[CentOS] Watching Netflix movies on CentOS
Kevin Krieser
k_krieser at sbcglobal.net
Sun May 4 15:02:59 UTC 2008
On May 4, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Matt Shields wrote:
> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 6:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl
> <maillists at conactive.com> wrote:
>> Ralph Angenendt wrote on Sun, 4 May 2008 10:22:11 +0200:
>>
>>
>>> In other words: They don't want your money. If I were you, I'd
>>> respect
>>> that. Make yourself heard over at Netflix, though.
>>
>> I remember about the Netflix format from before 2000. It's a very low
>> bandwidth format with really bad quality. AFAIK it was mainly porn
>> sites
>> using it. I thought it had died out since long.
>>
>> Kai
>>
>
> Netflix only started doing on demand movies about a year ago, and from
> what I remember when I had the service it wasn't all that bad. It
> looked great on a laptop, and on my 720p 37" HDTV it looked better
> than normal tv, but not as good as an HD program.
>
> I agree with Ralph, complain to them, I know I did. Unfortunately
> they probably don't think there are enough Linux users to justify
> providing service to us. I'm just really surprised they haven't
> provided service to Mac users, the new Quicktime format actually has
> better compression rates than any of the WMV/WMA formats.
>
Apparently the problem with the Mac is the DRM again. The studios are
apparently all worried that people will keep copies of the old TV
shows and movies downloaded.
I have an old Mac Mini that I would like to use to watch some Netflix
shows on (better than sitting in front of a computer, or watching it
on a small laptop), but until it is supported I can't. The Mini is
hooked up to my TV directly.
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