[NBLUG/talk] Streaming Web Sites under Linux

[Barry Stump]

I just use a Roku box for streaming Netflix.  No computer required,
and the thing only draws 5 watts.

http://www.roku.com/roku-products

It's a little embedded linux system, though you can't access the
internals, as far as I can tell.

-Barry

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:37 AM,  <gandalf at sonic.net> wrote:
> What about netflix? They seem to have a pretty nasty implementation. It would probably be a deal breaker for us. I just did a little poking around and it doesn't look like there's any real way to do unless you run it under a virtual machine.
>
> We ditched cable quite a long time ago. We watch most of our TV through an antenna or the internet. Geeze, they're making such a big deal about "on demand", we've had that for years. I just got an old laptop that might work for a living room box and it's windows is wonky, so I was wondering what our options were.
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>  On Thu 18/03/10 11:06 AM , Mike Rice dolo724 at yahoo.com sent:
>> I'm using the eLiveCD installation, and all the sites seem to work
>> fine,except for CW. So the wife is missing Smallville. Most of the protocols
>> use something flash-based, and even Ubuntu runs them after you enable
>> the non-free (restricted) options. Also, I haven't tried to install the
>> Veoh thingy yet.
>>
>> As soon as I learned all the above, I ditched cable for DSL (saved
>> $40/mo). Now I watch all my shows directly from the networks. Adverts
>> are still a problem, but not so bad.
>>
>> oops, i missed the superbowl. oh well. But the Ads are Nice!
>>
>> mIke
>>
>> p.s. I'm using the built-in Intel 915 video, no special cards. Maybe
>> theimage would improve if i did something about that?
>>
>> On 03/18/2010 10:33 AM, gandalf at son
>> ic.net wrote:> First off I have almost no experience with
>> Desktop Linux although I have a lot of experience with command line Linux.
>> So I wanted to ask those that do have this experience about the current
>> state of the art. In particular I wonder about television/movie streaming
>> sites. Netflix, Hulu, Veoh, NBC, ABC, etc, etc, etc. >
>> > Do these sites work with current technology or
>> vice versa? Are there hacks to get around issues? What's the scoop.
>> >
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