OT: Netflix and Linux and LAN

[Jason Hayes]

I currently use two Wii's for streaming Netflix in my home (using Cox cable and a Cisco wireless router) and they work well. You can watch two different shows at the same time with no apparent problems.

I have never been able to get Netflix to work on Linux because of the Silverlight plugin issues. I always had to use a virtual machine running Windows to make that work. One caveat though - I haven't tried to get it to work in several months, so someone may have developed a workaround for that since I last tried.

Jason

On Sep 13, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Mark Phillips wrote:

> I am thinking of getting Netflix, and I am trying to figure out how to distribute it to several TVs in the house, and I was wondering if anyone else has solved this problem. We currently have cox Internet and cable.
> 
> The options I found revolve around buying one of a variety of "boxes" for each TV and have them access netflix via WiFi. The boxes include googleTV, ROKU, Wii, etc. It looks to me that the ROKU boxes are the least expensive and offer access to the most services. Anyone have any experience doing this? Any major pitfalls to watch out for? Is WiFi fast enough for streaming video, or should I get the more expensive boxes and use a wired LAN?
> 
> Are there any Linux options for distributing Netflix shows over a LAN? I read that the DRM software used by Netflix is incompatible with Linux, so perhaps this is a non-starter? 
> 
> Thanks for sharing any experiences you may have had with Netflix, Linux, and LANs.
> 
> Mark
> 
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