[vox] Netflix And Linux

[Darth Borehd]

I was able to get some partial success with ReactOS, but the movies would
not play correctly.  Boxee seemed to almost have a workable system but were
smacked down by netflix.

And yes, it is DRM that is missing, not Silverlight.  Mac and Windows have
it because they are proprietary systems.


On 24 November 2010 10:11, Scott Miller <scottlinux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah I hope Netflix will bring Linux support soon. According to random
> past ramblings from the moonlight project, moonlight is quite capable of
> playing Netflix video. It's only the microsoft DRM component of
> silverlight it doesn't have.
>
> http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/t/94992.aspx
>
> For kicks I have tried and failed to just install IE or Firefox with
> wine, then add a silverlight plugin. :)
>
> On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 22:28 -0800, Bob Scofield wrote:
> > I just found this petition for people to sign asking Netflix to support
> > streaming for Linux.
> >
> > http://www.petitiononline.com/Linflix/
> >
> > I don't know how old it is, and it might be kind of silly, but I signed
> it
> > anyway.
> >
> > It bugs me when stuff runs on Mac's BSD and not on Unix.  Some people
> blame
> > Microsoft, some blame Netflix.  But somehow I'm always suspicious that
> Apple
> > is Microsoft's little helper; helping it shut out Linux.  But I really
> don't
> > know.
> >
> > Bob
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