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Netflix / Linux

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    Grudaire
    Registered Users Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭Grudaire


    The package netflix-desktop is another option that works fine - also fewer steps than in that one above


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    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,008 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    As both options above require Wine apparently, I would prefer to run a locked down Win install in a VM and keep my Linux install free of that Wine quasi-Win stuff.


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    Grudaire
    Registered Users Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭Grudaire


    I'm not a huge fan of Wine either - although I do like Netflix!

    Out of curiosity does anyone know how Netflix works on Android? Surely it's not a Wine configuration there :P


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    wes
    Registered Users Posts: 11,747 ✭✭✭✭wes


    Grudaire wrote: »
    Out of curiosity does anyone know how Netflix works on Android? Surely it's not a Wine configuration there :P

    There is a native android app, and it runs just fine.


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    Grudaire
    Registered Users Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭Grudaire


    Surely that is Java/HTML 5 based? I would have assumed that it wouldn't be much work for them to port it to linux?


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    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,008 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    With an x86 port of Android becoming available, maybe Android in a VM will work, in place of Win in a VM ..... will be interesting to watch ......


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    human 19
    Registered Users Posts: 842 ✭✭✭human 19


    Have it working on Arch thanks to their wiki

    https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pipelight


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    Lovely Bloke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,748 ✭✭✭✭Lovely Bloke


    J_A_F_A wrote: »
    Netflix on Linux http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/easily-enable-silverlight-watch-netflix-linux/

    will this also work for SkyGo?


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    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


    Grudaire wrote: »
    The package netflix-desktop is another option that works fine - also fewer steps than in that one above

    netflix-desktop installed/worked without any trouble for me; but the performance is pretty bad on my PC :( It's not unwatchable, but it's a bit choppy.


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    Khannie
    Registered Users Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    UCDVet wrote: »
    netflix-desktop installed/worked without any trouble for me; but the performance is pretty bad on my PC :( It's not unwatchable, but it's a bit choppy.

    What's the spec on your box?


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    Stuxnet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,735 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    Official desktop support imminent, as Netflix move from silverlight to html5
    We new it was coming, but it's official now :-)
    http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/19/6552939/desktop-linux-is-finally-getting-netflix-support
    Netflix will play with Chrome stable in 14.02 if NSS version 3.16.2 or
    greater is installed. If this version is generally installed across
    14.02, Netflix would be able to make a change so users would no longer
    have to hack their User-Agent to play.

    What is the process of getting a new NSS version into the update
    stream? Or can somebody please provide me with the right contact?

    Thanks!

    -Paul from Netflix


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    Dermot Illogical
    Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dermot Illogical


    I had netflix-desktop working on Mint 16 up to a point, but somewhere along the way it stopped working, possibly due to not liking my graphics card/driver.
    I set about fixing it a couple of weeks ago and discovered the Chrome option. NSS3 threw a couple of errors on install, but it still works with a change of user-agent string. It's a far superior option compared to netflix-desktop so far.


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