[GRLUG] Netflix on Linux?

[Steve Romanow]

Is netflix worth all this?

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:48 PM, David Wise <davidn.wise at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.)?
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> 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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