[ubuntu-uk] Netflix

[John MM]

Oh well, there is a pity, I will have to use my mac......

thanks for all your help.....

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:57 AM, John Oliver <jp.oliver at ntlworld.com>wrote:

> http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/moonlight-list/2011-December/001392.html
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> This is the email I was referring to in the previous message. The mailing
> list has had no activity this side of Christmas.
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> Regards,
> John Oliver
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> Begin forwarded message:
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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*
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> 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
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> On 17 Jan 2012, at 22:53, easily.remembered at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
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> From my experience moonlight is useless for watching movies and other
> streaming sources because it does not support DRM
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>
> Peter
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> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: James Morrissey <morrissey.james1 at gmail.com>
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> Sender: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:52:08
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> To: UK Ubuntu Talk<ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Netflix
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>
> 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.
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>
> I think, from an old conversation on here, that someone on this list
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> is actually a developer on the mono project. If i am right, i am sure
>
> they will be able to help more.
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>
> Good luck.
>
>
> James.
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>
> On 17 January 2012 22:45, scoundrel50a <scoundrel50a at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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,
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> I have heard there is a Linux version of that, but cant find
> ........anybody
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> know?
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