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Google provides a reference application for EME with PlayReady. See EME with PlayReady: http://goo.gl/0vdok

Which browser/operating system combination supports this reference setup? According to the documentation from Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 should support EME/PR on Win 8.1 or Win 10, but in my tests the Internet Explorer does not recognize the video format.

HH.
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Microsoft published this video player reference with PlayReady encyrpted content plays back in IE11 and Edge on Win8.1/10. You can also input your stream to test: http://aka.ms/azuremediaplayer?url=%2F%2Famssamples.streaming.mediaservices.windows.net%2F91492735-c523-432b-ba01-faba6c2206a2%2FAzureMediaServicesPromo.ism%2Fmanifest. You could also see Widevine encrypted content playback in Chrome using the same player.

Azure Media Player is a JavaScript player that detects the browser capability and choose appropriate streaming protocols and DRM technology accordingly. It is free to use with Azure Media Services.

Cheers, Mingfei Yan

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You are correct in stating that IE11 on Win8.1+ supports the PlayReady Content Decryption Module (CDM) with EME. I am not sure about the player at the link you provided (http://goo.gl/0vdok), but one good way to test this fact is to use a player which correctly uses whatever CDM is in the current browser, such as this one: http://www.dash-player.com/demo/drm-test-area/.

This player will use the WideVine CDM on Chrome, and the PlayReady CDM on IE11+ on Win8.1+.

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  • Thanks for your response. Can you please also share the values you entered in the player at LA URL & MPD? Many thanks in advance. – HH. Sep 30 '15 at 14:30
  • I just left the default values that are pre-entered there -- they worked out of the box for me. – Guido Domenici Sep 30 '15 at 17:42
  • Ah... ok. But does the reference player from dash-player.com also support the video from http://goo.gl/0vdok in your tests? I will also test it, but right now I just read that EME/PR is not support on Win8.1 or Win10 if you run it in a virtual machine. (I used Paralells on OSX). Now I am on the way to setup a PC properly and run the test again. – HH. Oct 01 '15 at 07:39
  • I suspect if you run in a VM, you'd run smack into secure content path protection Microsoft implements throughout the Windows driver stack. See [Protected Media Path](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376846(v=vs.85).aspx) for more details. – Guido Domenici Oct 01 '15 at 10:11
  • hm... I setup Win 10 with IE 11 on a PC and tried to run the example http://www.dash-player.com/demo/drm-test-area/, but the video playback does not start. On the bottom of the page is also a chart available that shows the current bitrate. The strange thing is that I see there that the player seems to get video data, but actually the video is not visible. Really strange. @Guido Domenici: Which OS/browser combination do you use and did you install any PlayReady runtime extension? – HH. Oct 02 '15 at 05:41
  • Sorry no idea @HH. ... it used to work for me last time I tried but indeed does not now. I am on Win8.1 with IE11. – Guido Domenici Oct 02 '15 at 07:48