The problem isn't the DRM as such for most people, but the fact that you have to use their video player. This is a recent development both on R18 and on DMM, you didn't have to in the past.
They should just give the option to download a movie with DRM that will play in (for example) windows media player or something else. I'm sure there are enough players out there that can actually handle DRMed files.
Of course it would be even better if they gave up on DRM like the rest of the world, but since that's not about to happen they should at least look into the player option.
Well u better fix it soonAs Explained here before. Making the R/DMM Player mandatory is not something that we like to do, at the end it is development expenses for us.
At the beginning the R/DMM Player was made to help mac users to play the videos as they do not have WMP.
Now with Microsoft dropping the support we were forced to support all windows users with R/DMM Player.
Believeme if VLC or some other good player were able to open DRM files then it will be much easier for us. We will not need to develop and support any extra player.
Now if you can suggest any good Player already our there that supports DRM we will listen and see if we can make it work.
R/DMM Player is not great at this moment. We are aware of it and we are trying to improve. It seems Silverlight and some Graphic cards have incompatibility problems. If you search you can find that Netflix and Amazon had problems in the past also with the compatibility of Silverlight and some graphic cards.
We are still investigating the best way to fix this.
Okay, jugulear, I tried the instructions I wrote here and I have to say: It works perfectly..
'Ello,
Reason why this thread got started (how to access DMM from other countries, USA in my case) has now become a memory, so I'm not expecting a solution... now that minds are on other things in regards to DMM. Yet it can't hurt to ask... I suppose.
Got a new computer, and with that came the latest version of Firefox (in my previous computer, I was happy with an older version, because an add-on I liked wouldn't work with the newer versions). I followed the great tips presented on the first couple of pages of this thread (I would recommend outside-of-Japan members to make a note of these instructions, in case Akiba-Online has access problems), ditch the cookies, add the suggested lines to Adblock, and yakkity-yak.
Now I can't click on anything within the DMM page. (I can't get the cursor to appear either, in the search bar - so it's more than just not being able to click.) There are some help pages out there in regards to non-clickability in Firefox, but these mostly address the problem with all sites. I have no problem with any other site; just DMM.
I followed the instructions for Chrome, and that's what I've been using when I visit DMM, but I prefer Firefox. Any ideas on how Firefox may get responsive with DMM again?
Thanks.
EDIT: Ain't that grand of Codegeek to look into the problem? Much appreciated, CG. In case of confusion, I did get Firefox to access DMM, and got rid of that welcome sign that gives the English-Japanese choice. It's just that once I'm in DMM, and able to travel around freely, I can't click on or write anything. I suspect, perhaps, there is something in Adblock that may be getting in the way -- and when it comes to Adblock, I'm a blockhead.
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I just cancelled my membership at R18. My three other friends are not going to renew their membership when it expires. Having DRM is bad and annoying enough, but to be forced to use a proprietary player, that is where we draw the line. We will happily return when they switch back to letting us decide which player to use.
Any plans for a working android / linux rplayer?
The BBC iplayer seems to have got it right for multiple platforms with DRM as much as I detest it.
I do not have any of these.
I have only Paypal and Bitcoin.
Can someone buy videos for me and i pay him 150% of video price?
Thanks!
Is anyone NOT having lag/frame drop issues with R Player? I've tried on three separate PCs including a Mac and it seems there is always some degree of frame drop using the player. Are there some known hardware configs that have 0 issues in testing?
Also a question, ignore if too off-topic - What is the reason for DMM/R18 having exclusive "HD" versions of releases while studios continue to press DVDs for the same releases in Japan, but rarely ever physical Bluray?
I understand that DRM is not going away, it's just a shame that Microsoft's implementation is currently less than stellar. Encode quality leaves plenty to be desired. Aside from things like this, R18.com is excellent.
There should not be any incompability in the first place if silverlight is properly made/swapped for something infinitely better -.-As far as we know now. The issue with the DMM/R Player is due to incompatibility with Silverlight and some graphic cards. If you search for this you can see than Amazon and Netflix users had same issues before and it was due to silverlight and some graphic cards combinations. This two are streaming services so Netflix moved to HTML5 EME and Amazon offer Silverlight or Flash.
This is my computer configuration that I have no issues with the player:
Yosemite 10.10.3 (14D136)
MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
1.6 GHz Intel Core i5
4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB