Netflix Using HTML5 Video For ARM Chromebook

sfcrazy writes "Netflix is using HTML5 video streaming instead of using Microsoft's Silverlight on Chromebooks (which now supports DRM for HTML5). Recently Google enabled the much controversial DRM support for HTML5 in Chrome OS to bring services like Netflix to Chromebooks using HTML5." Still no word on general support for GNU/Linux, but x86 or ARM, what's the difference? (If you're ok with DRM at least.)

Comments

Re:How's it work on Android?

[dreamchaser]

No it's not. Netflix will run on any Android device running 2.2 and higher, regardless of support on said devices for hardware DRM. They do it in software within the Netflix app.

EME

[pavon]

Netflix did use NaCl on the Intel Chromebooks, but are now using HTML5/EME on the ARM chromebooks. Here is the official Chrome Google+ feed announcement.

Re:Chrome sync is dangerous.

[L4t3r4lu5]

So you're telling me that you logged into your personl account on an untrusted computer, through your two-factor authentication scheme, failed to read the dialog box prompting you to download personal data to the machine, and then were surprised when this synchronisation scheme applied changes to your account?

PEBKAC. Works as intended. I presume you've been modded up so we can all laugh at you for thinking that this is somehow the fault of Google.