[ale] Streaming video for Linux?

[Scott Steele]

I love Boxee, I also love Netflix and unfortunately it doesn't work with Linux. Netflix uses Siverlight and have a DRM stack which prevents movies from working on Linux. Hopefully Boxee will ad Amazon Video on Demand. 

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On Nov 30, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Mark Wright <m.perry.wright at gmail.com> wrote:

> Boxee seems to be a good choice.  I was looking at their site and they will give you Linux Boxee software for free!  What's not to love!
> 
> I probably ought to get around to ripping all my DVDs and serving them locally.  That way I can put the originals and boxes out of the way of the grand babies! 
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> Mark Wright
> m.perry.wright at gmail.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 30, 2010, at 3:02 PM, Preston Boyington wrote:
> 
>> Greg Clifton wrote:
>>> Anybody try any of these three: playon.tv <http://playon.tv>? Linux MCE 
>>> edition? XBMC?
>> 
>> I use XBMC for my music and movies (I rip all my DVDs to mkv).  For 
>> things like Netflix you will want Boxee.  XBMC seems to work best for 
>> local media.
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