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Netflix Offers to Work with Ubuntu to Bring Native Playback to All

We saw last month just how close native Netflix support for Linux is to arriving, with now only a few simple steps required to enable HTML5 video streaming on Ubuntu desktops.

Now Netflix wants to go one step further. It wants to bring true, out-of-the-box Netflix playback to all Ubuntu users. And all it requires is an update to the Network Security Services library.

Netflix Natively? Neato.

In an e-mail sent to the Ubuntu Developer mailing list Netflixs Paul Adolph explains the current situation:

“Netflix will play with Chrome stable in 14.02 if NSS version 3.16.2 or greater is installed. If this version is generally installed across 14.02, Netflix would be able to make a change so users would no longer have to hack their User-Agent to play.”

While the upcoming release of Ubuntu 14.10 offers the newer NSS v3.17, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS — used by the majority of users — currently offers v3.15.x.

NSS is a set of libraries that supports a range of security-enabled client and server applications, including SSL, TLS, PKCS and other security standards. Keen to enable native HTML5 Netflix for Ubuntu LTS users, Paul asks:

“What is the process of getting a new NSS version into the update stream? Or can somebody please provide me with the right contact?”

Netflix began offering HTML5 video playback on Windows 8.1 and OS X Yosemite earlier this year, negating the need for any extra downloads or plugins. The switch has been made possible through the Encrypted Media Extension spec.

While we wait for the discussions to move forward (and hopefully solve it for all) you can still “hack” HTML5 Netflix on Ubuntu by following our guide.


via: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/09/netflix-linux-html5-nss-change-request

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