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This is the only reason you can't watch Netflix on FreeBSD using chromium or Firefox, too.
by sureaboutthis 8y ago
This is the only reason you can't watch Netflix on FreeBSD using chromium or Firefox, too.
- veryworried 8y agoHow do you hack around it?
- Evidlo 8y agoBy getting media from "alternative" DRM free sources.
- berbec 8y agoI've acquired media from "the usual places" for which I own the physical disc because it's easier and faster than handbraking it myself.
- TremendousJudge 8y agoa VM maybe?
- crest 8y agoYour only options are to videos from a DRM free source or remove the DRM. The later is prohibited in most jurisdictions. Just hope your vision and hearing stay unimpaired because DRM locks out all accessibility software.
- quotemstr 8y agoDoesn't FreeBSD provide Linux kernel ABI compatibility?
- penagwin 8y agoThe linux community took a little bit but was able to get the DRM stuff working through wine (I think it was firefox+silvervine or something)and I think they now have a native solution. I doubt there's any real reason you couldn't get it working, it's just the FreeBSD community is a lot smaller and you'll have to convince somebody to work on it unless you have the know-how to yourself.
- floatboth 8y agoYes. It's getting somewhat out of date though (e.g. current versions of Steam can't connect to the network)