[mythtv-users] netflix + myth 0.23

[Josh White]

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:

> On Thursday 08 April 2010 09:50:30 am Josh White wrote:
>
> >
> > The problem here seems to be Linux.  We have frontends running on Mac OS
> an
> > even Windows (though not very well in the case of Windows). If runing
> Myth
> >  & Netflix is really the goal, then I suggest switching the OS to
> something
> >  that supports both.
> >
>
> I don't see the problem as Linux, I see the problem as DRM.
>
> But in any case I think the Myth developers would prefer to work on Myth,
> not
> something proprietary that makes money for others.
>
> Open Source developers do what they do for their own reasons, which do not
> usually include proprietary solutions.
>
> Granted it would enhance Myth, but if we ever see a Netflix solution for
> Myth
> it would be by calling some external program, not integrated into Myth
> itself.
> Purely a personal opinion of course.
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DRM is the obstacle, and it's a much simpler solution to install a different
operating system and use the DRM and avoid the obsticle than it is to get
netflix and everyone else to stop using it in the first place.  Surely not
an idealistic view, but seems much more pragmatic and attainable.
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