FreeBSD and Netflix OpenConnect
reddit / BSD

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nahnah2017 · 2020-10-13 12:03

[Netflix case study](https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-case-
study-netflix/)

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saka-mulia · 2020-10-13 14:28

That web page is empty. Has it been removed?

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nahnah2017 · 2020-10-13 14:30

Still works for me

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cosmogfd · 2020-10-13 18:23

it uses some third party embedded PDF/magazine reader that must be
blocked in your browser

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0O00O00O0O000OOO0O · 2020-10-13 18:25

And yet you still cannot watch Netflix content on FreeBSD due to a
lack of Widevine DRM.

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trasz · 2020-10-14 02:24

Working on it.

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OsrsNeedsF2P · 2020-10-14 02:32

Do you work at Netflix or are you just a BSD guru? (going off your
post history :O)

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0O00O00O0O000OOO0O · 2020-10-14 05:21

An official Widevine DRM certification of the OS would be a game
changer. It would not only allow to stream Netflix, it would also open
the possibility to stream spotify natively and I am not talking about
a hacky way with virtualization.

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saka-mulia · 2020-10-14 10:13

Yep, that's it. opened fine on desktop. Thanks.

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nsp0323 · 2020-10-15 05:47

What exactly do you mean with "stream Spotify natively"?

Am I doing it wrong? https://www.reddit.com/r/UsabilityPorn/comments/j
7cyaz/frankenwm_spotify/

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0O00O00O0O000OOO0O · 2020-10-16 09:59

I was referring to the web interface play.spotify.com. This definitely
needs widevine.

Didn't know about librespot and spotify-qt. Does it still work? If so
it is definitely a candidate for a port.

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nsp0323 · 2020-10-16 12:16

Why having a client needing a whole web browser to work?

Yes, `librespot` + `spotify-qt` work very well. I've added these to
pkgsrc already. There's also `ncspot` as a TUI alternative.

I don't use FreeBSD, so its up for grabs for port maintainers.

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0O00O00O0O000OOO0O · 2020-10-16 14:58

play.spotify.com needs the DRM widevine plugin installed which is not
OSS and not available for FreeBSD.

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nsp0323 · 2020-10-16 15:26

I don't actually want Spotify running inside my web browser.
I'm aware of what `widevine` is, I can't stream on Linux either, as
there I use `musl-libC` which isn't supported.

Hence, I've packaged the `librespot` backend and `spotify-qt`
frontend.
I've been streaming Spotify (natively) all day while at work, it works
perfectly ;)

Get it packaged for FreeBSD, request it or, bootstrap pkgsrc and build
it. Your choice.

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0O00O00O0O000OOO0O · 2020-10-16 15:28

I'll give it a try.

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nsp0323 · 2020-10-16 15:31

If you do it from pkgsrc do let me know your thoughts.

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0O00O00O0O000OOO0O · 2020-10-16 17:46

Just tried it in a VM. It is pretty sweet. It works like a charm.
Thanks for the tip.

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nsp0323 · 2020-10-16 20:35

Glad you liked it!
One less reason to want widevine ;)

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trasz · 2020-10-18 20:08

Neither; I work on a Foundation-sponsored project to fix Linuxulator,
and one of my goals is to make Netflix work.