He clicked again. Firefox silently re-downloaded the latest Widevine plugin. Status changed to: “Widevine… – Version 4.10.2710.0 – Status: ready.”
So, the plugin was installed, but broken. Sam remembered: Firefox comes with Widevine pre-enabled, but updates or cache issues can corrupt it. widevine plugin firefox
The Case of the Frozen Stream
Sam went back to the streaming tab, refreshed the page, and pressed play. He clicked again
He clicked next to Widevine. Firefox asked to restart. Sam did. After restart, he returned to that same settings panel. Now Widevine was missing. the plugin was installed
The checkbox: “Play DRM-controlled content” was — good. But next to it, a small button: “Check for updates” and a status: “Widevine Content Decryption Module provided by Google Inc. – Version unknown, status: crashed/failed.”