Netflix running in Google Chrome on linux
Fed up of havingto useGoogle Chrome each timeyou want to goon a Netflix binge? I’ve got some good news for you.
Mozilla planto support plugin-free streaming forNetflix (and Amazon Prime Video, and other similar services) inFirefox for Linux, startingwith Firefox 49, due September, 2016.
Like Google Chrome, Firefox will remove support for NPAPI pluginsfrom its browser inthe near future, plugins thatsomevideo streaming sites relyon for playback.
‘Mozilla plan to support the Widevine CDM on Linux, letting users watch Netflix without plugins’
html5 DRM provides an alternative, and bothNetflix and Amazon Prime have switched to using it on their web-clients.
“Widevine support is an alternative solution for streaming services that currently rely on Silverlight for playback of DRM-protected video content. It will allow websites to show DRM-protected video content in Firefox without the use of NPAPI plugins. This is an important step on Mozilla’s roadmap toremove NPAPI plugin support,” the company explained earlier this year.
TheGoogle Widevine CDM (Content Decryption Manager) is already available in Firefox onwindows and Mac OS X.
Now the browser plans to support it on Linux.
Downloaded On First RunThe plan is to handle Google Widevine CDM on Linux in thesame way as on otherplatforms. That is: the module isdownloaded and installed when you open Firefox, but is onlyenabled when you firstopena site that requiresit.
It’s unlikely that Netflix and companywill flip the switch forLinux Firefox users right away, so some short-term user-agent switching may be necessary ( as it was on Chrome to begin with ).
DRM isn’t everyone’s favourite fruit-shoot, so Mozilla will, as always, offeran Encrypted Media Extension free version of their browser to allow purists to browse free of any DRM encrypteddoohickeys.
Are you a Firefox user who is looking forward to this? Will this tempt you back from Chrome? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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