Notices


Reply
Thread Tools
rm42's Avatar
Posts: 963 | Thanked: 626 times | Joined on Sep 2009 @ Connecticut, USA
#1
There is an interesting petition for making Netflix available to Linux users:

http://www.petitiononline.com/Linflix/
__________________
-- Worse than not knowing is not wanting to know! --

http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/
 
Posts: 143 | Thanked: 99 times | Joined on Jun 2009 @ Houston
#2
It is also unfair that the only supported browser is Internet Explorer.
That's weird, Netflix is available on firefox, through silverlight. I fully support this but I guess if we are going to make a petition, we'd better get all our facts straight.
 

The Following User Says Thank You to tpaixao For This Useful Post:
Texrat's Avatar
Posts: 11,700 | Thanked: 10,045 times | Joined on Jun 2006 @ North Texas, USA
#3
...and Nokia has been working with Microsoft on bringing Silverlight to its products...
__________________
Nokia Developer Champion
Different <> Wrong | Listen - Judgment = Progress | People + Trust = Success
My personal site: http://texrat.net
 

The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Texrat For This Useful Post:
rm42's Avatar
Posts: 963 | Thanked: 626 times | Joined on Sep 2009 @ Connecticut, USA
#4
Originally Posted by tpaixao View Post
That's weird, Netflix is available on firefox, through silverlight. I fully support this but I guess if we are going to make a petition, we'd better get all our facts straight.
Yes, it is a shame that they missed that fact.
__________________
-- Worse than not knowing is not wanting to know! --

http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/
 
rm42's Avatar
Posts: 963 | Thanked: 626 times | Joined on Sep 2009 @ Connecticut, USA
#5
Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
...and Nokia has been working with Microsoft on bringing Silverlight to its products...
I would prefer that Netflix switch away from Silverlight, but I guess that is not likely to happen. Too bad.
__________________
-- Worse than not knowing is not wanting to know! --

http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/
 
Texrat's Avatar
Posts: 11,700 | Thanked: 10,045 times | Joined on Jun 2006 @ North Texas, USA
#6
HTML5 all the way, baby!
__________________
Nokia Developer Champion
Different <> Wrong | Listen - Judgment = Progress | People + Trust = Success
My personal site: http://texrat.net
 
Shaichico's Avatar
Posts: 80 | Thanked: 8 times | Joined on Nov 2009 @ Stockholm (formally Amsterdam, London)
#7
FYI there is a linux version of silverlight called moonlight maybe someone can port it!

http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/
 
Posts: 143 | Thanked: 99 times | Joined on Jun 2009 @ Houston
#8
Originally Posted by Shaichico View Post
FYI there is a linux version of silverlight called moonlight maybe someone can port it!

http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/
Yeah, but it doesn't support the DRM stuff that netflix insists on using. So, that's a no go.
 

The Following User Says Thank You to tpaixao For This Useful Post:
Posts: 5,335 | Thanked: 8,187 times | Joined on Mar 2007 @ Pennsylvania, USA
#9
Originally Posted by Shaichico View Post
...there is a linux version of silverlight called moonlight maybe someone can port it!
Moonlight is built on Mono, which would be a heavy port. Then, once you ported Mono and Moonlight and got them working, you'd be prompted to run the Moonlight Codecs Installer and agree to Microsoft's EULA for their proprietary codecs. Were you able to get those codecs to install somehow, they wouldn't work on an ARMEL device like the N900 as the codecs were compiled for x86. But that's okay because Moonlight doesn't support DRM, so Netflix won't stream anything to you anyway.
__________________
maemo.org profile
 

The Following User Says Thank You to sjgadsby For This Useful Post:
Posts: 289 | Thanked: 560 times | Joined on May 2009 @ Tampere, Finland
#10
Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post
Moonlight is built on Mono, which would be a heavy port. Then, once you ported Mono and Moonlight and got them working, you'd be prompted to run the Moonlight Codecs Installer and agree to Microsoft's EULA for their proprietary codecs. Were you able to get those codecs to install somehow, they wouldn't work on an ARMEL device like the N900 as the codecs were compiled for x86. But that's okay because Moonlight doesn't support DRM, so Netflix won't stream anything to you anyway.
And even if all of that magically worked, Netflix won't stream anything to me anyway because I'm outside US.
 
Reply


 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 11:27.