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Thanks for the clarifications Randy. |
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- Mark |
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On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Randy Barlow |
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<randy@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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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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> - -- |
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> Randy Barlow |
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