I upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 today and had always used the Netflix desktop and never had a problem with it. But after doing a clean install of Ubuntu 13.10, it seems like it's thinking after I click on the Netflix application (round clock-looking pointer for a couple of seconds) and then nothing happens.
I tried uninstalling the desktop app and reinstalling, but that didn't work. I'm reading that Pipelight is the best way to go? But following the instructions on this website
did not work either. But I am unsure about how to follow the last 2 instructions Update 1 and Update 2. Note: I'm not getting any error messages at all.
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I was using firefox and couldn't get that to work. Tried chromium and same thing. So I downloaded Chrome and got the User Agent Switcher and switched to Windows Firefox 15 from the extension preferences and finally, Louie is playing on Netflix.
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So, after watching netflix through Chrome for about half an hour, my laptop froze, I had to unplug it to turn it off. Then I noticed that it was burning up. pluginloader.exe seems to be the culprit. So, I've quit using Chrome and still don't have a solution. Thinking about doing another clean install. Sorry, but this answer is not a good one, at least with the hardware I'm using. Also, I had already installed tlp. And with Netflix not running, my computer is back to a nice cool temperature. – kattekens Feb 11 '14 at 06:12
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I Spent two days to finally got it working first of all you need to have wine installed if you do not open a terminal ctrl +alt +t and type:
sudo apt-get install wine then (Press enter)
rm -Rf ~/.wine-browser
Uninstall and purge netflix-desktop:
sudo apt-get purge netflix-desktop
I'm assuming you've added the PPA repository, if not:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ehoover/compholio
sudo apt-get update
Install netflix-desktop:
sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop
When you run netflix-desktop application. it will ask to install moonlight and wine gecko say 'yes' to both
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I did all that and at the end of loading wine gecko, netflix didn't open. So that's when I tried to open it and nothing came up. – kattekens Feb 11 '14 at 05:53
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have you tried to go to the smart scope type netflix and click on the netflix icon? – sebas Feb 11 '14 at 06:03
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Yes. It looks like it's about to do something and then just quits. No error messages. – kattekens Feb 11 '14 at 06:15
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yes i know what you mean same thing happened to me I ended up un installing netflix and then did what i posted before after that somehow it worked just fine – sebas Feb 11 '14 at 06:18
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I was just wondering if you use hola unblocker in Firefox it is been reported as the cause for some laptops to heat when running ubuntu – sebas Feb 15 '14 at 05:46
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No I don't use hola unblocker. Though, since I posted this question I've installed Cairo Dock and my laptop never runs hot anymore. @sebas – kattekens Mar 17 '14 at 02:17
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No need for netflix desktop
Netflix works fine with chrome in ubuntu Hbo nordic and magine tv works fine with firefox if pipelight with widewine and silverlight enabled.
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Now with HBO Nordic update it stopped working. Netflix works fine with Chrome or Firefox + Pipelight + User Agent. – Jan-Olof Andersson Apr 19 '15 at 09:38