qtwebflix

A qt webengine program to watch Netflix

As of March 30th 2018:

   Now supports Netflix in 1080P.
   Also supports adding other streaming services go to ~/.config/Qtwebflix/Providers.conf and add your service
   ex. netflix=https://netflix.com
   To use these other services right clicking will bring up a context menu with all available options.

Now available in the AUR

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qtwebflix-git/

Requirements- qt5,qtwebegine(with proprietary codecs)

Arch users do not need to compile qtwebengine with proprietary codecs, the offical package has them enabled.

Ubuntu 17.04/17.10 - qtwebengine comes with proprietary codecs

   Grab the deb package from releases
   chmod +x widevine.sh
   sudo ./widevine.sh

Most others must compile qtwebengine with proprietary codecs.

Read this http://blog.qt.io/blog/2016/06/03/netflix-qt-webengine-5-7/

Instructions:

1. Install qt5
2. Compile qtwebengine according to the link above
3. Dowload the source
4. cd into the folder
5. Type make clean
6. Type qmake -config release
7. Type make
8. Binary will be labeled netflix
9. Enjoy a standalone netflix player :) f11 for fullscreen and crtl + q to quit

Note: If you receiving an error loading netflix try

   netflix --register-pepper-plugins="/usr/lib/qt/plugins/ppapi/libwidevinecdmadapter.so; application/x-ppapi-widevine-cdm"