Netflixbmc is an addon for XBMC allowing you to watch Netflix under Linux.
Through a combination of html scraping, utilizing pipelight, and using
PyQt4 to implement a standalone embedded pipelight viewer, you can now watch
Netflix videos in xbmc on Linux!
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You need Linux to use this Addon (note it has been developed under Ubuntu).
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You need to install pipelight. For a tutorial on installing pipelight see the website http://www.webupd8.org/2013/08/pipelight-use-silverlight-in-your-linux.html
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You need to install PyQt4. In ubuntu you can do this by running the command "apt-get install python-qt4".
You can close the pipelight window by sending an Escape key.
You need a window manager running. If you're running xbmc in standalone mode you'll need to have fluxbox or some other manager running.
People running compiz, emerald, etc. may experience issues with the player (try disabling these if they are running).
Don't forget to autohide your mouse with unclutter!
Thank you to my wife who has put up with my neglect over the past few days while I worked on this addon.