Google Widevine

Note

This feature is available only to ByteArk Video Cloud for Business customers. Please contact sales@byteark.com if you would like to use it.

ByteArk Player SDK for Flutter supports playback of content protected with Google Widevine (opens new window) on Android. The Flutter SDK passes the DRM configuration through to Android's ExoPlayer to handle licensing and decryption.

Usage

Configure WidevineDrm via ByteArkDrm on ByteArkPlayerItem:

final playerItem = ByteArkPlayerItem(
  url: "<MEDIA_URL>",
  drm: ByteArkDrm(
    widevineDrm: WidevineDrm(
      licenseUrl: "<WIDEVINE_LICENSE_URL>",
    ),
  ),
);

Property	Type	Required	Description
licenseUrl	String?	Yes	Widevine license server URL
licenseRequestHeaders	Map<String, String>?	No	Custom headers for the license request

Send custom headers

final playerItem = ByteArkPlayerItem(
  url: "<MEDIA_URL>",
  drm: ByteArkDrm(
    widevineDrm: WidevineDrm(
      licenseUrl: "<WIDEVINE_LICENSE_URL>",
      licenseRequestHeaders: {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>",
      },
    ),
  ),
);

Enable Secure Surface

To prevent screen capture while playing DRM-protected content, enable Secure Surface via ByteArkPlayerConfig:

final config = ByteArkPlayerConfig(
  licenseKey: licenseKey,
  playerItem: playerItem,
  secureSurface: true,
);

Caution

• DRM must use HTTPS.
• Some Android devices that lack hardware-backed Widevine may not be able to play content with high robustness settings.