Re: [vox] Netflix And Linux

[Darth Borehd <dartMAPSh.borehd@gmail.com>]

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@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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