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    amazon instant video not working on Ubuntu 15.10 Firefox

    Previously I was watching Amazon Instant Video with Ubuntu 15.04, Firefox. I had installed the HAL package and used the Adobe Flash setting on the Amazon Video settings webpage. Everything worked fine.
    Now after the upgrade to Ubuntu 15.10, it doesn't work anymore. I have tried reinstalling HAL but that did not work. Amazon states that they are using HTML5 and no longer offer the option between Adobe Flash and Silverlight.
    I have tried Chromium web browser but that didn't work either. It seems that Amazon does not want to support Linux OS. Any suggestions besides another OS?

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    Re: amazon instant video not working on Ubuntu 15.10 Firefox

    According to this post at Amazon, Google Chrome works with Amazon Instant. I'm pretty sure Chromium does not because it doesn't have the proprietary features in Chrome.
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    Re: amazon instant video not working on Ubuntu 15.10 Firefox

    Thanks. I installed Chrome and Amazon Instant Video works fine now. I have both Chromium and Chrome web browsers now and I should probably use only one.

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    Re: amazon instant video not working on Ubuntu 15.10 Firefox

    Chrome stream SD content but no HD content!! Something to do with hdcp!

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