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...everywhere except Linux.
by machrider 14y ago
...everywhere except Linux.
- warfangle 14y agoThis isn't due to transcode issues. They use Silverlight to stream to full-function PCs (be it OSX or Windows). Microsoft hasn't made Silverlight available to the greater GNU community, so it's pretty obvious that they wouldn't distribute to Linux: their contracts with content-holders probably hold them to constricting DRM demands on the videos streamed to devices capable of ripping them off. Don't blame Netflix for it. Blame the arduous contracts which must be negotiated in order for Netflix to carry the content it does.
- tkorri 14y agoThey have a working Android application which uses native linux code to handle the DRM. So Silverlight not beign supported on Linux is not the real issue here.
- shardling 14y agoRight, it's the contracts, exactly like the parent post said...
- winter_blue 14y agoThe issue is it not being supported on regular desktop Linux (excl. Chrome OS).
- drivebyacct2 14y agoIt's all about PlayReady. PlayReady can have backings that tie into hardware protection. That is why it's available for devices that run on Linux - because MS has licensed PlayReady for those implementations. I suspect most, if not every single such device, have hardware support for DRM.
- nnnnni 14y agoIt's not native, but check out https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/netflix-desktop/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/netflix-desktop/ if you use Arch.
- machrider 14y agoI actually did install this on my Ubuntu system, but it only gets 10-15 fps (as far as I can tell). Not quite watchable.