How are users handling premium streaming services?

[larry5b6]

I'm new to MythTV, hoping to replace an aging Windows Media Center setup. In that environment, services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc., can generally be run in a browser. But looking through the wiki and wish list, I see that there are DRM/etc. issues that make it impossible to watch these services on the internal MythTV browser - I tried briefly, and got an impolite Segmentation fault .

So I'm wondering what other users are doing about this? My smart-ish TV can stream Netflix and Amazon directly, but I'm not sure what my solution would be for Hulu, Paramount, or whatever comes next. The only solution I can think of is to shove one of those 'stick' PCs into another HDMI input, but before I go off and reinvent the square wheel I thought I'd ask what others are doing.

[mtvf2894]

I have added a menu to the Frontend that opens the relevant URLs in Firefox.

You can then have a menu item for each service or just a menu item to Firefox and then use Bookmarks from within Firefox itself.

When you close/exit Firefox you go back to the Frontend.

The streaming service obviously needs to let you watch via Firefox for this to work.

It isn't 100% slick but you soon get used to it and works surprisingly well.

[bshanteau]

I have added a menu to the Frontend that opens the relevant URLs in Firefox.

How?

[paulh]

There is an example in the Helpful Tips section on this wiki page
https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Menu_theme_ ... lpful_Tips

You would just need to tweak it a little to run Firefox and change the type and text to better reflect what the new menu button if for.

[Gribnif]

The biggest hurdle I've found is that no amount of Googling has resulted in a procedure for getting widevine DRM to work with Firefox under Linux. I have the plugin installed and running, but something still doesn't pass muster for Netflix or Amazon Prime.

[gedakc]

Check to see if Digital Restrictions... er Rights Management (DRM) is enabled in Firefox.

It's under the Three bar hamburger menu -> Settings -> General. Enable Play DRM-controlled content.

You might need to scroll down the page quite a bit to find the setting.