[TriLUG] Netflix streaming through guest OS?

[Greg Brown]

Yes, you can stream movies in HD using the Roku player, assuming you've got
the bandwidth to do it.

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Ron Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the dumb question, but does Roku (and Netflix) offer high-def
> movies via the Roku player?  This may be a better alternative to the Redbox
> for my family...
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Ron
>
>
>
> On Oct 8, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Jon Carnes wrote:
>
>  Roku ++1
>>
>> I've pretty much stopped watching live TV.
>>
>> Jon Carnes
>> FeatureTel.com
>>
>> On Thu, 2009-10-08 at 08:38 -0400, Greg Brown wrote:
>>
>>> For less than one windows license you could get a $100 roku box.
>>> Mine has performed flawlessly, well the second one.  Roku #1 lasted
>>> one movie, but I've forgiven them for that.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Oct 7, 2009, at 10:44 PM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Message: 1
>>>>> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 10:21:04 -0400
>>>>> From: Carl Crider <c.crider at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: [TriLUG] Netflix streaming through guest OS?
>>>>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
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>>>>> Since VirtualBox has been a recent topic, I'm interested if anyone
>>>>> is
>>>>> using Netflix streaming through a
>>>>> guest (non-Linux) OS? Since the streaming doesn't work with my
>>>>> current
>>>>> media box, I'm wondering
>>>>> if this is a solution.[?]
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are doing this, can you please share your machine specs?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> -Carl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>> Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:28:21 -0400
>>>>> From: Brian Cottingham <spiffytech at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Netflix streaming through guest OS?
>>>>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
>>>>> Message-ID: <4ACCA585.4070900 at gmail.com>
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>>>>>
>>>>> I have done this with both Windows XP and Windows 7 guests. The
>>>>> playback
>>>>> performance is decent with the Netflix player operating inside the
>>>>> browser window on my 3-year-old laptop. I expect fullscreen player
>>>>> performance would be fine on a more modern machine with a real
>>>>> graphics
>>>>> card and hardware virtualization support.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dell Insporin e1405
>>>>> Core Duo 1.66 GHz
>>>>> 3GB 533MHz RAM
>>>>>
>>>>> -Brian
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am considering doing something similar. My roommate has a
>>>> subscription to Netflix. He purchased the (windows only) app PlayOn
>>>> (http://www.themediamall.com/playon/) which allows you to stream
>>>> Netflix (also Hulu, CBS, YouTube, CNN, ESPN etc) to Xbox etc. In our
>>>> case we have XBMC installed on the Xbox and it works really well, in
>>>> fact it's a whole lot more usable than Boxee is on my appleTV (which
>>>> is god awful slow).
>>>>
>>>> Previously my roommate has been running PlayOn on his windows laptop
>>>> but we have an always on Debian 5.0 server/gateway which I was
>>>> thinking of running virtualbox on. The hardware is Athlon 64 3200+
>>>> with 1 GB of memory (no AMD-V extensions) so I'm not sure how well it
>>>> will work. The system is basically headless and X less so I was
>>>> thinking of running virtualbox in a vnc session.. is there a way to
>>>> run virtualbox w/o X? It would be nicer I think.
>>>>
>>>> Any other hurdles to overcome with the above? I haven't had the time
>>>> to hook it all up.
>>>>
>>>> John Brier
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