[ubuntu-uk] Netflix

[John Oliver]

http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/moonlight-list/2011-December/001392.html

This is the email I was referring to in the previous message. The mailing list has had no activity this side of Christmas.

Regards,
John Oliver 

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> From: John Oliver <jp.oliver at ntlworld.com>
> Date: 18 January 2012 00:51:44 GMT
> To: "easily.remembered at yahoo.co.uk" <easily.remembered at yahoo.co.uk>, UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix
> 
> I was looking through the moonlight mailing list archives the other week and the project seems to be dead on its feet. 
> 
> As for Netflix, it doesn't work on Linux because the DRM components are only for Silverlight on Windows and Mac.
> 
> Regards,
> John Oliver 
> 
> On 17 Jan 2012, at 22:53, easily.remembered at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> 
>> From my experience moonlight is useless for watching movies and other streaming sources because it does not support DRM
>> 
>> Peter
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Morrissey <morrissey.james1 at gmail.com>
>> Sender: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:52:08 
>> To: UK Ubuntu Talk<ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix
>> 
>> I am not sure about netflix and silverlight, but the open source
>> alternative for silverlight is called 'moonlight'
>> (http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight). I tried it for something once
>> but couldn't get it to work.
>> 
>> I think, from an old conversation on here, that someone on this list
>> is actually a developer on the mono project. If i am right, i am sure
>> they will be able to help more.
>> 
>> Good luck.
>> 
>> James.
>> 
>> On 17 January 2012 22:45, scoundrel50a <scoundrel50a at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Has anybody got this to work in Ubuntu 11.10, I tried but it said I could
>>> only view it in Windows and Mac......I think it needs Microsoft Silverlight,
>>> I have heard there is a Linux version of that, but cant find ........anybody
>>> know?
>>> 
>>> 
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