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I think it has DRM, and therefore XBMC will not integrate it.
(makes it kinda hard to be open source)
-Wes
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^ i understand that it has drm.
if the xbmc-team doesnt want to include netflix integration because it doesnt go along with the free software mentality then i would understand.
but i was wondering if they ever discussed this possibility (i assume netflix would charge some sort of licensing fee for the ability to decrypt their drm and make them sign an nda about not sharing their proprietary code with others).
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Theoretically, it's possible, since there are quite a few devices that reportedly use a flavor of Linux to stream Netflix to TVs.
Unfortunately, though, Netflix streaming uses Microsoft's Silverlight technology. At one point in time, the open-source Moonlight project was able to get things to work, until Silverlight 2.0 came out with more advanced DRM. Since Netflix switched to requiring 2.0, no one has been able to watch Netflix from any custom Linux setup (ie, a personal computer on which they installed Linux themselves).
At one point in time, Netflix said they were working on it for Linux... I believe that was about 2 years ago and there has been no official mumbling of it since.
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^ thanks for the education, the latest xbmc works wonderfully without it so it is not a big loss.
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Where is the NetFlix plug-in? I thought there use to be a NetFlix plug-in. Any suggestions where to look?
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Hi. Does xbmc have a NetFlix plug-in? If so, where do I find it?
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just like the title says Is there a netflix plugin for xbmc [windows]? I can only seem to find console ports
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there's a boxee addin. I have both boxee and xbmc running on my htpc.