[Release] OpenWV open source Widevine library replacement for web browsers

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WARNING: The program was developed by another person, not the OP. The developer is not informed of this thread existence in any way, and the OP is unable to change it due to access restrictions. For official support, consider opening an issue on its GitHub page, or sending an e-mail to the address seen in commits.

Official GitHub page for the program is available here, together with installation instructions.

OpenWV is an open source reimplementation for Widevine library present in Google Chrome web browser and downloaded on first use in Firefox. It doesn't, however, come with a CDM, so to use it, you need to find one yourself.

Its benefit over other programs released earlier is that you don't have to run untrustworthy official Widevine library to obtain information needed to receive keys. However, these programs can still be used together with OpenWV. Additionally, with OpenWV, you can stream content in your browser while using a CDM other than ChromeCDM, which might result in better quality content being provided depending on the CDM and the streaming service.

Once the library is replaced, you can use it to just play Widevine content, or you can launch your web browser from command line, and see the keys that were loaded. On Linux, it is enough to just launch the browser. On Windows, the following commands are needed:

Spend whole day trying to figure out for firefox and chromium.
For Chromium, create a batch file and it will open with console and keys will be shown on console
@echo on
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-logging --v=1 --no-sandbox

Firefox:

@echo on
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"  > D:\firefox_log.txt 2>&1

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Pre-built Windows versions (built on 64-bit Windows 10, compatibility with other Windows versions and architectures not tested) are provided due to complications with building this software (a lot of disk space required). The CDM used is the first one from here. In "old" version, commit 39c8d3baf99d02dd3ccddac40c5fdb995c887311 is reverted to make it work on older Firefox versions, in particular current ESR.

[ddll2]

