[GRLUG] Netflix on Linux?

[David Wise]

I am kind of hoping to avoid running a VM to get it though. I'm really
wanting to be able to let my wife just fire it up and watch something while
she knits and chats (like she currently does in Windows). Do any of the
media players work at all (Boxee etc.)?
--
Dave



On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Rob Steenwyk <rsteenwyk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good idea, except the Android VM runs terribly slow on x86.
>
> On Oct 21, 2011 12:44 PM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:38 PM, David Wise <davidn.wise at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > That stinks. I've read something about ChromeOS having a plugin that
> > > supports Netflix, I was wondering if it's possible to use that with
> Chromium
> > > or not. Again, I suspect I know the answer, but am hoping someone will
> be
> > > able to prove me wrong.
> >
> > Steve's reply just gave me an idea for a really hacky workaround that
> > might actually work.
> >
> > Grab the Android SDK, run Android in a VM, install and use the Netflix
> > Android app.
> >
> > When you run Android in a VM in the SDK, you're running bona-fide
> > Android. So, yeah, it might work. You might need to do some kind of
> > workaround for 'device compatibility', especially if you want to fill
> > a 720p or 1080p display...
> >
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