Topic: Netflix on Linux
Is it a moral grey area for me to torrent the on demand films I can't access with my Netflix subscription, since they don't support linux?
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Re: Netflix on Linux
Yes it is a moral gray area.
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Morals change from person to person. I'd it's a valid reason anyways. Netflix might not agree. I wonder if a virtual machine or wine would work?
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VM should work; Wine should work too. Just install Firefox and Silverlight.
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Yeah, I tried virtualbox on ubuntu. It was usually unwatchable though. Really choppy. Is VM the better option?
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Have you tried using Firefox through Wine?
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Re: Netflix on Linux
I've read about it, but I've seen a reference to anyone being able to get it to work.
Re: Netflix on Linux
Timpac wrote:
Yeah, I tried virtualbox on ubuntu. It was usually unwatchable though. Really choppy. Is VM the better option?
I guess it's a typo? You mean Wine? VM is just a shortening for Virtual Machine. Virtualbox runs VMs. Just to make things clear.
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Ah, it was VMware I was thinking of.
Re: Netflix on Linux
I watch it via a WinXP virtual box install in Statler often. Isn't choppy in the slightest. But then again, I give the virtual machine a good bit of video memory (64mb), and have 2-d video acceleration enabled, plus a gig of RAM thrown at it.
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It's possible that it may run better on Crunchbang than it did on Ubuntu, since Crunchbang is lighter. I gave it as much in the way of resources as I could in Ubuntu, I could just never get it to work very well.
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5dolla wrote:
is say dl ! 7 pounds at the cinema is too much!
I say simply don't watch. It's not like you'd really miss anything.
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- pvsage
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Has anyone tried Moonlight for this recently? Last time I tried it, it didn't work with either Netflix or Mouser's "advanced" catalog, but that was several months ago.
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^ The latest Moonlight release was October of last year so unless you used it before then, nothing has likely changed.
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Wow, thanks for the quick response, anonymous!
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Me, I broke down and bought a Roku box and I simply love it. You not only get Netflix but you also get a number of other "Channels" both free and some have a small subscription fee.
But back on topic of if it's moral, I wouldn't loss any sleep over it. They don't support a Linux client so one does what they can until they get off their butts and release a client.
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- pvsage
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Basically, Netflix is in the business of business, just like Microsoft. Is it any wonder they simply refuse to acknowledge Linux? I had a similar experience with Philips regarding an mp3 player.
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We just signed up for Netflix knowing I'd have to finagle to get it to work on the computer, but I haven't messed with it. Instead, we have a PS3 and just use that to stream from Netflix to the T.V.
As for Torrenting, morally I don't personally see an issue with it, but the owners of the property in general probably do. Now a days torrents are being more and more monitored. Remember, when it comes to money, logic and principal have no basis in the eyes of the copyright barons. So, if you torrent be sure to CYA (cover your a$$) first and foremost. If your torrent program supports it (which most if not all do) use the peer guardian black list and setup a proxy.
If you're in the states and get caught, then your ISP will get an E-Mail asking to disconnect your connection, but before they do they'll send you a copy of the E-Mail and ask you to stop what you're doing. That letter comes from a company called Media Sentry, who is responsible for the RIAA lawsuits of the late 90's and early 2000's. However, in 2009 the RIAA fired Media Sentry and no longer pursues down-loaders of music, from what I understand, but I could be wrong. Now they work for Hollywood and it's interests, but remember as much as the morality is a grey area so is the legality of Media Sentry's claims. What they are doing is essentially wire tapping and against the law. Also, the question arises if they are licensed to do private investigations in the individual states of the union.
EDIT: Media Sentry is now defunct. as of 2009 it was merged with Media Defender to become Peer Media Technologies.
Sorry to get a bit off topic, but I want you to know what you may be getting into using torrents to acquire media.
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