
| parent | af51e84171a922a67b59c1ad121b22a444f63bfb (diff) | |
Add documentation about widevine-path
Update docs:
* explain usage of widevine-path
* fix not working link for widevine drm
* refer to BitMovin player instead of Shaka Player,
since it does not complain about not working cdm
Task-number: QTBUG-83035
Change-Id: Ifb2b01a1cf4ac800f40e063530567970b659a55b
Reviewed-by: Leena Miettinen <riitta-leena.miettinen@qt.io>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/webengine')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/webengine/doc/src/external-resources.qdoc | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-features.qdoc | 28 |
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/webengine/doc/src/external-resources.qdoc b/src/webengine/doc/src/external-resources.qdoc index acf63fb04..7878ed9f8 100644 --- a/src/webengine/doc/src/external-resources.qdoc +++ b/src/webengine/doc/src/external-resources.qdoc @@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ */ /*! - \externalpage http://www.widevine.com/wv_drm.html - \title Widevine DRM + \externalpage http://www.widevine.com + \title Widevine CDM */ /*! @@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ */ /*! - \externalpage https://shaka-player-demo.appspot.com/demo/ - \title Shaka Player + \externalpage https://bitmovin.com/demos/drm + \title Bitmovin Player */ /*! diff --git a/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-features.qdoc b/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-features.qdoc index 954992de1..431367765 100644 --- a/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-features.qdoc +++ b/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-features.qdoc @@ -181,8 +181,30 @@ \section1 HTML5 DRM - \QWE supports viewing DRM protected videos if the \l{Widevine DRM} - plugin has been installed. + \QWE supports viewing DRM protected videos if the \l{Widevine CDM} plugin has been installed. + CDM plugin is a replacement of Flash based plugins for displaying DRM-protected content. + It comes only in a binary format, so it can hide DRM decryption implementation details. + It can be obtained from a third party or from a Google Chrome installation. + + \QWE on startup looks for the \l{Widevine CDM} plugin in well know locations, like + default Google Chrome installation directory or Linux distro specific paths. However, plugin + location can be also passed with \c {QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS} using \c {widevine-path}. + + On Windows: + \code + set QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS=--widevine-path="C:/some path/widevinecdm.dll" + \endcode + + On Linux: + \code + export QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS=--widevine-path="/some path/libwidevinecdm.so" + \endcode + + On macOS: + \code + export QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS=--widevine-path="/some path/libwidevinecdm.dylib" + \endcode + The video format most commonly used by DRM services, H.264, requires proprietary audio and video codecs. For more information about enabling the @@ -190,7 +212,7 @@ This feature can be tested by playing a video in \l{WebEngine Widgets Simple Browser Example}{Simple Browser} or \l{WebEngine Quick Nano Browser}{Nano Browser} - from \l{castLabs}, \l{Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.}, or \l{Shaka Player}. + from \l{castLabs}, \l{Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.}, or \l{Bitmovin Player}. Support for this feature was added in Qt 5.7.0. |