Re: RFC: Can FreeBSD stream Netflix?
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 01:14:06 UTC
Maybe u are right and it is Firefox installed with the linuxulator that does not work,and not chromium. Mario. Il lun 23 giu 2025, 02:56 Brian Kidney <bkidney@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > > On Sun, Jun 22, 2025, 10:05 p.m. Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> ---> I have been using Chromium in Linuxulator using this script: >> https://github.com/mrclksr/linux-browser-installer. Works great for me. >> >> Me too. But are you able to watch Netflix in Chromium installed with the >> Linuxulator ? Widevine does not work like this. >> > > Just tried it again and it is working perfectly for me. > > Brian > > > >> Mario. >> >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM Brian Kidney <bkidney@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 22, 2025, 9:56 p.m. Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> And if he wants to watch Netflix using Chromium for Linux using the >>>> Linuxulator,it will not work. Chromium should be installed natively in >>>> FreeBSD,not in Linux. >>>> >>> >>> I have been using Chromium in Linuxulator using this script: >>> https://github.com/mrclksr/linux-browser-installer. Works great for me. >>> >>> 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. >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mario. >> >