Linux Foundation's new podcast requires DRM

#1

Post by Bright_Machine » Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 2:40 PM UTC

Re: Linux Foundation's new podcast requires DRM

#2

Post by car_analogy » Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 2:51 PM UTC

Link is broken. Remove the trailing // to fix it. And the podcasts work for me - how can I check if they're using DRM?

#3

Post by dchest » Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 2:53 PM UTC

No. Click on the RSS link to get MP3s.

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Post by stop50 » Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 3:24 PM UTC

car_analogy wrote: post #2

Link is broken. Remove the trailing // to fix it. And the podcasts work for me - how can I check if they're using DRM?

Usually an desktop browser shows an symbol if drm is used.

#5

Post by jamescridland » Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 4:33 PM UTC

This is correct; the Spotify embedded player - which the foundation has mistakenly used here, uses a DRM technology called Widevine.

There are other, more sensible, tools to use here: not least, the HTML5 "AUDIO" tag, rather than a proprietary embedded player!

Will cover in Podnews in the next 24 hours.