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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / July 2008Netflix "Watch Instantly"
Windows boxes, and soon even Xbox, support the Netflix "Watch Instantly" feature. How can I make this work on my G5? They claim to support only Windoze. > Windows boxes, and soon even Xbox, support the Netflix "Watch Instantly" > feature. How can I make this work on my G5? They claim to support only > Windoze. They support only Windows. That should pretty much answer your question. There are too many layers that would need to be reimplemented, the biggest sticking point being DRM. Expectation is that Netflix themselves will be doing something about it this calendar year (based on their own statements several months ago), presumably via Silverlight.  Signature"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?" - Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix >Windows boxes, and soon even Xbox, support the Netflix "Watch Instantly" >feature. How can I make this work on my G5? They claim to support only >Windoze. It uses Microsofts DRM, which is only available in Windows and other MS devices (e.g. X-Box). On a G5, you would have to run some kind of emmulation software (e.g. Virtual PC) and install Windows. On an Intel box, you could use Bootcamp. Or you might be able to do it with Darwine (some people have had limited success using Wine on Linux). But native in OSX on a PowerPC Chip? Not possible as far as I can tell. -Stephen Signature"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Stephen Adams malchus842SP@AMgmail.com (remove SPAM to reply) > >Windows boxes, and soon even Xbox, support the Netflix "Watch Instantly" > >feature. How can I make this work on my G5? They claim to support only [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > do it with Darwine (some people have had limited success using > Wine on Linux). I've watched Netflix movies using VMWare Fusion on my Intel Mac. > But native in OSX on a PowerPC Chip? Not possible as far as I can tell. > > -Stephen SignatureJerry Kindall, Seattle, WA <http://www.jerrykindall.com/> Send only plain text messages under 32K to the Reply-To address. This mailbox is filtered aggressively to thwart spam and viruses. |
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