Re: RFC: Can FreeBSD stream Netflix?

Using a jail complicates the task without a reason. It does not need a jail
to run Chromium with the DRM enabled. If I don't get wrong,a mini jail is
already embedded inside the mechanism that allows to play NetFlix in the
special version of Chromium for Linux.

On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:

> The other streaming option is a browser in a linux jail...
>
> Warner
>
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2025, 6:16 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello Rick.
>>
>> In freeBSD there are some special packages that will allow you to watch
>> Netflix using Chromium,but sometimes it does not work. Using a browser
>> extension that will lie about the user agent is not enough. Personally I
>> run Android X86 inside a bhyve vm and I can watch Netflix using the native
>> android app.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You can get brower extensions that will lie about the user agent to
>>> make it look like it basically any browser on any OS you want.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > When I'm not tinkering with NFS I'm just a dumbass user,
>>> > so here's a dumbass user question...
>>> >
>>> > The background (you can just skip to the question at the end
>>> > but maybe you'll find this useful.
>>> > I have two old Dell laptops (6420s) that I picked up used and
>>> > they've done ok, but both now have flakey hdds.
>>> >
>>> > #1 - hdd died completely, so I installed FreeBSD and it went
>>> >         pretty smoothly. It runs Xorg, KDE etc and works pretty well.
>>> >         But I can't get it to do one all important thing.
>>> >         Stream Netflix. (I've tried assorted browsers, but always get
>>> >         the "you should upgrade your browser" treatment.)
>>> >
>>> > #2 - Runs Win10 and does stream Netflix, but is throwing lots of
>>> >         hdd errors, so it only a matter of time before I'll need to
>>> >         replace the hdd. Once I do that, I have three choices:
>>> >         a) Install FreeBSD, but only if I can get it to stream Netflix.
>>> >         b) Install Linux. (Some posts claim Linux distros with up
>>> >             to date browsers can stream Netflix?)
>>> >         c) Install Win10 and run FreeBSD in a VM or dual boot it.
>>> >
>>> >         I'd prefer (a), which leads to the all important question...
>>> >
>>> > Is there someone out there that runs FreeBSD on a laptop or
>>> > desktop who can stream Netflix?
>>> > If you can answer "yes", can you recall how you installed it
>>> > to make this work?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks in advance for any answers, rick
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Mario.
>>
>

-- 
Mario.