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Installed it this weekend from the ubuntu ppa, worked almost out of the box, all I had to do is change the user agent and accept the license. Only problem is that full screen doesn't really work on dual-head systems.
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Originally posted by tmpdir View PostAlso I've read its possible to simulate a chromecast with your linux OS, with this you can stream netflix movies to an linux client.
using a unmodified Chrome browser. This means that it doesn't help you with viewing
Netflix on Linux.
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Originally posted by smitty3268 View PostYeah, the DRM is based on the same way they did the video tag - it's not defined what you do, other than the browser can load native OS plugins.
The only defined thing is a JavaScript API, a bunch of functions that are present in the environment of the web page.
Whether those functions are implemented by the browser, a plugin in the browser, a operatings system service or even in hardware/firmware is left to the browser vendor.
Originally posted by smitty3268 View PostSo FF and Chromium shouldn't have any issues
Originally posted by smitty3268 View Postthe only question is whether the DRM provider provides a linux plugin or not.
Depending on which DRM systems a content provider has licensed, user might have to use different browsers for different providers.
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Video of the talk
The video of the talk is available on the Fosdem website http://video.fosdem.org/2014/AW1120/..._via_Wine.webm
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Originally posted by Etzos View PostActually it's not Google (or Mozilla, or any other browser vendor) that's going to be in control of whether or not the DRM will work on a given platform. It's up to the content provider. The DRM mechanism isn't really built into the browser, that's just the helper which downloads or asks you to download the actual decoder called the Content Decryption Module or CDM) and runs that to actually decode the encrypted content. However, that decoder isn't necessarily cross-platform. It's just an add-on. So it's likely to be a platform-specific binary.
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Originally posted by Vash63 View PostI'm sure Linux will support the DRM components, Google has always kept Chrome at parity with Windows. My bigger fear is whether it will support open source drivers and browsers... I don't consider Chrome open source and wouldn't be surprised if Chromium does not support the HTML5 DRM.
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I'm sure Linux will support the DRM components, Google has always kept Chrome at parity with Windows. My bigger fear is whether it will support open source drivers and browsers... I don't consider Chrome open source and wouldn't be surprised if Chromium does not support the HTML5 DRM.
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Originally posted by Ericg View PostNetflix supporting html5 is fine but they will almost assuredly also roll out the DRM component of HMTL5 which requires browser, OS, AND server integration. So they can still elect to say "Screw Linux"
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Originally posted by tmpdir View PostNetflixed confirmed they will roll out html5 support. So M$ technology isn't needed.
Also I've read its possible to simulate a chromecast with your linux OS, with this you can stream netflix movies to an linux client.
For the other purposes... not so interested in M$ stuff.
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Originally posted by phoronix View PostPhoronix: Pipelight Progresses For Silverlight, Netflix On Linux
The open-source Pipelight project that seeks to support Microsoft's Silverlight on Linux through the use of Wine, continues making progress and is under active development. Pipelight remains a way to make it possible to play Netflix movies on Linux...
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTYwNTA
Also I've read its possible to simulate a chromecast with your linux OS, with this you can stream netflix movies to an linux client.
For the other purposes... not so interested in M$ stuff.
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