[SGVLUG] Pipelight: using Silverlight in Linux browsers (Netflix?)

[James McDuffie]

I gave Pipelight a try today and I was able to start videos in my native
Linux browser. However, I was unable to stop the videos or make them
full screen. The browser became unresponsive and although the video kept
playing, I could no longer interact with the browser. So for now I will
stick with netflix-desktop.

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013, at 03:27 PM, Doug Vargas wrote:
> i'll check that out. for what it's worth, netflix-desktop works fine for 
> me if all else fails
> 
> On 08/20/2013 02:42 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM, James McDuffie <mcduffie at pitfall.org> wrote:
> >> Here is a new way you can (probably) use Netflix under Linux:
> >> http://fds-team.de/cms/articles/2013-08/pipelight-using-silverlight-in-linux-browsers.html
> >>
> >> Using this with a UserAgent switcher (so they think you are a Winblows
> >> user) should get you going using Netflix inside a Linux browser, without
> >> having to load the Windows version of Firefox like the NetflixDesktop
> >> PPA does. Although, I haven't tested this myself yet.
> > Yeah, it's a nice approach.  I think Codeweavers had something like this
> > long ago (though probably for some other Microsoft plugin, not silverlight).
> >
> > The guy who wrote the Wine patches needed to run Silverlight continues
> > to slowly plug away at getting them upstream.  It's challenging to get patches
> > into that project.
> > - Dan
> >
> 
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