Starting with Chrome 38, DRM can be managed by HTML5. Firefox and other browsers have not implemented this yet because the code for this is closed source. I believe you still need to use a plugin such as user agent switcher, as Netflix will not play natively on linux machines. On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Don Harper <duck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2014-10-10 11:59 AM, Daniel Micay wrote to To > arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx: > > On 10/10/14 11:52 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote: > > > I noticed the announcement today that Ubuntu now supports Netflix > > > streaming, due to new features recently added to the Chrome browser. > > > > https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/10/10/watch-netflix-in-ubuntu-today/ > > > > Does this work on Arch's version of Chrome as well? Are additional > > > package installations required? > > > > Thanks, > > > > DR > > > It should work out-of-the-box in Chrome, but Chromium doesn't come with > > the PPAPI plugin for EME. I don't know how feasible it is to get that > > plugin working in Chromium. For the Pepper Flash plugin, it's as simple > > as dropping the shared object into the directory and adding 2 cli flags. > > I just updated to the latest google-chrome in the AUR (38.0.2125.101-1) > and it just works. Prior version (36 something) did not work. > > d > > -- > Don Harper, RHCE email: duck@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Just a systems kinda guy... http://www.duckland.org > > Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off > your goal. - Henry Ford >
