Once the content is on a computer screen, there are plenty of ways to capture it regardless of video driver or operating system. If nothing else, you can point a video camera at the screen, and no drm shenanigans can stop that. I think the increased risk of content theft under Linux is perception rather than reality, but that doesn't change the situation much.<br><br>----- Reply message -----<br>From: "megadave" <megadave@gmail.com><br>To: "Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area." <grlug@grlug.org><br>Subject: [GRLUG] Netflix on Linux?<br>Date: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 2:23 am<br><br><br>But the kernel is still non-proprietary. The 'closed source' app would<br>still have to use the kernel to display the video, and this would<br>leave a wide open way to hijack the streams and save them in perfect<br>digital form.<br><br>Now, if we can con them into not realizing that is possible, great.<br>But I suspect they have tech advisors that are all too aware.<br><br>On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 02:19, Mike Williams <knightperson@zuzax.com> wrote:<br>> It's my understanding that this is exactly the issue. Still, it shouldn't be<br>> insurmountable. The solution would be closed-source, of course, but it could<br>> be done. Every so often I hear rumors that it's "almost ready", but I'll<br>> believe it when I see it.<br>><br>> On 10/21/2011 04:11 PM, megadave wrote:<br>>><br>>> FWIW, I didnt even look at Netflix until I had acquired a Wii for my<br>>> son and noticed there was a Wii Netflix app.<br>>><br>>> I suspect the various studios and copyright holders will NEVER let go<br>>> of the DRM that keeps Netflix from supporting anything<br>>> non-proprietary.<br>>><br>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 14:32, David Wise<davidn.wise@gmail.com> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> I suppose that I could try grabbing more RAM and running a persistent VM,<br>>>> but that really eliminates the use of having a Linux machine in the first<br>>>> place. It is just several more layers of complexity that I need to keep<br>>>> running when I could just use a Windows box and save myself some hassle.<br>>>><br>>>> Bummer.<br>>>> --<br>>>> Dave<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Topher<topher@codeventure.net> wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>> On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Steve Romanow wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>>> Is netflix worth all this?<br>>>>><br>>>>> Netflix has worked flawlessly in my XP/Virtualbox and now works<br>>>>> flawlessly<br>>>>> in my Win7/Virtualbox, even full screen seamless mode. Since I need<br>>>>> those<br>>>>> machines anyway for testing and photoshop, it's a freebie for me, with<br>>>>> no<br>>>>> extra effort at all.<br>>>>><br>>>>> At that point it's certainly worth it.<br>>>>><br>>>>> topher<br>>>>><br>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:48 PM, David Wise<davidn.wise@gmail.com><br>>>>>> wrote:<br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>> I am kind of hoping to avoid running a VM to get it though. I'm really<br>>>>>>> wanting to be able to let my wife just fire it up and watch something<br>>>>>>> while<br>>>>>>> she knits and chats (like she currently does in Windows). Do any of<br>>>>>>> the<br>>>>>>> media players work at all (Boxee etc.)?<br>>>>>>> --<br>>>>>>> Dave<br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Rob Steenwyk<rsteenwyk@gmail.com><br>>>>>>> wrote:<br>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>> Good idea, except the Android VM runs terribly slow on x86.<br>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>> On Oct 21, 2011 12:44 PM, "Michael Mol"<mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:<br>>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:38 PM, David Wise<davidn.wise@gmail.com><br>>>>>>>>> wrote:<br>>>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>>>> That stinks. I've read something about ChromeOS having a plugin<br>>>>>>>>>> that<br>>>>>>>>>> supports Netflix, I was wondering if it's possible to use that with<br>>>>>>>>>> Chromium<br>>>>>>>>>> or not. Again, I suspect I know the answer, but am hoping someone<br>>>>>>>>>> will<br>>>>>>>>>> be<br>>>>>>>>>> able to prove me wrong.<br>>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>>> Steve's reply just gave me an idea for a really hacky workaround<br>>>>>>>>> that<br>>>>>>>>> might actually work.<br>>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>>> Grab the Android SDK, run Android in a VM, install and use the<br>>>>>>>>> Netflix<br>>>>>>>>> Android app.<br>>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>>> When you run Android in a VM in the SDK, you're running bona-fide<br>>>>>>>>> Android. So, yeah, it might work. You might need to do some kind of<br>>>>>>>>> workaround for 'device compatibility', especially if you want to<br>>>>>>>>> fill<br>>>>>>>>> a 720p or 1080p display...<br>>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>>> --<br>>>>>>>>> :wq<br>>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>>> --<br>>>>>>>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>>>>>>>>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>>>>>>>>> believed to be clean.<br>>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>>>>>> grlug mailing list<br>>>>>>>>> grlug@grlug.org<br>>>>>>>>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug<br>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>> --<br>>>>>>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>>>>>>>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>>>>>>>> believed to be clean.<br>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>>>>> grlug mailing list<br>>>>>>>> grlug@grlug.org<br>>>>>>>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug<br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>> --<br>>>>>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>>>>>>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>>>>>>> believed to be clean.<br>>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>>>> grlug mailing list<br>>>>>>> grlug@grlug.org<br>>>>>>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug<br>>>>>>><br>>>>>> --<br>>>>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>>>>>> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>>>>>> believed to be clean.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>>> grlug mailing list<br>>>>>> grlug@grlug.org<br>>>>>> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug<br><br />--
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