Using with Remote CDM

For users

If you are a normal user, just place the remote.json provided by the server operator in the root directory of the extension.

Requirements

• Working WVD
• Server with pywidevine installed

Guide

1. Open Python shell on your terminal

   python3
   

2. Run the following script to check the system ID of your WVD.

   Device.load("/path/to/=FILENAME=.wvd").system_id
   

3. Go to following website to create a 32-character API key

   https://bitwarden.com/password-generator/

   Characters: 32

   • A-Z
   • a-z
   • 0-9
   • !@#$%^&*

4. Create serve.yml according to the following format

   devices:
     - '/path/to/FILENAME.wvd'
   
   users:
     APIKEY:
       username: jane
       devices:
         - FILENAME
   
   force_privacy_mode: false
   

5. Start the server by run the following command on your terminal

   pywidevine serve /path/to/serve.yml
   

6. Create remote.json according to the following format

   {
       "device_type":"ANDROID",
       "system_id":SYSTEMID,
       "security_level":3,
       "host":"https://YOURSERVER:PORT",
       "secret":"APIKEY",
       "device_name":"FILENAME"
   }