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Ask Slashdot: Linux Friendly Video Streaming?

Posted by timothy on from the chromebox-works-with-netflix-at-least dept.

earthwormgaz writes "I've set up a Linux XBMC + MythTV with FreeView machine for the lounge at home. It works pretty well for Linux, although things crash here and there. The Mrs wants LoveFilm or Netflix, but it seems they're Silverlight and not Linux friendly. Is there anyone doing streaming film and TV with Flash or something else that works on Linux? Failing that, is there anyway to download a film for £4-6 say, as just an AVI file or something, legally?"

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  1. Re:If money is no object by mrjb · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are aware that you can build a decent multimedia system for about 400$US, right?

    Not everyone has 400$ to spare.

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  2. Re:amazon by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm afraid I can't let you do that Dave.

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