[BlueCop]

Citizen_Seven: I want to add the option of launching a web browser. I have never really launched an external program in any plug-ins. I am looking how some of the other scripts do it. I wanted to test some a few browsers. There is a mini-player url we can use that is fully the flash player component. a full screen browse would then have the player full as well.

Flash doesn't run well on my htpc because it runs linux. It doesn't run at all on my atv2 or ipad. those are the 3 primary devices I use xbmc on. When they implement DRM it completely eliminates my ability to watch the content on the screens I want. I haven't really felt like spending time making it work in a browser when I benefit very little. I just had other stuff I wanted to work on really.

I would bet these DRM requirements are from the content providers. It is just another example of when they make it easier to pirate the content you want. I mean BR and DVD copy protections are completely broken DRM. It doesn't prevent anyone motivated to do so from copying the disc contents. The content providers know this. They still release dvds and blurays that get ripped and pirated. People still copy discs from rental and subscription services.

If they are insisting on unneeded DRM in online realm then they would eventually have to cut off the DVD and BR market to force people into using their online player environments.

That is where they cross the line. They shouldn't be able to determine how I decode the content that I pay for. They crossed the same line on disc formats when they had User Prohibited Actions like disabling skip forward during pre-roll trailers. They think people should be forced to watch this shit every time they put a DVD in a drive. I just mean fuck these people. They hate their customers and treat them with no respect. I wouldn't stand behind technology that confines the customer rather then empowering the customer.