pipelight/silverlight not working for netflix on firefox/ubuntu 14.04 lts

Asked by ben wheatley

used terminal to install pipelight and silverlight. bubblemark ok. silverlight shows up in firefox. ran system-check, libraries failed, but the important ones listed on help page all there. can open netflix account but not download. tried disabling all add-ons, same result. thanks

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Michael Müller (mqchael) said :
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Hi,

could you explain a bit more what fails? Do you get an error code when opening Netflix?

Michael

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ben wheatley (benjwheatley) said :
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Hi, thanks,
I get a page telling me which operating systems netflix will talk to, netflix.com/WiMessage?msg=51

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Best Michael Müller (mqchael) said :
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Hi,

you most probably did not install an user agent switcher. Please follow the instructions at http://pipelight.net/cms/installation-user-agent.html

Michael

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ben wheatley (benjwheatley) said :
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Thanks Michael Müller, that solved my question.