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Netflix Using HTML5 Video For ARM Chromebook

Posted by Unknown on from the shiny-new-antifeatures dept.

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.)

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  1. Re:How's it work on Android? by Desler · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Nope, it's due to hardware-level support of DRM. They even said so when they first started releasing it for select devices.

  2. Re:How's it work on Android? by Desler · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Yes it is. They even said so when they first started rolling it out.

    Although we don’t have a common platform security mechanism and DRM, we are able to work with individual handset manufacturers to add content protection to their devices. Unfortunately, this is a much slower approach and leads to a fragmented experience on Android, in which some handsets will have access to Netflix and others won’t.

    It's also why consoles and set top boxes have it.