Problem with installing Widevine

Splendor · February 1, 2023 at 10:05 PM

Hello,

I have done a clean install from LibreElec 10.0.4 on a Raspberry Pi 3B with and installed some Addons

(Retrospekt, ARD) and can watch TV.

However, some channels ask to install Widevine and when I try to do that then I get an error message.

I have rebooted and tried to reinstall Widevine via the inputstreamhelper addon, but with the same result.

When I look in Kodi.log then I see the following lines:

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2023-02-01 12:37:16.289 T:838     ERROR <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Widevine CDM is not installed.
2023-02-01 12:37:16.296 T:838   WARNING <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Recursively create directory '/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.module.inputstreamhelper/temp/'.
2023-02-01 12:37:17.658 T:774      INFO <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2023-02-01 12:37:17.658 T:774      INFO <general>: Loading skin file: DialogConfirm.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2023-02-01 12:37:30.042 T:838   WARNING <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Downloading ChromeOS image for Widevine: BOB (15236.66.0)
2023-02-01 12:37:30.350 T:838   WARNING <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] The given file size does not match the request!
2023-02-01 12:37:30.357 T:774      INFO <general>: Loading skin file: DialogConfirm.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2023-02-01 12:40:36.358 T:838     FATAL <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Download failed, checksums do not match!

Complete log can be found here https://pastebin.com/1Hg7rP49

The reason I did a clean install is that I was also facing problems with Widevine in the previous installation i.e. LibreELEC (official): 9.2.8. ( Kodi 18.9.0)

Up till a few days that install was working fine.

When I search in the kodi.log of that installation, then I run into the same set of lines:

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2023-02-01 19:52:21.017 T:1790935936  NOTICE: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Downloading ChromeOS image for Widevine: BOB (15236.66.0)
2023-02-01 19:52:21.119 T:1790935936  NOTICE: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] The given file size does not match the request!
2023-02-01 19:56:15.016 T:1790935936   ERROR: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Download failed, checksums do not match!

So I have the impression that there is a problem with widevine itself.

I did some searching w.r.t. this issue and found some old posts, but they have a slightly different problem description and I'm not an expert.

Any suggestions to solve this issue would be welcome.

**Da Flex** · February 2, 2023 at 6:20 AM

Widevine comes from ChromeOS download, hosted by Google. That failed by checksum. Try to find an extracted Widevine library.

**chewitt** · February 2, 2023 at 10:28 AM

Check how much disk space you have on the SD card (or USB, etc.). If there's not enough space the download might be truncating causing the mismatch in expected filesize vs. filesize on disk. The ChromeOS image is 1-1.2GB in size IRRC (and then you need additional space to unpack it and get the widevine lib inside).

tbob · February 3, 2023 at 6:13 AM

FWIW I'm running the Latest Beta and I'm running into the same issue. My SD card should have enough space so I'm not convinced that is the issue.

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Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
dev             7.8G     0  7.8G   0% /dev
run             7.8G  1.5M  7.8G   1% /run
/dev/nvme0n1p3  462G  299G  163G  65% /
tmpfs           7.8G  103M  7.7G   2% /dev/shm
tmpfs           7.8G  4.0M  7.8G   1% /tmp
/dev/nvme1n1p1  1.9T  293G  1.6T  16% /home
tmpfs           1.6G  100K  1.6G   1% /run/user/1000

Edit: I just tried this on a fresh install of stable (RPi4.arm-10.0.4) and had the same results.

