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netflix , comming soon to a linux near you

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    #2
    Stuxnet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,735 ✭✭✭Stuxnet


    better not be flash based


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    #3
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    iPwnage wrote: »
    better not be flash based

    On windows its done with silverlight. For better or worse...


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    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    iPwnage wrote: »
    better not be flash based

    Surely it will be.


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    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    i say it will , or else mirosoft will be involved if it was sliverlight
    what wrong with flash???

    ___________________________________________________
    im sure im going to get a die hard windows fan attack me ,but however.


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    #6
    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    No hardware acceleration in linux AFAIK.


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    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    Khannie wrote: »
    No hardware acceleration in linux AFAIK.
    but there no sliverlight for linux .
    so there no alterative. beside ,nobody apart from netflixs use sliverlight really , and lease adobe could be arse to make a Linux edition .


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    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Ah I wasn't arguing against flash, only saying why people might have an issue with it. My HTPC (ion2 based) doesn't have the processing power to software decode H264 encoded HD stuff so I would be ruled out for example.

    Who knows, they may use something novel.


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    #9
    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    i say there they not too far into the product atm
    it will be intresting to see how they progress with this .
    im not well up on netfix as im , like most people here , irish . do you download a software or is it played through firefox/IE/chrome


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    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Relevant bump: Netflix coming to Ireland soon.


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    #11
    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    Khannie wrote: »
    Relevant bump: Netflix coming to Ireland soon.

    LINK PLEASE


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    Khannie
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 37,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    It was in the metro the other day so I have no link.

    A quick google gives this page which says:
    Netflix's imminent UK and Ireland launch prompts bidding war for rights to films and TV shows

    Not too shabby.

    edit: More relevant link.


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    human 19
    Registered Users Posts: 838 ✭✭✭human 19


    Khannie wrote: »
    It was in the metro the other day so I have no link.

    edit: More relevant link.

    states films to ne released: “within one year of their theatrical release,”.
    May as well just rent the DVD. Maybe thats the reason for the delay, so bootlegs wont be available before the DVD release.

    I was hoping to be able to stream while they are still in the cinema.

    I tried streaming Hanna from the studio website but got the usual corporate message "not available in your territory".... and then they give out about torrenting:eek: .


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    #14
    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    what about html 5 for linux and netflixs


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    #15
    Oracle
    Registered Users Posts: 3,630 ✭✭✭Oracle


    Yeah great ... just a pity most Hollywood studio movies are not worth watching. :(


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    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    Oracle wrote: »
    Yeah great ... just a pity most Hollywood studio movies are not worth watching. :(
    american tv and movies 100000000 x better than brithish tv and movies


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    human 19
    Registered Users Posts: 838 ✭✭✭human 19


    Now that netflix is here...if you would like to hurry them up you can sign an online petition
    (found the link in the Mint forums)

    http://www.petitiononline.com/Linflix/petition.html


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    #18
    Grudaire
    Registered Users Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭Grudaire


    I've just started using it on the Wii, and I have to say that it's a pretty good service. For what I'd watch on the UPC, for 7e a month you basically get the same shows, and on demand.

    Has there been any updates on it since October?


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    #19
    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    Cliste wrote: »
    I've just started using it on the Wii, and I have to say that it's a pretty good service. For what I'd watch on the UPC, for 7e a month you basically get the same shows, and on demand.

    Has there been any updates on it since October?
    nothing that ive heard of.
    Tell me what do you get my line of tv shows that i cant get on rte player and other players?
    also what are the movies like?


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    #20
    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    netflixs have really pushed themselves in the last 6 months

    Linux support wont generate a huge income , and will probable make a lost for a while , as the cost of development may be high
    but as a Linux enthusiast, with a windows pc, playstation and wii , i would not pay money if they didn't have Linux support.


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    #21
    Grudaire
    Registered Users Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭Grudaire


    Your best bet is to actually look at the catalog that they have. Rte player has only got stuff that was shown on RTE so is quite limited, although netflix is only good if you actually like the shows they have!

    You can see it here: https://signup.netflix.com/?locale=en-IE


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    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    unfortunately i cant as i only have laser card
    can you get the trail without entering details.


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    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    just saw this at the end of their page
    https://signup.netflix.com/BrowseGenres/New-Arrivals/RA

    had a look and their nothing much their.
    i would prefer more tv than movies and their tv selection is poor to say the most.


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    #24
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    They're probably busy coding the DRM for it now. Netflix == DRM and therefore evil. beside there is very little worth watching


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    #25
    evercloserunion
    Registered Users Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭evercloserunion


    bpb101 wrote: »
    american tv and movies 100000000 x better than brithish tv and movies
    Getting off topic here, but I disagree with respect to British TV series', there are some absolutely golden British comedies out there.


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    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    evercloserunion wrote: »
    Getting off topic here, but I disagree with respect to British TV series', there are some absolutely golden British comedies out there.
    no, sorry


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    PrzemoF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    bpb101 wrote: »
    i say it will , or else mirosoft will be involved if [..]
    what wrong with flash???
    [..]
    Everything: slow, buggy, crash-prone, undebuggable (is it a word??), proprietary, dead & buried on mobile devices...


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    #28
    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    PrzemoF wrote: »
    Everything: slow, buggy, crash-prone, undebuggable (is it a word??), proprietary, dead & buried on mobile devices...
    whats the alternative ?


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    #29
    Galen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Galen


    bpb101 wrote: »
    whats the alternative ?
    HTML5 video?


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    #30
    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    i mentioned that in 1 of my post above
    i use my laptop a lot watching movies ect and tbh i never have a problem with the flash


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    Galen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Galen


    Those of us on Linux are screwed until the people running at Netflix grows a pair and tells the MPAA to go and **** themselves.


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