[ubuntu-us-mn] Netflix on Ubuntu

[Haudy Kazemi]

A light install of Windows XP on VirtualBox on Ubuntu on a Core2 Duo 
class E2180 @ 3.2 ghz with Intel graphics works pretty well.  I don't 
think the framerate is quite as smooth as running directly on the 
hardware, but it is definitely watchable.  CPU usage is not the 
issue...the handling of high framerate graphics inside VM is where 
smoothness issues arise.

By light install, I mean something along the line of an XP install built 
using XPLite/nLite or similar.

That said, even if you do this, there is a chance you'll run into the 
Netflix streaming problems that arose around the time when they released 
a new player that depends on Silverlight.  A quick tap of F5 to refresh 
the browser tab/window will restart the player where it stopped playing, 
temporarily resolving the problem.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=netflix+silverlight+problems
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Netflix+streaming+problems



Eric Honaker wrote:
> I don't think it works.  It sort of works in a Windows VM.  It also 
> works to run PlayOn in a VM and then render from the UPnP server on your 
> Linux box.
> 
> Other than that, I don't know of anything.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Stuart Keroff <stu.keroff at gmail.com 
> <mailto:stu.keroff at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I know this question has been floating around for a while, but here
>     goes: has anyone found a way to make Netflix watch instantly work on
>     Linux?  Boxee doesn't seem to be the way.
> 
>     Stu
> 
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