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Add about:config rules for preventing Firefox from downloading and enabling the Widevine CDM by Google #509
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Description
Firefox automatically downloads and installs the Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc. (the Widevine CDM for short).
There are two (apparently undocumented) about:config rules that deal with this plugin:
media.eme.enabledandmedia.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled.The recommended settings
media.eme.enabled = falseThis is equivalent to unchecking the Play DRM-controlled content checkbox in the Options, and it will disable playback of DRM-controlled HTML5 content, which, if enabled, automatically downloads the Widevine CDM. This setting automatically uninstalls the Widevine CDM plugin. Setting
media.eme.enabledtotrueagain automatically reinstalls it.media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled = falseThis is equivalent to selecting Never Activate from the dropdown menu of the Widevine CDM plugin, and works whether the plugin is currently installed or not. If the plugin has been uninstalled by
media.eme.enabled = false, andmedia.eme.enabledis set totrueagain, this setting will prevent Firefox from automatically installing and activating the plugin untilmedia.gmp-widevinecdm.enabledis also set totrueexplicitly.More information in Firefox Help
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