How to Enable DRM in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge

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How to Enable DRM in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge

If you’re having playback issues due to Digital Rights Management (DRM) in your browser, you must enable DRM to play protected content. This article will provide more information about this issue and show you how to enable DRM in Chrome.

How to Enable DRM

What is Digital Rights Management (DRM)?

Websites implement a DRM solution to protect digital content from copying or downloading without authorization and misuse. DRM protects content by inserting code that prevents copying, limits the number of devices the content can be accessed on, or limits the time the content can be accessed on.

Specific DRM solutions encrypt the video and divide it into parts so it can’t be accessed in one file. Even if part of a video is downloaded, it can’t be played because it requires a License key to play it. These measures ensure the content remains protected from being shared without proper authorization.

While attempting to view or listen to protected content on specific websites, particularly streaming platforms like Netflix and Spotify, you may get DRM-related errors that prevent you from accessing the content because the DRM feature in your browser is disabled.

The DRM feature is enabled by default in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge but can be turned off by third-party extensions. The instructions below will show you how to enable DRM in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers.

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How to Enable DRM in Google Chrome

Open the Chrome menu and click Settings

1. Open Chrome. Open the customization and control menu at the top-right corner and click Settings.

Select the Privacy and security panel and click Site settings

2. Select the Privacy and security panel.

3. Click Site settings.

Expand the Additional content settings menu and click Protected content IDs

4. Scroll down and expand the Additional content settings section.

5. Click Protected content IDs.

Tick Sites can play protected content

6. Under the Default behavior section, tick Sites can play protected content. Enabling this setting will enable DRM in Chrome.

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How to Enable DRM in Mozilla Firefox

Open the Firefox menu and click Settings

1. Open Firefox. Open the application menu and click Settings.

Mark the Play DRM-controlled content

2. Scroll to the Digital Right Management (DRM) Content and mark the Play DRM-controlled content checkbox. Enabling this setting will enable DRM in Firefox.

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How to Enable DRM in Microsoft Edge

Open the Edge menu and click Settings

1. Open Edge. Click the More options button at the top-right corner and select Settings.

Select the Cookies and site permissions panel

2. Select the Cookies and site permissions panel.

Click Protected content IDs

3. Scroll down and select Protected content IDs.

Toggle on the Allow sites to play protected content slider

4. Toggle on the Allow sites to play protected content slider. Enabling this setting will enable DRM in Edge.

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Rimvydas Iliavicius

Rimvydas Iliavicius

Researcher, author

Rimvydas is a researcher with over four years of experience in the cybersecurity industry. He attended Kaunas University of Technology and graduated with a Master's degree in Translation and Localization of Technical texts. His interests in computers and technology led him to become a versatile author in the IT industry. At PCrisk, he's responsible for writing in-depth how-to articles for Microsoft Windows.

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