HD video playback from streaming services
Apart from the obvious nautical themed solutions, are there any ways around streaming services not allowing HD video playback on Linux? Prime video is the one I’ve noticed it with the most, I haven’t tried Disney plus yet but I’m expecting it to be similar. I’ve been dual booting for a while now and this is the main thing keeping me on Windows at the moment.
I had this problem so I just hit the high seas for a much better experience. Then I cancelled my service because clearly they didn't want my business.
No as you can not bypass DRM. DRM is designed to block your control of your machine.
Seriously, DRM is the problem. There's no one benefitting from it except for large corporations who have a stranglehold on content.
Yeah. And even the corporations aren't benefiting. The best Pirates crack that stuff quickly, and the rest of us (not me, obviously, I'm no pirate) just leach off the best Pirates. People trying to give them money are hurt.
Here's someone's blog doing it: https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/netflix-on-asahi.html
Personally what I have seen so far, Netflix and Disney+Hotstar (here a popular OTT platform Hotstar and Disney merged and this is the result) works pretty well and I can watch it HD (never tried 4K because I don'thave any 4K device). It's just Amazon Prime that doesn't just HD playback among all the OTT services I have used so far.
Ah ok, I’d heard Netflix had the issue as well but I don’t use it so I couldn’t confirm. Maybe it’s time to reconsider my prime subscription, although I do still use it for 1 day delivery
I haven't noticed since I started exclusively using plex for all of my media except YouTube. Highly recommend.
For Netflix there's a browser extension that does it, but I don't know of a solution for other streaming services