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jdmonmou

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Registered: 2015-12-25

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Watching streaming services that don't support Linux

I was wondering if anyone has a nice solution to viewing streaming services that don't support Linux. I use xfinity stream and NBA League Pass and it looks like they use some sort of DRM that doesn't allow you to watch on Linux. Here are some references to the issue I'm talking about:

https://forums.xfinity.com/conversation … 541faa84c1

https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comment … no_longer/

A long time ago I was able to install a windows version of Firefox via Wine and was able to watch that way. But I don't think that browsers such as firefox or chrome or maintained on wine anymore. Would anyone know of another solution besides installing a virtual machine?

Last edited by jdmonmou (2023-12-11 17:36:13)

seth

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Re: Watching streaming services that don't support Linux

Does Widevine work? iirc vivaldi does that out ofthe box.

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jdmonmou

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Registered: 2015-12-25

Posts: 13

Re: Watching streaming services that don't support Linux

I tested whether Widevine works by going to Netflix and I'm able to stream without issue using google chrome. It's only certain sites like the ones I listed that don't allow streaming on Linux.