[GRLUG] Netflix on Linux?

[Topher]

On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Steve Romanow wrote:

> Is netflix worth all this?

Netflix has worked flawlessly in my XP/Virtualbox and now works flawlessly 
in my Win7/Virtualbox, even full screen seamless mode.  Since I need those 
machines anyway for testing and photoshop, it's a freebie for me, with no 
extra effort at all.

At that point it's certainly worth it.

topher

>
> 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
>>
>>
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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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