Matt
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Re: My PS3 is waiting
said by davoice  :Yes. The downside is it isn't the same quality due to the required transcoding. Native Netflix support on PS3s will resolve that problem. For now it's just easier to hook my laptop up the TV via HDMI if I wanted to do it. }Davoice Booo! I didn't know it transcoded the video. |
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davoice
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Saxapahaw, NC | It has to. PS3 doesn't play Silverlight. Which is what Netflix uses for the web content it's delivering. Netflix used to use Flash but most people have been converted already to Silverlight.
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Matt
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| said by davoice :It has to. PS3 doesn't play Silverlight. Which is what Netflix uses for the web content it's delivering. Netflix used to use Flash but most people have been converted already to Silverlight. }Davoice That makes sense. I thought it was still Flash and I just assumed they created some sort of Flash proxy that would proxy the content to the DLNA device.
I've used other apps (like TVersity and Orb) that want to transcode everything and it destroys quality. |
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Fountainhead
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cvrefugee
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said by davoice :It has to. PS3 doesn't play Silverlight. Which is what Netflix uses for the web content it's delivering. Netflix used to use Flash but most people have been converted already to Silverlight. }Davoice Netflix didn't use Flash for streaming, it was some Windows codec with DRM. |
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Matt
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| said by cvrefugee :said by davoice :It has to. PS3 doesn't play Silverlight. Which is what Netflix uses for the web content it's delivering. Netflix used to use Flash but most people have been converted already to Silverlight. }Davoice Netflix didn't use Flash for streaming, it was some Windows codec with DRM. Netflix used to use Flash until they switched to Silverlight, which is the "Windows codec with DRM" that you're referring to. |
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cvrefugee
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| said by Matt :Netflix used to use Flash until they switched to Silverlight, which is the "Windows codec with DRM" that you're referring to. Netflix never used Adobe Flash. The requirements for Netflix "Watch Instantly" was Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer. The new method allow Macs to access the "Watch Instantly" streaming video because of Silverlight, which is available on both OSes and multiple browsers. |
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itguy05
join:2005-06-17
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| said by cvrefugee :said by Matt :Netflix used to use Flash until they switched to Silverlight, which is the "Windows codec with DRM" that you're referring to. Netflix never used Adobe Flash. The requirements for Netflix "Watch Instantly" was Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer. The new method allow Macs to access the "Watch Instantly" streaming video because of Silverlight, which is available on both OSes and multiple browsers. IIRC, It's VC9 with MS DRM wrapped around it. Closely related to MPEG4 but still 100% proprietary MS crapola (can you tell I hate MS and Silverlight)... |
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Matt
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| said by itguy05 :said by cvrefugee :said by Matt :Netflix used to use Flash until they switched to Silverlight, which is the "Windows codec with DRM" that you're referring to. Netflix never used Adobe Flash. The requirements for Netflix "Watch Instantly" was Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer. The new method allow Macs to access the "Watch Instantly" streaming video because of Silverlight, which is available on both OSes and multiple browsers. IIRC, It's VC9 with MS DRM wrapped around it. Closely related to MPEG4 but still 100% proprietary MS crapola (can you tell I hate MS and Silverlight)... You do know Silverlight is free right? It's not open source, but MS doesn't charge a licensing fee for it. It's also superior to Flash (Flash in it's current form anyway) in every way imaginable minus ubiquity. Microsoft even worked with Novell to make sure it was developed for the Linux platform. (Moonlight)
Silverlight is absolutely a good direction for MS to take. |
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