[mythtv-users] netflix + myth 0.23

[Josh White]

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
> wrote:
> > On 4/8/2010 09:44, Brian Wood wrote:
> >>
> >> On the plus side, the success of the dedicated hardware units (like the
> >> Roku
> >> player) should prove to the program suppliers that Linux can "protect"
> >> their
> >> content as well as any other OS, and that Linux is not just a pirate
> tool.
> >>
> >
> > No.  Linux systems cannot 'protect' content.  It is impossible, due to
> being
> > 'open source'.  All someone has to do is recompile the source without the
> > bits that prevent end user access to the content.  Even if one used
> binaries
> > with the crypto keys built, preventing a simple recompile, the source is
> > available to make it easy to find the keys.  Even if one used a closed
> > source application, there is no protected video output, so one could just
> > capture the output to the X server, and have the uncompressed video.  It
> > just won't work.
> >
> > The reason that little embedded systems can get by is because they often
> do
> > all decoding and playback in a custom hardware chain.  The Linux OS
> exists
> > for bootloading and menu display.  The video and OS never touch.
>
> Technically speaking there isn't a legal reason why a NetFlix Player
> on Linux has to be Open Source. The DRM part could be closed source
> like the NVidia driver and could even require some sort of encrypted
> file system to install it to keep it safer.
>
> Granted, some distros wouldn't include it by default, but users could
> still install it.
>
> This ain't gonna happen though, is it? ;-)
>
> - Mark
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The problem here seems to be Linux.  We have frontends running on Mac OS an
even Windows (though not very well in the case of Windows). If runing Myth &
Netflix is really the goal, then I suggest switching the OS to something
that supports both.
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