Why is there no Netflix and Hulu support in XBMC as of yet?

MarkTaunton · 2010-01-04 01:12

Hang on, do people actually pay for movies anymore?

You call sleepy Elitist but don't you have to be rich to be able to pay for every movie that you want to watch?

I have a thousand movies downloaded that I will not watch, I have hundreds of DVDs that I will not watch.

I enjoy collecting but until movies come down to £2 or £3 I wouldn't pay £10 or more for a movie.

Cinema is £20 to watch a movie including pop corn.

I fund the industry by buying movies, but I do not get ripped off by everything they release.

So who is the snob?

crackers · 2010-01-04 07:47

hartjo1 Wrote:And that's precisely my point, crackers. If I can do Hulu from a browser window on my Ubuntu laptop, why not XBMC? Netflix I understand. But Hulu seems like a no-brainer.

Then you build it. That's the beauty of Open Source: if a feature doesn't exist that you want, you're more than free to add that feature yourself. However, it does not mean that developers of a given project will implement it for you, no matter how "persuasive" your arguments are.

**althekiller** · 2010-01-04 08:09

hartjo1 Wrote:Couldn't XBMC simply launch a skinned browser?

We could, but it would look and nav like ass. So we won't. The only acceptable browser based solution would be to render the pages to a texture and display that like we do with video. This is non-trivial to do in a cross-platform manner. As always, patches are welcome.

osli · 2010-01-04 08:58

I'm still fumbling my way around xbmc, but does it currently have the ability to launch an external app of choice? I suppose that's what the easy scripting environment is for...?

Why not just create a simple script to launch the netflix url in your browser of choice... that way you at least you can launch netflix from within xbmc, complete with the look and navigation of ass. Smile

hogfan · 2010-01-04 17:07

Launching Netflix in a browser is not the issue. The playback is the issue because MS Silverlight isn't supported on Linux, and that is what Netflix uses to stream. A script could be written to launch Netflix in a browser window on windows, but you could just as easily minimize xbmc and launch the browser yourself.

BigBopper · 2010-01-04 19:45

Is this ready to be a solution yet? I am not technical.

http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight

paularms · 2010-01-04 20:15

BigBopper Wrote:Is this ready to be a solution yet? I am not technical.

http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight

No, as pointed out in other threads and in some quick google searches, Moonlight doesn't support Silverlight's DRM stack, which is necessary for Netflix to play.

felixxx999 · 2010-01-05 00:08

why don't you just pay for the play-on plug in? It gives you both Hulu and Netflix on your XBMC. I use it and it's perfect. Not sure what more you want.

fatsarmstrong · 2010-01-06 19:37

Sleepy, how did you go about setting up the auto torrent download? I will do a search to figure it out but if it is simple I would be interested in hearing how you did it.

fatsarmstrong · 2010-01-06 19:55

felixxx999 Wrote:why don't you just pay for the play-on plug in? It gives you both Hulu and Netflix on your XBMC. I use it and it's perfect. Not sure what more you want.

If I am running on XBMC Live (linux) will this Play-On plugin work for me? I will look into the product later today but I am curious what you can tell me about it.

hogfan Fan Posts: 380 Joined: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0	2010-01-04 17:07 Post: #15 Launching Netflix in a browser is not the issue. The playback is the issue because MS Silverlight isn't supported on Linux, and that is what Netflix uses to stream. A script could be written to launch Netflix in a browser window on windows, but you could just as easily minimize xbmc and launch the browser yourself.
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BigBopper Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0 Location: Boston	2010-01-04 19:45 Post: #16 Is this ready to be a solution yet? I am not technical. http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
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paularms Member Posts: 78 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 0	2010-01-04 20:15 Post: #17 BigBopper Wrote:Is this ready to be a solution yet? I am not technical. http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight No, as pointed out in other threads and in some quick google searches, Moonlight doesn't support Silverlight's DRM stack, which is necessary for Netflix to play.
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felixxx999 Junior Member Posts: 37 Joined: Feb 2008 Reputation: 0	2010-01-05 00:08 Post: #18 why don't you just pay for the play-on plug in? It gives you both Hulu and Netflix on your XBMC. I use it and it's perfect. Not sure what more you want.
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fatsarmstrong Junior Member Posts: 15 Joined: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0 Location: Utah	2010-01-06 19:37 Post: #19 Sleepy, how did you go about setting up the auto torrent download? I will do a search to figure it out but if it is simple I would be interested in hearing how you did it.
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fatsarmstrong Junior Member Posts: 15 Joined: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0 Location: Utah	2010-01-06 19:55 Post: #20 felixxx999 Wrote:why don't you just pay for the play-on plug in? It gives you both Hulu and Netflix on your XBMC. I use it and it's perfect. Not sure what more you want. If I am running on XBMC Live (linux) will this Play-On plugin work for me? I will look into the product later today but I am curious what you can tell me about it.
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