Keys for vdocipher

https://www.vdocipher.com/
https://www.vdocipher.com/video-security/

*** You are running in background task mode. ***
*** You are running in headless mode.
console.error: "C:\\Users\\ \\AppData\\Local\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\bmk0254v.default-release" "" 0 ".purge.bg_rm" ""
console.warn: "Skipping Glean as no metrics id is passed"
[OpenWV INFO ] OpenWV version 1.0.0 initializing
[OpenWV INFO ] Registered new session BA238352A05EFCA131AC29FAF5150DDF
[OpenWV INFO ] Registered new session 13DD8D32F662AB46D8BF9E07CE9FC029
[OpenWV INFO ] Registered new session E97C7B6ECA87A81913BE6175BA9B6857
[OpenWV INFO ] Registered new session F03AC3A74E7735525F9D381ACD95EBDD
[OpenWV INFO ] Service certificate provider: license.widevine.com
[OpenWV INFO ] Service certificate provider: license.widevine.com
[OpenWV INFO ] Service certificate provider: license.widevine.com
[OpenWV INFO ] Service certificate provider: license.widevine.com
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 5ed258662b788dcde85dc9cb7089a2eb9856b3bfb09d705a9e272329ec52b5cb07fa37d35afbd80e3b9da2cd345af0a8ac5aaafc204b672f08ab211dc77d317b [Signing]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: bc4fceef795251288471c3b817f75e8b:802e6854da026e45ead571ed18b1061d [Content: "UHD1"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: a3633877eab35fa1821dd14c0fdbe6fb:13b9279efc88fac1263d7de8e47dab89 [Content: "HD"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: f6059a3880185904a3e40848ff664b53:5d3ec302361a446a094fa569ba5a4b13 [Content: "SD"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: f83482f1c8255e8db31fa10b2e40a145:d5d98598c754df127b08aa68ef137bb9 [Content: "AUDIO"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: fa99091ad4bc5dee5387189914ef37f8cce6f517eae00966e9795d0632b8c9713a7c275a4574b56b450ab633b4af4b6de91fdf6f9db74a5021a1d464b2cde742 [Signing]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: c117d204b0ad506f8eff4efc563c0f75:f12283aedf468bfc17b61b1dcf107c3b [Content: "UHD1"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 5415f4b24c955adaa1c3b7be3059a2a9:1ec4bdbcbdb7458a107f0a361799974f [Content: "HD"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: aa4cea1b870658d4bfc82872003cb6d9:5b7549688894d832c7a73266bd586ec5 [Content: "SD"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: a7d786c469c9558494ebf62227e6486c:faf6952c760c044bf50853a76c91a6a6 [Content: "AUDIO"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: b76f7878c1e479ed2ef2b7ba8b7346e502f028bc2cc11c3777bd55bd66853f7ff84fa0f52bd948a63a9f254a11fe2a6f1242d3e7716533d390355561eb447a19 [Signing]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 25e71357438158cca81e874273a81c2b:1cee0f3a6c082ae1b29e06c0fe95f67c [Content: "UHD1"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: d3710758eb7f5d46b90bfd8ef639a306:098d01555a41af032f62b702e98119c6 [Content: "HD"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: eb4e643d27205b7ea2497d147bea5dab:207df521ccbe1986b28423918d8d155b [Content: "SD"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 094a7e2e6c815aa18c3d89ce76a45f7c:c1055fa8d0325ba743a97af0e6795790 [Content: "AUDIO"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: f55dcfdd29a9d713ae0b99ad18fb77516a07bd2c5af43ce985878635740ac5fa54e86aa4b862ea58ddd9e8417024ca51919aec95a7216cda94c3cd72c90aad72 [Signing]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 319adfe433575f5ba81cb5aee573f46c:929c1c9e91f36b6d1b83927974b4a703 [Content: "UHD1"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: b70943b3b7725902b98d36de9ae09f9b:6f18290010504a4def15efe44a975e4a [Content: "HD"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 6de24511ec2d537a8cebffbf2956f994:e43c3510c77c36d3ee63ef5e0930f5b9 [Content: "SD"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 818d3ef5129d5c5e9e85965e6ace4861:a400055b8dee1cfd059796dab1339cac [Content: "AUDIO"]
[OpenWV INFO ] OpenWV version 1.0.0 initializing
[OpenWV INFO ] Registered new session 72A95882DC610D15799D8EE9CF2E7FDB
[OpenWV INFO ] Service certificate provider: license.widevine.com
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 4fa04ba139dff83ae13079f237a2a84662a825f3f83e564a875d7109320a4055ba16e0573325fa9b9ad0ec890ee72f92961824f5db1ac8421f5d5f312f658dea [Signing]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: eaa6cab618a454588eaef56d20e96b6e:50b97074ddfbc20c3ce7be1de0208734 [Content: "UHD1"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 0ccba3918015569d83b564725f8b42d6:efbe28be0bd74e94f8129d2f8316bf31 [Content: "HD"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 5f23efb159755324bff8ba6b34a087ae:8827d705c509ca24e4c41cb27bd9a2db [Content: "SD"]
[OpenWV INFO ] Loaded key: 231a072af6665ffbb84966f6c92695da:923cdb3e1f0f2ee6f36af1c23ecd059f [Content: "AUDIO"]
*** You are running in background task mode. ***
*** You are running in headless mode.
*** You are running in background task mode. ***
*** You are running in headless mode.

P.S.
From me a star on the github.com

[ytdlhelp]

Keys for vdocipher

For me it returns error 2046 (Authentication failed). Unless you use some non-public CDM.

[ddll2]

Keys for vdocipher

For me it returns error 2046 (Authentication failed). Unless you use some non-public CDM.

Yes

[Gromyko]

Turns out that --console is not required

This will work

@echo on
"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"  > D:\firefox_log.txt 2>&1

[thegoodguy]

what CDM version needed for VDOCIPHER ?
I tried two real cdm files but not working , giving (Error 2046 Authentication failed). other sites working ,
my cdm is L3 , one from android 9 , and one from android 13 samsung device .