Netflix On Ubuntu

[LuciferRex]

Netflix Desktop 0.2.0 was released today. It now uses Firefox 17.0.

I downloaded it, and I can now actually WATCH Netflix on my laptop!

[dniMretsaM]

I'd be happy as all hell if there was a Netflix add-on for XBMC.

I'm sure this could be compiled on XBMC, since it's just a patched WINE, FF, and SilverLight. Maybe suggest it to the devs or something.

[tjeremiah]

does the ppa created for this operation function well? I want to try this but dont want the whole process to be a headache.

[randumari]

I had netflix-desktop installed yesterday, but then I upgraded to 0.2 an hour ago. Now I get sound only when loading a movie.

apt-show-versions netflix-desktop
netflix-desktop/quantal uptodate 0.2.0~quantal

apt-show-versions wine-compholio
wine-compholio 1.5.18~quantal installed: No available version in archive

I tried rm -rf ~/.netflix-desktop, as well as apt-get purging wine-compholio and netflix-desktop, as well as re-adding the ppa. How do I downgrade?

sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop=0.1.0~quantal9
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Version '0.1.0~quantal9' for 'netflix-desktop' was not found

[dniMretsaM]

does the ppa created for this operation function well? I want to try this but dont want the whole process to be a headache.

Works great for me.

[weasel fierce]

Works great for me.

yeah, I haven't had issues either.

[zer010]

Oh hell, looks like I have some catching up to do... I got the latest update from the ppa and I get the site, I get to browse, but actual playing gives me a black screen and after a while some sound (yay!?).. I've not gone through this thread in it's entirety, thus the footwork ahead. However, I'm glad to see that it's working at all. Awesome! When I get more time, I'll definitely look into this.

[arpanaut]

WOW!
My socks are officially knocked off.
This is impressive, now I will start getting my moneys worth from my Netflix subscription.
I really hated having to boot Win to use Netflix, this is awesome!

YeeeeeHaw!

[dniMretsaM]

Oh hell, looks like I have some catching up to do... I got the latest update from the ppa and I get the site, I get to browse, but actual playing gives me a black screen and after a while some sound (yay!?).. I've not gone through this thread in it's entirety, thus the footwork ahead. However, I'm glad to see that it's working at all. Awesome! When I get more time, I'll definitely look into this.

Randumari has this issue as well. I don't, though, so I have no way of trying to figure out what's wrong.

[oldrocker99]

Netflix-desktop returned a wine error with plugin-container.exe on my 32-bit 12.10 laptop, but it works fine on my 12.04 desktop. I did have to enter

pulseaudio -k

to get ungarbled sound, but now I can stream Netflix under Linux!

This. Is. BIG!