Whether you prefer the plugin solution, the virtual machine, or simply using Google Chrome to view Netflix, your action is vindication of their hard work, directly or otherwise. Linux developers fed up with being held back by proprietary software have worked hard to find replacements for Silverlight. Netflix is becoming more widely available on Linux these days, thanks in part to the Raspberry Pi and its use as a media center. It shouldn't still be necessary, but we've heard of a few users still using this trick. This will trick Netflix into thinking you're on Windows, macOS or Chrome OS. If you're still struggling, consider a User Agent switching plugin for your browser (for Firefox and for Chrome). Avoid HD streams if you want reliable performance. Manually do this either via the desktop menu, or using sudo rebootĪlthough you should now be able to enjoy Netflix streaming on your Raspberry Pi, keep it lightweight.
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Note that you may need to restart your Pi once the upgrade has installed. Click this to open the site in a dedicated Chromium window and enjoy. Once this has completed, you should be able to find Netflix-Launcher in the Internet menu. Sudo dpkg -i chromium-browser_.84-0ubuntu0.14.deb
In the Terminal, run these two commands: wget Again, this is thanks to the Widevine plugin, but you’ll need a very particular build of Chromium for this to work. This quite simply means that you can now watch Netflix on the Pi.
Other plugins are available for Chromium that can run on ARM versions of Linux, such as Raspbian Jessie on the Raspberry Pi.