<p dir="ltr">I think Amazon implemented DRM on their videos several months ago, which might be biting you. My searches seem to indicate you can't make it work in Linux currently. </p>
<p dir="ltr">- Chad </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 22, 2013 4:47 PM, "JD" <<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hulu has always worked for me via XBMC. It "just works." Never tried Hulu-Plus.<br>
There is a full thick client application for Linux for Hulu, but haven't used<br>
it in a few years.<br>
<br>
Sadly, I've been unable to get any video streaming from Amazon in or outside<br>
XBMC on Linux in a few months. Won't use Chrome - Chromium does not work.<br>
Firefox does not work. A browser-based solution doesn't really help too much<br>
anyway. 10ft interface requirement. No Chrome - don't trust google.<br>
<br>
I have installed the most current Flash and HAL on the 3 different machines<br>
tested - all Ubuntu 12.04. Everything on the XBMC is working perfectly, except<br>
Prime. I'm loath to change now.<br>
<br>
Mint may be worth it, but any RPM-distro will not. Too many years in RPM-hell to<br>
ever go back voluntarily. Nothing against OpenSUSE - ran that for 3 yrs at work<br>
and never had much issue, just never felt as comfortable as Debian, Ubuntu, and<br>
APT. Didn't challenge RPM much on those machines. Install a few server apps and<br>
patch monthly. That was it. Ran a desktop at home - fine, not exciting or new.<br>
<br>
Spent $100 on a Roku3 to solve the issue. Haven't decided if it will stay or go<br>
yet. It isn't the fantastic thing to me that many people seem to believe. XBMC<br>
is much more flexible, plays anything on the local network and almost anything<br>
over the internet without transcoding. It doesn't phone-home to a central<br>
service provider. The Roku3 has only HDMI out for video AND audio, which screws<br>
with getting audio to any receivers here - none have HDMI-anything. The THX one<br>
supports digital coax and optical. Connecting the Roku3 to a projector will be a<br>
HUGE issue. Tried to use the audio-out on the remote control (meant for<br>
headphones) to a receiver, but it was scratchy 2.0 audio except with their<br>
included headset. Even my Shure's got scratchy audio. Looked at getting a<br>
little older model, but the 5x slower CPU scares me. Yep, need to send it back.<br>
Talked myself into this just now.<br>
<br>
Goodbye Farscape, until XMBC works again.<br>
<br>
Someone said Mint works with Amazon prime ...<br>
<br>
<br>
On 07/22/2013 03:04 PM, Scott Plante wrote:<br>
> Just a moment ago I tried and was able to play Amazon Prime video in Chrome on<br>
> openSUSE 12.3.<br>
><br>
> Not that anyone reported problems, but Hulu worked for me too.<br>
><br>
> It's ironic that as a video site Netflix doesn't even have a promotional video<br>
> on its site you can play without joining up or some specific test video you can<br>
> play to see if your setup works. If you know of one, I'll give it a try, but I'm<br>
> not interested in signing up right now.<br>
><br>
> People have mentioned Android, but I wonder how these sites work with<br>
> Chromebooks. As I understand it, ChromeOS is much closer to standard Linux, just<br>
> with most things hidden under the covers. And with the Samsung Chromebook<br>
> (orig.$249) being the top selling Amazon laptop for months on end, it would seem<br>
> to be in these sites interest to support ChromeOS at least, and from there<br>
> regular Linux might be an easy workable but unsupported option.<br>
><br>
> Scott<br>
><br>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> *From: *"JD" <<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>><br>
> *To: *<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a><br>
> *Sent: *Monday, July 15, 2013 2:18:36 PM<br>
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] Riddle me this<br>
><br>
> On 07/15/2013 01:35 PM, Adrya Stembridge wrote:<br>
>>> No. It doesn't - or it didn't two weeks ago.<br>
>><br>
>> I watched an episode of Sons of Anarchy on Amazon Prime last night. Linux<br>
> Mint 13.<br>
><br>
> This is GREAT NEWS!!!<br>
><br>
> Do you use XBMC or what is the specific setup? I can't test now, but will<br>
> definitely test tonight.<br>
><br>
> BTW, here is one of the Amazon discussions on this problem:<br>
> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon%20prime/ref=cm_cd_pg_oldest?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx19TKUDUCVHDNP&cdPage=1&cdSort=newest&cdThread=Tx19HPH8H35E889" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/forum/amazon%20prime/ref=cm_cd_pg_oldest?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx19TKUDUCVHDNP&cdPage=1&cdSort=newest&cdThread=Tx19HPH8H35E889</a><br>
><br>
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