A Netflix client for the N9?
 

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/10/n...-in-12-months/

If this plan really comes to fruition, wouldn't that open up the possibility for such a client on the Harmattan platform? I know it's a long shot, but it would surely be a killer app -- especially with selectable bandwidth limit. Or are we not quite there yet, in terms of monthly data caps?

Re: A Netflix client for the N9?
 

Looks like it's a rumor, not an official statement. Second, it fails to mention the platform. I'm guessing it's most likely targetted towards regular x86 desktops and not ARM based phones.

Unfortunately this rumor means very little unless Netflix opens up the source so that anyone can attempt to port it to the n900 and the n9.

In other words, dkhh (don't keep high hopes).

Re: A Netflix client for the N9?
 

Is it possible to just go to the netflix website via a browser and stream that way? Forgive my ignorance.

Re: A Netflix client for the N9?
 

Their streaming software through their website is using Silverlight, which both sucks and has a stripped version for Linux called Moonlight.

The problem with Moonlight is that it doesn't have the DRM crap that Netflix uses on Silverlight. That's why you can't play Netflix streams in Linux right now.

slaapliedje

Re: A Netflix client for the N9?
 

Not specifically related, I started writing (at least) a Qt/C++ Netflix queue manager app a while back... see http://nfqm.garage.maemo.org or more specifically, https://garage.maemo.org/docman/inde...&language_id=1 for marginal proof that it did get off the ground. The GUI pieces were actually giving me more of a headache than the 'real code', networking, etc...

Throw in the 'not for the US' fate of the N9, the timing of Netflix's unpopular choice to split their DVD and streaming services, and even dropping the DVD management from their API around the same time, and I lost my enthusiasm, with an N950 in the balance.

In any case, I just bought an N9 last week, and I'm happy to spend $$$ on a somewhat buggy, doomed/unsupported linux (but otherwise amazing) device over iOS, Android, or Windows Phone.

All total, I have an N810, N900, N950, N8, N9, and 700... so I still have plenty of reasons to revive my Qt development efforts for any/all of these devices in my free time, although I also dropped my Netflix subscription in protest and substituted Amazon Prime for occasional streaming content.

I also lost track of the last state of Netflix streaming availability... US, Canada, other countries to be added???

Re: A Netflix client for the N9?
 

I don't know if this will help anyone who is still willing to try to port Netflix to Maemo/MeeGo but...

http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/4/15...to-html5-video

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+chrome/posts/GNsoSDLRRY6

Re: A Netflix client for the N9?
 

Even if it does move to HTML5 (which is by far from a single codec standard), it'll still be DRM'd to death. That means no porting except by the owners.

Re: A Netflix client for the N9?
 

I was thinking of a browser like app that opens up that HTML5 (site?)...

Re: A Netflix client for the N9?
 

You don't get it. HTML5 doesn't limit the use of closed, DRM'ed video. Moreover, the W3C is contemplating about an API in the HTML5 standard which can be used by third parties to implement their custom DRM. In both cases you'd need plug-ins for your browser to be able to see the video.

The chance that netflix will stream their media in open, DRM free standards are null. The chance that you can view netflix on your N9 is zero.

While the music industry has (partially) improved things, the motion picture industry still hasn't. It ties people to closed software, and for some reason people keep willfully or ignorantly paying for their own shackles.

Also, don't be misguided by HTML5 in general. Imho, the hole concept is "meh" at best.

Re: A Netflix client for the N9?
 

That's not necessarily true, as some desktop linux users have managed to get Netflix running utilizing Wine...


Edit: Didn't realize that post was more than a year old. The workaround didn't materialize until later on in 2012...