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Streaming March Madness On Linux?

Posted by timothy on from the when-you-can-snatch-this-pebble-from-my-hand dept.

neersign writes "March Madness is here and NCAA.com is streaming all of the games over the internet for free. The downside is they are using Microsoft technologies to do so. The standard player lists Windows XP/Vista, IE6, and WMP 9 as the base requirements. The High Quality Video Player requires Silverlight 2. So my question is: how would a Linux user be able to work around these requirements and watch the games?"

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  1. That's not a bug, it's a feature by tverbeek · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Given the fact that this is Sports, I suspect you'll find that using a closed, proprietary technology was spec'ed as a business requirement for this. The streams are probably wrapped in some kind of DRM, which is something that (as a practical matter) you'll only get by going with a single-vendor solution.

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  2. Re:Faggots by Jamie's+Nightmare · · Score: 3, Insightful

    educate the asshole media companies by calling them assholes.

    I suppose you don't see the "pot and kettle" variety of irony in that method. But trust me, most people would see it.

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