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On 03/17/2015 08:21 AM, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> NetFlix now plays fine in Chrome, at least the unstable version. I |
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> use no special flags and get it directly from portage. No overlays, |
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> no license files. From my POV it's as open source as most other |
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> stuff but I haven't investigated that in any depth. Yes, the |
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> content is DRM'ed but with (I think) HTML5 support in a browser I |
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> no longer need to run a VM to watch movies. Just log in. |
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It's important to note that Chrome is not open source (though it is |
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"open core", depending on your definition of "open"). Note that when |
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you emerge Chrome, no building occurs in Gentoo. The open core part of |
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Chrome is Chromium, and Chromium does not have the decryption module |
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to play Netflix. |
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This page explains Netflix playback a bit: |
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http://www.dash-player.com/blog/2015/02/the-status-of-mpeg-dash-today-and-why-youtube-and-netflix-use-it-in-html5/ |
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Supposedly Firefox will be able to do it sometime soon, but it will |
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depend on a closed source extension that reportedly will be written by |
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Adobe ☹ |
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I wish it were possible to watch Netflix using only Free Software. |
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Randy Barlow |
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