diff --git a/src/ext/lib/ar-detect/DrmDetecor.js b/src/ext/lib/ar-detect/DrmDetecor.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6462387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ext/lib/ar-detect/DrmDetecor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import BrowserDetect from '../../conf/BrowserDetect';
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether video we're trying to play is protected by DRM. 
+ * @param {*} video video we're trying to check
+ */
+export function hasDrm(video) {
+  /**
+   * DRM DETECTION 101:
+   *
+   * When trying to get an image frame of a DRM-protected video in
+   * firefox, the method canvas.drawImage(video) will throw an exception.
+   * 
+   * This doesn't happen in Chrome. As opposed to Firefox, chrome will
+   * simply draw a transparent black image and not tell anyone that
+   * anything is amiss. However, since the image is (according to my testing
+   * on netflix) completely transparent, this means we can determine whether
+   * the video is DRM-protected by looking at the alpha byte of the image.
+   * 
+   * (Videos don't tend to have an alpha channel, so they're always
+   * completely opaque (i.e. have value of 255))
+   */
+
+  // setup canvas
+  const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+  canvas.width = 2;
+  canvas.height = 2;
+  const context = canvas.getContext();
+
+  if (BrowserDetect.firefox) {
+    try {
+      context.drawImage(video, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+      return false;
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error('Exception occured while trying to draw image. Error:', e);
+      return true;
+    }
+  } else if (BrowserDetect.anyChromium) {
+    // oh btw, there's one exception to the alpha rule.
+    // There is this brief period between the point
+    // when metadata (video dimensions) have loaded and the moment the video starts
+    // playing where ctx.drawImage() will draw a transparent black square regardless
+    // of whether the video is actually DRM-protected or not.
+
+    context.drawImage(video, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+    return this.blackframeContext.getImageData(0,0,1,1).data[3] === 0;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/ext/lib/video-data/VideoData.js b/src/ext/lib/video-data/VideoData.js
index 9454a08..9d63e2c 100644
--- a/src/ext/lib/video-data/VideoData.js
+++ b/src/ext/lib/video-data/VideoData.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import ArDetector from '../ar-detect/ArDetector';
 import AspectRatio from '../../../common/enums/aspect-ratio.enum';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import BrowserDetect from '../../conf/BrowserDetect';
+import { hasDrm } from '../ar-detect/DrmDetecor';
 
 class VideoData {
   
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ class VideoData {
     } else if (!this.videoDimensionsLoaded) {
       this.logger.log('info', 'debug', "%c[VideoData::restoreCrop] Recovering from illegal video dimensions. Resetting aspect ratio.", "background: #afd, color: #132");
 
+      // test for 
+
       this.restoreCrop();
       this.videoDimensionsLoaded = true;
     }
@@ -450,6 +453,11 @@ class VideoData {
       // throw {error: 'VIDEO_DATA_DESTROYED', data: {videoData: this}};
       return;
     }
+    if (hasDrm(this.video)) {
+      this.player.showNotification('AARD_DRM');
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (this.arDetector){
       this.arDetector.init();
     }