QtWebEngine compilation with proprietary codecs doesn't work

[maximus]

I would be interested to know if you fixed the issue.
I am also trying to recompile for Netflix support.
Would be nice if you could only copy the codecs/plugins to our application instead of rebuilding every time from source.

[maximus]

Any update on this?
Or a guide on how to build QWebEngine with propretary codecs? I find hard to get the information for that.

New framework Electron is much easier to use, no need to recompile, for anyone interested
https://electron.atom.io/docs/tutorial/using-widevine-cdm-plugin/

[Basto]

Hello,

I fixed the issue and I posted the solution on stack. I'm sorry I forgot I posted my bug in here too.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41611445/unable-to-get-mp3-support-with-qtwebengine

[lipqil]

Hi,
I do exactly what is explaining on this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41611445/unable-to-get-mp3-support-with-qtwebengine

when I execute:
C:\Qt\5.7\msvc2015\bin\qmake WEBENGINE_CONFIG+=use_proprietary_codecs

I have on return:
Proprietary codecs (H264, MP3).... Enabled
Geolocation....................... Enabled

But, on the command: nmake
I have on return some error:
Qt5WebView_resource.rc(1) : fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'windows.h'.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x86\rc.EXE"' : code retour '0x1'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'D:\InstallationApplis\VisualStudio2015\VC\bin\nmake.exe' : code retour '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : code retour '0x2'
Stop.
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cd' : code retour '0x2'
Stop.

Is there any other way to integrate mp3 and mp4 codecs into qtwebengine?

[asht]

@lipqil
CALL "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" amd64

to remove above error.

[maximus]

I just recompiled QtWebEngine on latest 5.9.3
Compile show the flag is on, but when I run my app, I still have the error message on netflix..
I added the widevinecdm.dll and widevinecdmadapter.dll close to my executable.

C:\Qt\Qt5.9.3\5.9.3\Src\qtwebengine>C:\Qt\Qt5.9.3\5.9.3\msvc2015\bin\qmake WEBENGINE_CONFIG+=use_proprietary_codecs

Running configuration tests...
Done running configuration tests.

Configure summary:

Qt WebEngine:
Embedded build ......................... no
Pepper Plugins ......................... yes
Printing and PDF ....................... yes
Proprietary Codecs ..................... yes
Spellchecker ........................... yes
WebRTC ................................. yes
Using system ninja ..................... no

screenshot:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t16k2co1zg0k24q/netflix.png?dl=

Also added this to my .pro file:
QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS="--always-authorize-plugins --register-pepper-plugins="/plugins/ppapi/widevinecdmadapter.dll; application/x-ppapi-widevine-cdm""
WEBENGINE_CONFIG+=use_proprietary_codecs

I wish there was one clear guide on how to do all this.
I have to refer to an old blog and the information is all scattered..
A real guide should not be a blog and would need to have all steps -_-

[maximus]

Just to finish, my problem was the version of widevine was incompatible (recent one are not working for some reason)
was really hard to debug but finally found it with trial an error :)

See:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/85805/qtwebengine-register-pepper-plugins

[dr_W]

@maximus Have you solved the problem?Is there a complete step reference?

[maximus]

@dr_W

See other topic :)
it's working for me on OSX and Windows with the latest alpha version
remember to use the same widevine version (Chromium version vs the one you take in Chrome)

[Dardanboy]

I created a new topic on stackoverflow with step by step on how to do this (I lost 5 days to find these so I wanted to save others people time):

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50510457/how-to-compile-qt-webengine-5-11-on-windows-with-proprietary-codecs/