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play movies on Netflix site

Asked by Ramin Mustamandi

I'm trying to play movies on Netflix site and Im not able to. Is there some kind of support for my web browser to play movies? Im using Firefox.

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Instant Watching System Compatibility
Watching instantly on your computer

Our apologies — streaming is not supported for your operating system.

Note that your current Internet browser is fully compatible with adding titles to the Instant Queue for later watching on compatible devices.
Complete System Requirements

To watch instantly, you'll need a computer that meets the following minimum requirements:

    * Windows
          o Windows XP with Service Pack 2, Vista or Windows 7
          o Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher; or Firefox 3 or higher; or Chrome 7 or higher
          o 1.2 GHz processor
          o 512 MB RAM
    * Mac
          o An Intel-based Mac with OS 10.4.11 or later
          o Safari 3 or higher; or Firefox 3 or higher
          o 1 GB RAM

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UbuntuFanatic (ubuntufanatic-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

More information is needed, what plugins do you have installed, and what version of Firefox?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Netflix will not run on Ubuntu. You need to run a virtualbox with windows in order to get the service to work.

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UbuntuFanatic (ubuntufanatic-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

Would Firefox in Wine work?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Could try it, it is free to try.

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Ramin Mustamandi (ramin-akhtar) said : 		#5

thank you guys for your replies,
now how can i get the virtual box with windows?
i do have windows 7 installed but i wanted to switch to Ubuntu everything, & everything is new to me here, thanks a gain

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Ramin Mustamandi (ramin-akhtar) said : 		#6

by the way im using the version 1.0 of firefox

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Firefox 1.0 is circa 2004 and is not supported in any way by anyone. I suspect you have Firefox 3.6.16. If you use your Windows install media you can setup a virtualbox using that with your license. I personally suggest you simply find an alternate service.

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Larry Jordan (larryjor) said : 		#8

     Two sites with how-to's:

http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_watch_Netflix_%28Watch_Instantly%29_in_Linux

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuyPJFhVTxQ

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