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The Lounge What is on Your Mind? [?] Does Netflix work on Linux in Firefox? Post 302543316 by KenJackson on Sunday 31st of July 2011 02:18:15 AM
Old 07-31-2011
[?] Does Netflix work on Linux in Firefox?

I've tried to totally ignore Netfix to date, though I might change my mind. But I refuse to keep a Windows box running for any reason.

Is anyone streaming movies from Netflix and watching them on a Linux box?

I went to netflix.com to look for the requirements page. None. OK, how about a FAQ. Found one--no mention of requirements or Linux. Googled and ddged, ...

WAIT. Found one: Netflix Warning! (I sure am glad ddg lets me sort by date.)

So I guess you can stream Netflix to a Linux box.

I'm going to post this anyway in case someone has additional information to offer.

---------- Post updated 07-31-11 at 02:18 AM ---------- Previous update was 07-30-11 at 11:33 PM ----------

Some forums allow you to edit the thread title, but I don't see how here. I'd like to remove '[Solved]'.

That warning message I saw implied you can use Firefox on Linux, but a thread on Netflix' blog has a lot of users that say you can't.

It's actually a delightful read. User after user after user has posted a plea for Linux support!

Apparently it depends on Microsoft's Silverlight, which isn't available for Linux.

Oh, well. I'm not going to run Windows just so I can watch movies.
 

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URI::URL - Uniform Resource Locators SYNOPSIS
$u1 = URI::URL->new($str, $base); $u2 = $u1->abs; DESCRIPTION
This module is provided for backwards compatibility with modules that depend on the interface provided by the "URI::URL" class that used to be distributed with the libwww-perl library. The following differences exist compared to the "URI" class interface: o The URI::URL module exports the url() function as an alternate constructor interface. o The constructor takes an optional $base argument. The "URI::URL" class is a subclass of "URI::WithBase". o The URI::URL->newlocal class method is the same as URI::file->new_abs. o URI::URL::strict(1) o $url->print_on method o $url->crack method o $url->full_path: same as ($uri->abs_path || "/") o $url->netloc: same as $uri->authority o $url->epath, $url->equery: same as $uri->path, $uri->query o $url->path and $url->query pass unescaped strings. o $url->path_components: same as $uri->path_segments (if you don't consider path segment parameters) o $url->params and $url->eparams methods o $url->base method. See URI::WithBase. o $url->abs and $url->rel have an optional $base argument. See URI::WithBase. o $url->frag: same as $uri->fragment o $url->keywords: same as $uri->query_keywords o $url->localpath and friends map to $uri->file. o $url->address and $url->encoded822addr: same as $uri->to for mailto URI o $url->groupart method for news URI o $url->article: same as $uri->message SEE ALSO
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