[GRLUG] Netflix on Linux?

[Casey DuBois]

Can we test on the music server at the GRLUG social on wednesday?

Regards,
Casey DuBois
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On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> Depends on your needs. For us, it turns out to be a heck of a lot
> cheaper than purchasing all the DVDs, both in shelf space and monetary
> outlay.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.)?
>>> --
>>> 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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