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2023-02-02 22:37:46.475 T:893     DEBUG <general>: ------ Window Deinit (DialogConfirm.xml) ------
2023-02-02 22:37:46.505 T:1500  WARNING <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Downloading ChromeOS image for Widevine: BOB (15236.66.0)
2023-02-02 22:37:46.505 T:1500    DEBUG <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Request URL: https://dl.google.com/dl/edgedl/chromeos/recovery/chromeos_15236.66.0_bob_recovery_stable-channel_mp.bin.zip
2023-02-02 22:37:46.807 T:1500    DEBUG <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Response code: 200
2023-02-02 22:37:46.807 T:1500  WARNING <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] The given file size does not match the request!
2023-02-02 22:37:46.808 T:1500    DEBUG <general>: DialogProgress::Open called 
2023-02-02 22:37:46.839 T:893     DEBUG <general>: ------ Window Init (DialogConfirm.xml) ------
2023-02-02 22:38:05.616 T:1603    DEBUG <general>: Thread JobWorker 3474969216 terminating (autodelete)
2023-02-02 22:38:05.655 T:1615    DEBUG <general>: Thread JobWorker 3513561728 terminating (autodelete)
2023-02-02 22:38:05.943 T:1601    DEBUG <general>: Thread JobWorker 3899007616 terminating (autodelete)
2023-02-02 22:38:06.077 T:893     DEBUG <general>: CheckIdle - Closing session to https://occ-0-372-1007.1.nflxso.net (easy=0xd064d798, multi=0xd2110a08)
2023-02-02 22:39:30.464 T:1500    FATAL <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Download failed, checksums do not match!
2023-02-02 22:39:30.468 T:1500  WARNING <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Recursively create directory '/storage/.kodi/cdm/'.
2023-02-02 22:39:30.471 T:1500    ERROR <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Widevine CDM is not installed.
2023-02-02 22:39:30.702 T:893     DEBUG <general>: ------ Window Deinit (DialogConfirm.xml) ------
2023-02-02 22:39:37.132 T:893     DEBUG <general>: ------ Window Init (DialogConfirm.xml) ------
2023-02-02 22:40:46.675 T:893     DEBUG <general>: ------ Window Init () ------

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Splendor · February 3, 2023 at 6:59 PM

Thanks for your comments. I use a 16GB SD card from which 13.3G is still available.

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Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs                330.5M      4.0K    330.5M   0% /dev
tmpfs                   184.4M      8.8M    175.7M   5% /run
/dev/mmcblk0p1          511.7M    124.8M    386.9M  24% /flash
/dev/loop0              110.0M    110.0M         0 100% /
/dev/mmcblk0p2           13.4G    102.7M     13.3G   1% /storage
tmpfs                   461.0M         0    461.0M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                     4.0M         0      4.0M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs                   461.0M      2.3M    458.8M   0% /var
tmpfs                   461.0M         0    461.0M   0% /tmp

**Da Flex** · February 3, 2023 at 7:21 PM

Find latest libwidevinecdm.so on the net.
Copy that file into /storage/.kodi/cdm.

tbob · February 3, 2023 at 7:25 PM

Quote from Da Flex

Find latest libwidevinecdm.so on the net.
Copy that file into /storage/.kodi/cdm.

I have done so, but the Netflix addon is still prompting me to update, and then fails the update, ostensibly due to a checksum mismatch.

**Da Flex** · February 3, 2023 at 7:43 PM

Try to update with my /storage/.kodi/cdm/config.json (see attachment, remove the .txt ending). I'm using RPi3B+.

Splendor · February 3, 2023 at 8:36 PM

In order to try to solve the issue I have downloaded the file chromeos_15236.66.0_atlas_recovery_stable-channel_mp.bin.zip from https://chromiumdash.appspot.com/serving-builds…ory=Chrome%20OS

Then I have copied this file to the RBpi 3B and have opened InputStreamHelper / Debug / Install Widevine CDM library from specific source and direct it to the chromeos zipfile that I just downloaded.

Then it starts extracting and when it is finished it says that "Update of widevine is necessary".

So back to the point where I started.

