[HLUG] October Meeting coming UP and how to watch TV content on your Linux pc

[david winterton]

And I have a cheap British phone running Cyanogen Mod, if you are still
looking for a phone Julian

On 23 Oct 2016 11:37 a.m., "Julian Robbins via Herefordshire" <
herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi
>
> It will be our October meeting on Wednesday, I should be there hopefully .
> Myn wife is laid up with a broken ankle so I've had a lot less time to do
> things as I need to help her a lot more for the time being .
>
> I will send all the details of the meeting later on.
>
> I've been investigating how to play UK TV content on Linux. BBC and ITV are
> fine, and Netflix/Youtube is fine as they all use HTML5 but 4oD (Channel 4)
> and Channel 5 use DRM protect Flash at the moment which isn't supported out
> of the box on Linux unfortunately.
>
> The best guide to getting 4oD working is from the inventor of Linux Mint
> Clement Lefevre here <https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2028>.
> This easy to follow guide works by using Wine to install Firefox for
> Windows andFlash for Windows which allows the DRM to be got round. Does
> work quite well.
>
> With flash starting to die out and HTML5 in its place the future should
> look more rosy in a year or two's time.
>
> Anyone else got any tips on how they watch online with Linux?
>
> Julian
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