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Operating System Specific Discussions => MorphOS => MorphOS -- Application questions and support => Topic started by: anglosaxonusa on September 09, 2013, 08:25:27 PM
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Does MorphOS run Netflix? If so, how is the performance?
The OS seems to do most of what my wife and I would need from our primary computer, however, Netflix is the wildcard. We do not have a television and instead watch Netflix occasionally. I don't want to break our "TV".
Appreciated.
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I'm pretty sure Netflix uses Microsoft Silverlight for the streaming format.
Anyone know if they offer an alternative to that? If so, then there might be a chance.
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It uses Silverlight, so not possible on MorphOS. The project to make an open-source version of Silverlight through reverse engineering appears to be dead, so even a port of that wouldn't help.
There are some roundabout solutions that PPC Mac users have used to get Netflix, but none of them involve running it directly. It's streamed from some other source over VNC or something similar - highly impractical.
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Netflix works on my iphone. So iphone uses silverlight?
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Netflix works on my iphone. So iphone uses silverlight?
Nope it uses an iOS app for the DRM instead.
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Netflix uses VC-1 AP (Advanced Profile) encoding together with PlayReady DRM (Digital Rights Management).
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It uses Silverlight, so not possible on MorphOS. The project to make an open-source version of Silverlight through reverse engineering appears to be dead, so even a port of that wouldn't help.
There are some roundabout solutions that PPC Mac users have used to get Netflix, but none of them involve running it directly. It's streamed from some other source over VNC or something similar - highly impractical.
We currently run Ubuntu and I installed a Netflix client through a PPM. Netflix comes up fullscreened in a "Wine Browser". Beyond the occasional Silverlight plugin upgrade there hasn't been an issue running Netflix on Ubuntu.
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So basically u are running netflix through an emulator (wine)
So to answer OP question NO and not going to happen. Its proprietary.
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What about other comparable services, such as Amazon Prime video? Would that meet your needs? Think that only requires Flash... not that I know too much about it though, I bittorrent everything and just run it in VLC. Heh. ;)
Edit - never mind, I just tried it, and it looks like Amazon uses Silverlight, too. :(
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Yeah, uh, its not likely that MorphOS will support Netflix.
Netflix doesn't even support older Macs (like the PPC models that run MorphOS) under OSX.
It would be nice, but its not happening.
Also, I use a cheap set top box to stream video like this, so I've got better things to do with my computers.
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Not possible in a native fashion, unfortunately.
Suppose if you wanted to use some VNC type service to another Netflix capable PC, that's an option, but a little self defeating.
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Working at Netflix I can tell you that only the latest and greatest of the browsers will support the new and upcoming HTML5 version of the player. Currently the site uses Silverlight as another member mentioned.
This is also not by Netflix's choice but rather by the DRM happy in Hollywood.
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Working at Netflix I can tell you that only the latest and greatest of the browsers will support the new and upcoming HTML5 version of the player. Currently the site uses Silverlight as another member mentioned.
Well, then there's a better chance! OWB on MorphOS is pretty good with HTML5...
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Maybe the change will come sooner or later (seems that silverlight will become EOL in 2021) -> http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/04/html5-video-at-netflix.html
A part form that using Netflix via Wine on Linux isn't a really nice experience since it requires a hell lot of more CPU that using it under native Windows.
I had good hope in Moonlight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_(runtime)) but since the DRM is locked to Silverlight this wont help to use it for Netflix sadly.
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What about other comparable services, such as Amazon Prime video? Would that meet your needs? Think that only requires Flash... not that I know too much about it though, I bittorrent everything and just run it in VLC. Heh. ;)
Edit - never mind, I just tried it, and it looks like Amazon uses Silverlight, too. :(
Yes me too :laugh1: What I would like to see would be a port of XBMC to MorphOS now that would be nice.
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Maybe the change will come sooner or later (seems that silverlight will become EOL in 2021) -> http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/04/html5-video-at-netflix.html
A part form that using Netflix via Wine on Linux isn't a really nice experience since it requires a hell lot of more CPU that using it under native Windows.
I had good hope in Moonlight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlight_(runtime)) but since the DRM is locked to Silverlight this wont help to use it for Netflix sadly.
Netflix works perfectly well on Linux using the Pipelight plugin and doesn't take any extra CPU power than on Windows.
http://m.webupd8.org/2013/08/pipelight-use-silverlight-in-your-linux.html?m=1
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Working at Netflix I can tell you that only the latest and greatest of the browsers will support the new and upcoming HTML5 version of the player. Currently the site uses Silverlight as another member mentioned.
This is also not by Netflix's choice but rather by the DRM happy in Hollywood.
Isn't Netflix HTML5 version actually HTML5+Proprietary MS DRM crap that only works with IE11?
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We currently run Ubuntu and I installed a Netflix client through a PPM. Netflix comes up fullscreened in a "Wine Browser". Beyond the occasional Silverlight plugin upgrade there hasn't been an issue running Netflix on Ubuntu.
Use Pipelight instead, it's much better.
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So basically u are running netflix through an emulator (wine)
(W)ine (I)s (N)ot an (E)mulator.
;)