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So I tested out Netflix on Ubuntu 14.04.1 just a few minutes ago and to my surprise Linux support has finally landed.

 

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About time. If you have any issues I have updated my guide here, it should provide enough insight to get you up and streaming.

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I had it working before. All you had to do was install Pipelight plugin which is used in place of silverlight as well as User agent switcher firefox extension so you could "fool" netflix into thinking you are using windows instead of Linux. On top of that, if you're in Canada and want the US netflix (because netflix in Canada is a complete joke) you have to install Media hint, another firefox plugin extension, and it worked for me. 

 

It's nice to see now that you don't have to go through the trouble of using Pipelight. 

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I had it working before. All you had to do was install Pipelight plugin which is used in place of silverlight as well as User agent switcher firefox extension so you could "fool" netflix into thinking you are using windows instead of Linux. On top of that, if you're in Canada and want the US netflix (because netflix in Canada is a complete joke) you have to install Media hint, another firefox plugin extension, and it worked for me. 

 

It's nice to see now that you don't have to go through the trouble of using Pipelight. 

Yea, we've been able to stream Netflix via HTML5 for a while now using just a user-agent switcher. Now all you have to do now is install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or 14.04 LTS and update it, then install the latest stable branch of Google Chrome.

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Yea, we've been able to stream Netflix via HTML5 for a while now using just a user-agent switcher. Now all you have to do now is install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or 14.04 LTS and update it, then install the latest stable branch of Google Chrome.

Yay. it seems much like Flash, you MUST use chrome, so for myself, it is still quite useless (aside from the google integration, chrome on my system also eats RAM like a fatman eats chocolate). Still going to use Windows until FF or OPera on Linux gets Netflix (and Hulu gets proper HTML5 support that allows more than one episode to play without reloading the page, but that is a problem on Chrome as well. :( ) (That is use windows for media until then).

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Yea, we've been able to stream Netflix via HTML5 for a while now using just a user-agent switcher. Now all you have to do now is install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or 14.04 LTS and update it, then install the latest stable branch of Google Chrome.

Wait, is Chrome now also on Linux? When did this happen? Not too long ago (a few months?) all we could get for Linux was "chromium" - the open-source knock-off. 

 

Perhaps I won't be forced to buy windows for my HTPC after all... :) There is hope! 

 

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This is good news though. 

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Wait, is Chrome now also on Linux? When did this happen? Not too long ago (a few months?) all we could get for Linux was "chromium" - the open-source knock-off. 

 

Perhaps I won't be forced to buy windows for my HTPC after all... :) There is hope! 

 

Built this HTPC several months ago and have been struggling with various distros with a variety of issues ever since (general poor performance and audio driver problems (pulse audio)). Haven't been able to actually USE the darn thing for what I built it for. lol. there have been a lot of improvements lately, but until something is done to fix or replace pulse audio, I still will be left with a box of useless hardware, at least for the time being...

 

This is good news though. 

Chrome has been available for Linux for quite a while now from my understanding. View the link in my main post if you need a quick overview of how to get and install it.

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Yay. it seems much like Flash, you MUST use chrome, so for myself, it is still quite useless (aside from the google integration, chrome on my system also eats RAM like a fatman eats chocolate). Still going to use Windows until FF or OPera on Linux gets Netflix (and Hulu gets proper HTML5 support that allows more than one episode to play without reloading the page, but that is a problem on Chrome as well. :( ) (That is use windows for media until then).

 

FF on Linux can have Netflix. Install pipelight and user-agent switcher extension. 

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Yea, we've been able to stream Netflix via HTML5 for a while now using just a user-agent switcher. Now all you have to do now is install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or 14.04 LTS and update it, then install the latest stable branch of Google Chrome.

How on earth did I not see that thread of yours a long time ago???  :o That could have saved me so much time from fiddling with FF and choppy/rough netflix playback... argh!

 

Alright, I may have to re-install Ubuntu and give this a try...

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FF on Linux can have Netflix. Install pipelight and user-agent switcher extension. 

That has been known for quite a while, but I prefer for it to just work, which it still does not, even with "Linux" getting support. (I say "Linux" because in reality it is just Chrome getting the support, not  the Linux OS)

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That has been known for quite a while, but I prefer for it to just work, which it still does not, even with "Linux" getting support. (I say "Linux" because in reality it is just Chrome getting the support, not  the Linux OS)

Firefox is being slow with their integration of the EME extensions, otherwise Netflix would work right now on Linux as well with Firefox.

 

I would call it Linux getting support and not just Chrome, the user-agent filtering has to be lifted at Netflix in order for this to work out of the box.

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So was I, but not out of the box with official support from Netflix themselves.

From what I read on the topic a netflix engineer said that they wont support it but neither will they actively block it. Did they officially start supporting linux?

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From what I read on the topic a netflix engineer said that they wont support it but neither will they actively block it. Did they officially start supporting linux?

Yep, that's the point of the topic if you cannot see the image I posted in the main post (showing no user-agent switcher extensions).

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Firefox is being slow with their integration of the EME extensions, otherwise Netflix would work right now on Linux as well with Firefox.

 

I would call it Linux getting support and not just Chrome, the user-agent filtering has to be lifted at Netflix in order for this to work out of the box.

I will take it back if any other browser but chrome works (I will test it on opera in a bit, waiting on a download to finish before rebooting back to Lubuntu). If out of the major browsers (opera, Firefox (and its offshoots) and Chrome) only Chrome works, then it is a chrome feature for now, and thus for some not a fix but moving the problem to google, just like adobe did with flash. 

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I will take it back if any other browser but chrome works (I will test it on opera in a bit, waiting on a download to finish before rebooting back to Lubuntu). If out of the major browsers (opera, Firefox (and its offshoots) and Chrome) only Chrome works, then it is a chrome feature for now, and thus for some not a fix but moving the problem to google, just like adobe did with flash. 

It's still not a Chrome feature, sure a feature of Chrome enables it but it's really Mozilla and other companies faults for not catching up with the DRM standard.

 

P.S. It doesn't work on Opera, just tested.

P.S.S. It works on OS X with Safari, and Windows 8.1 with IE or Chrome. So no it's not exclusive to Chrome, only on Linux for now until others catch up.

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It's still not a Chrome feature, sure a feature of Chrome enables it but it's really Mozilla and other companies faults for not catching up with the DRM standard.

 

P.S. It doesn't work on Opera, just tested.

It is not Googles IP sure, but if only Chrome is able to make it function at this time, it is pretty much a chrome feature.

 

I understand that FireFox and Opera need get their arse in gear to support it, but at this time I would fall back to the same issue we have had in Video games for a while, DRM. The only people that DRM has punished is those that are legal owners or viewers of the project/game/movie, and on this (NetFlix) it is just limiting the service on Linux to a browser chopped full of memory leaks.

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It is not Googles IP sure, but if only Chrome is able to make it function at this time, it is pretty much a chrome feature.

 

I understand that FireFox and Opera need get their arse in gear to support it, but at this time I would fall back to the same issue we have had in Video games for a while, DRM. The only people that DRM has punished is those that are legal owners or viewers of the project/game/movie, and on this (NetFlix) it is just limiting the service on Linux to a browser chopped full of memory leaks.

I'm not sure this limiting is intentional. like you mentioned, Firefox & Opera's team need to get off their arses.

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