[mythtv-users] Toggling compositing

[Chris]

On 13-03-25 03:57 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:

Funny, I took a class on misinterpretation of e-mail and how they hurt 
relationships.  This just might be a classic case .

Pronouncements such as "there is no application that allows the use of 
Netflix and its DRM'ed video in GNU/Linux" and statements such as "Are 
you doing something crazy" or "or, well, basically anything that's 
actually supported by Netflix" all felt a little lecture-y and 
condescending to me. Clearly that was not your intent.

The fact is I've been experimenting with linux and Mythtv since boxing 
day  to see if I can get rid of all the peripherals you suggest. I have 
a satellite receiver/PVR, roku box and BluRay player under my TV and I 
am dissatisfied with them all.  My satellite provider charges a stupid 
amount of money and it keeps going up. Roku in Canada is inferior 
(Netflix is the only worthwhile app in my opinion) and  finding a place 
to rent BluRays is becoming more and more difficult. Thus an HTPC seemed 
to be the most commonsensical solution I could come up with.

So please bear with me while I experiment with my system.  I don't know 
if this compositing issue is going to be a deal killer with respect to 
Netflix, but the application actually works quite well on my other box 
(i.e. I don't feel like I was jumping through hoops).

Cheers
Chris



> On 03/24/2013 09:59 PM, gcsa60 wrote:
>> Yikes! That was a bit of a scathing response Mike. Like Jason said, 
>> it works quite well (on my other Ubuntu box).
>>
>
> Use an approach supported by the Netflix service to use the Netflix 
> service is a scathing response?  It just seems like common sense to 
> me.  It's also what I do--just hit the Input button on my remote to 
> switch the TV so I can watch Netflix on a player that works without 
> having to jump through hoops (and I do the same for Amazon 
> Instant--even though it uses Flash, and Adobe makes a Flash player 
> that almost works on GNU/Linux, because it works much better than 
> using Flash on GNU/Linux).
>
> Mike
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