[ale] Streaming video for Linux?

[Mark Wright]

I definitely let them know why.  I also found an online petition to  
sign.

Unfortunately xbox is the console of choice for my boys.  They have  
not hassled me for the others.


Mark Wright
m.perry.wright at gmail.com



On Nov 30, 2010, at 7:48 AM, william witt wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Mark Wright  
> <m.perry.wright at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I just cancelled my week old Netflix membership because the xBox  
>> we were
>> watching it on suddenly wanted $10 a month to continue and Netflix  
>> won't
>> support Linux.  Seems it uses Silverlight so it just checks your  
>> platform
>> and won't even give it a try if it doesn't see evidence of the  
>> Redmond over
>> Lord.
>> Are there any services as good as Netflix that will stream to a  
>> Linux box?
>>
>> Mark Wright
>> m.perry.wright at gmail.com
>>
>>
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>
> 1) I hope you made it clear to netflix why you canceled.  Maybe
> they'll get the message and switch to a DRM free stream.
>
> 2) the 360 requires an XBox Live Gold account $70 a year or so,
> however streaming to the Wii does not require anything ither than a
> connection (neither does the PS3 if I'm not mistaken.)  So there are
> other options if you have other consoles.
>
> 3) I know of no comparable streaming service, Linux supported or not
>
> Will
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