Below the text in kodi.log as result from the action above

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2023-02-03 20:02:45.556 T:776      INFO <general>: CActiveAESink::OpenSink - initialize sink
2023-02-03 20:02:45.560 T:776      INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Attempting to open device "hdmi:CARD=vc4hdmi,DEV=0"
2023-02-03 20:02:45.639 T:776      INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::Initialize - Opened device "hdmi:CARD=vc4hdmi,DEV=0,AES0=0x04,AES1=0x82,AES2=0x00,AES3=0x00"
2023-02-03 20:02:45.640 T:776      INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Your hardware does not support AE_FMT_FLOAT, trying other formats
2023-02-03 20:02:45.640 T:776      INFO <general>: CAESinkALSA::InitializeHW - Using data format AE_FMT_S24NE3
2023-02-03 20:02:48.270 T:1125     INFO <general>: initializing python engine.
2023-02-03 20:02:52.915 T:1125     INFO <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2023-02-03 20:02:52.915 T:1125  WARNING <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Recursively create directory '/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.module.inputstreamhelper/temp/'.
2023-02-03 20:02:53.339 T:770      INFO <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2023-02-03 20:02:53.339 T:770      INFO <general>: Loading skin file: FileBrowser.xml, load type: KEEP_IN_MEMORY
2023-02-03 20:17:20.458 T:1126  WARNING <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Delete file '/storage/.kodi/cdm/libwidevinecdm.so'.
2023-02-03 20:17:20.495 T:1126  WARNING <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Hardlink file '/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.module.inputstreamhelper/backup/15236.66.0/libwidevinecdm.so' to '/storage/.kodi/cdm/libwidevinecdm.so'.
2023-02-03 20:17:20.943 T:1126    FATAL <general>: [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Widevine or Chrome OS recovery.json is missing. Reinstall is required.

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The good thing is that there are no complaints any more about filesizes & checksums.

**Da Flex** · February 3, 2023 at 8:56 PM

Quote from Splendor

WARNING : [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Delete file '/storage/.kodi/cdm/libwidevinecdm.so'.
WARNING : [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Hardlink file '/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.module.inputstreamhelper/backup/15236.66.0/libwidevinecdm.so' to '/storage/.kodi/cdm/libwidevinecdm.so'.
FATAL : [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Widevine or Chrome OS recovery.json is missing. Reinstall is required.

Remove that link: /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.module.inputstreamhelper/backup/15236.66.0/libwidevinecdm.so

Splendor · February 3, 2023 at 9:18 PM

I have removed /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.module.inputstreamhelper/backup/15236.66.0/libwidevinecdm.so

but that did not solve the problem

**Da Flex** · February 3, 2023 at 9:27 PM

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FATAL : [script.module.inputstreamhelper] Widevine or Chrome OS recovery.json is missing. Reinstall is required.

Reinstall the InputStream Helper add-on.

**mglae** · February 3, 2023 at 9:56 PM

Download of Widevine failed : "checksums do not match" · Issue #529 · emilsvennesson/script.module.inputstreamhelper

I'm trying to install Widevine through Inputstream Helper in order to get some add-ons to work. I go through the license part and the downloading of the…

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**Da Flex** · February 3, 2023 at 10:02 PM

mglae Yep, that's the case. Hopefully a manual ChromeOS download is the workaround (#9).

twilightened · February 4, 2023 at 1:00 AM

frakkin64 · February 4, 2023 at 10:16 AM

There is another addon for installing Widevine, you can google for "SlyGuy Common" and see if that works. It doesn't use ChromeOS images, instead he hosts installs for the library.

twilightened · February 4, 2023 at 12:16 PM

Quote from frakkin64

There is another addon for installing Widevine, you can google for "SlyGuy Common" and see if that works. It doesn't use ChromeOS images, instead he hosts installs for the library.

I have installed its repo. It doesn't have any option to install widevine. The easiest way was to go to the input stream helper settings and choose "install from spesific source" under debug.

Splendor · February 10, 2023 at 10:13 PM

The manual ChromeOS download did not work for me.

mglae : thanks for posting the link

The below advise in the thread solved the problem with Widevine for me:

The full path to the file is: ~/.kodi/addons/script.module.inputstreamhelper/lib/inputstreamhelper/utils.py

Thank you all for your support.

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