internet tv/movies

[Michael Havens]

cool. any other comments?
:-)~MIKE~(-:



On Thu, Dec 13, 20cool12 at 4:32 PM, Joseph Sinclair <
plug-discussion at stcaz.net> wrote:

> If you're trying to get content to download; you'll probably have to pay
> for a service.
> Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Redbox(just announced) all offer content
> for a monthly subscription.
> Flixter/Ultraviolet offers some content for a fee-per-movie.  Amazon VOD
> also offers downloadable content.
> Other services offer similar options.
>
> Netflix has a Chrome extension that works pretty well as long as you're on
> a standard laptop or desktop (supposedly they're working on porting it to
> ARM chips).
> The others all seem to require flash on their websites, but with Flash
> they do generally seem to work on Linux.
>
> Some devices (Roku, "smart" TV sets, android tablets, etc...) have apps
> for Hulu and others; but for a computer you're mostly looking at the
> websites.
>
> If you just want user-generated free content, then YouTube and Vimeo both
> work pretty well on Linux.  Vimeo actually offers better HTML5 support, and
> they have some pretty top-notch videographers on the site.
>
>
> On 12/13/2012 03:54 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> > XBMC looks very cool... if you have the files. Where would I find files
> > aside from youtube?
> > :-)~MIKE~(-:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
> >
> >> That's a little vague as to what you are trying to do.
> >>
> >> I think you might be looking for xbmc though.  Just "apt-get install
> xbmc"
> >> and enjoy.
> >>
> >> Brian Cluff
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/13/2012 12:40 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> >>
> >>> What is a good linux ap for that? I did an internet search but there
> are
> >>> so many choices. I need recomendations... please:)
> >>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> >>>
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