Netflix plays on silverlight.
There is a linux silverlight project called moonlight.
Android is Linux.
My searching has found 0 tutorials on how to get all of that together so I can stream netflix movies onto my captivate.
I did see the article about netflix saying in 2011 that there will be a netflix branded app on some devices but it doesnt list devices so not even sure if that would help.
Moonlight doesn't work with Netflix even on Ubuntu or Fedora, or any other Linux build. On normal Linux, even when switching the UA string to one that identifies as Windows, it still isn't compatible. To watch Netflix on Linux you have to create a VM with Windows and use Silverlight there.
It is a nice idea though. I hear Netflix is coming out with an Android client here soon. They maybe waiting on Gingerbread or Honeycomb.
So I guess the question here is this: What would it take to get virtualbox ported to android??
veive said:
So I guess the question here is this: What would it take to get virtualbox ported to android??
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More RAM in our devices.
Two things to add
1. Oracle needs to stop suing Google (VirtualBox was Sun and now Oracle) for VirtualBox to be even remotely ported to something like Android.
2. Android to stop fragmenting so badly that companies like Netflix has to write specific versions of the app for the platform (refer to Angry Birds dev about the topic if you are curious).
Thanks guys - good information...
If Netflix comes out for a phone such as the droid incredible but not for the captivate because the droid has a "DRM" path or something.
Will it be easy for people to "steal" the app so we can get it to work on captivate? Or is it hard to do stuff like that?
NinjaCoder said:
Thanks guys - good information...
If Netflix comes out for a phone such as the droid incredible but not for the captivate because the droid has a "DRM" path or something.
Will it be easy for people to "steal" the app so we can get it to work on captivate? Or is it hard to do stuff like that?
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No doubt, that's one MAJOR factor thats held back Netflix for soo long on Android... DRM. With Android being as open as it is, Netflix's content providers won't allow it without some kind of strong DRM. It would probably be as easy to "barrow" as Blockbuster from a VZW Android phone.
VirtualBox won't run Windows on a phone. Not enough memory, and CPU emulation from ARM to x86 is crazy slow on something like a phone CPU, no matter if it's 1GHz or 1.28GHz like mine. The UI for an emulated XP, for example, would be like a seriously laggy powerpoint presentation.
We're best off not even thinking about it until an official client is announced.
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2. Android to stop fragmenting so badly that companies like Netflix has to write specific versions of the app for the platform (refer to Angry Birds dev about the topic if you are curious).
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That's not an issue. EVERY Android phone is capable of displaying streaming video. Even the 528MHz MSM7200 based phones can handle streams of up to 1500Kb/s.
Even if the phone is capable of streaming video, Androids fragmentation is getting in the way of the streaming software. For example, the android ustream app does not work on the Galaxy S.
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Even if the phone is capable of streaming video, Androids fragmentation is getting in the way of the streaming software. For example, the android ustream app does not work on the Galaxy S.
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Again, that has nothing to do with fragmentation. That app is in Beta, so bugs on different builds of Android are 100% expected.
This is my attempt to create a basic Linux TV server for mobile devices. A poor mans slingbox alternative (with a channel controller). I started tinkering with a simple android webview apk that I haven't posted yet because I want to create one that would support ssh tunnels for the server. So for now this example can run from any www client with flash support (I'm running 2.2.1 firmware and Flash Player 10.2 in the demo) It's not as fancy as slingbox but it works for me.. maybe it would work for someone else too.
Alpha Demo: (file attached): mhtvs.tar
See youtube link in attached file for demo..
This forum has been so helpful to me... I lurk here often just thought I would submit my project as a thank you to xda.
Interesting
Sounds very nice! Could you please post a basic tutorial or steps to configure the files on source code?
Is it possible to watch Netflix on the touchpad?
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Don't think so. I'm not a professional, but without an official release from Netflix to the WebOS (or at least a port from Android) we will never be able to do it. It uses silverlight and not flash, that's the problem...
Nop, but amazon on demand does (for whatever that's worth).
Netflix is not currently and will probably never be officially supported for WebOS (which of course is the OS that the Touchpad uses). However, there are some solutions.
Currently, you could use Playon. I've not tried it on the TP personally, but I heard it does not work very well and if it's anything like my experience with Android, then I'd have to agree with those people.
Upcoming solutions, 1) Wait for Android. If Android is not something you are interested in then perhaps, 2) Wait for Splashtop Remote Desktop. Splashtop is the only remote desktop app I've used that plays media from a remote location as if it's playing natively on the device you are using. It's wonderful piece of software and it's coming soon to WebOS.
If neither of those solutions are something you might want to try, unfortunately, you may be out of options. Netflix does not see making an app for webOS worth it's while so we will probably never see an app. Silverlight is what PC's use to play Netflix in the browser, unfortunately that will likely never be supported either.
This is not a specific question. Rather, I am asking for your guidance/opinion.
I have to build a video player (that plays Youtube Video, not live streaming) using Java for Android phones.
I would like to know your opinion on:
Which library is the easiest to use and incorporate with Eclipse for developing a video player? I would like to use the Eclipse Android Emulator, if that's possible.
Can u guys suggest tutorials/howtos/books regarding such development. I am new at this, so when I try to search the Internet, I get loads of hits, which confuses me. Please provide me with a starting point.
Bye.
Use the generic class MediaPlayer (included in Android SDK, so it can be easily added to your project).
Hello my name is Ryan and I am developing a remote application for Android-x86. The application works like this taking a HDMI signal from your computer and streaming it to a tablet with multi touch UI. The project is currently in development and will be released soon. The server side will be a executable and library and the remote side will be a APK. FYI Linux HDMI capture devices work on Android-x86.Stay tuned for more..