Re: netflix

2011-04-18 Thread peterhaas

 Peter, I have NEVER modified in any way the SilverLight installer to make
 it
 install on a Hackintosh. I've installed SilverLight on 7 different
 Hackintosh systems, with NO modification. What system did you install on
 that required a modification?

Usually, I install applications on my Hacks using a USB flash drive. That
drive has an instance of the Silverlight which has already had the
installation_check module removed from the installer.

Hence, it is possible, even likely, that I have experienced one or even
several cases where such removal actually wasn't required.


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Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread Michael G.M.


On Apr 15, 7:46 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu
wrote:
 On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote:

  Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's?
  Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac.

 Yank the motherboard and PS out of the case, install a compatible intel mobo, 
 make into a very mac-esque Hackintosh

 http://www.webfusion.net.nz/g4pc/  %-P

 Netflix is absolutely Intel-only.

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Netflix is absolutely not Intel only. Silverlight installs for
supported browsers and runs on AMD chipsets too. 
http://preview.tinyurl.com/y96fe7v

Also, the amount of work involved to make a G4 compatible with PC
parts will take more time
than what it's worth vs. getting a mid tower PC case that will support
ATX or Micro ATX mobos and standard power supplies that will fit in
these cases.

Mike

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Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread peterhaas

 Netflix is absolutely not Intel only. Silverlight installs for
 supported browsers and runs on AMD chipsets too.
 http://preview.tinyurl.com/y96fe7v

As I stated earlier, there IS a Silverlight installer for PPC Macs.

The Intel version is also applicable to AMD as both are Intel_64/i386,
although Silverlight actually will only run in 32-bit mode.

You have to relaunch the browser in 32-bit mode, as Snow Leopard defaults
the applications to 64-bit mode, even if the Snow Leopard kernel was
booted in 32-bit mode (arch=i386).


 Also, the amount of work involved to make a G4 compatible with PC
 parts will take more time
 than what it's worth vs. getting a mid tower PC case that will support
 ATX or Micro ATX mobos and standard power supplies that will fit in
 these cases.

Obviously, it was more time than I was willing to expend.

Simply installing the Silverlight product on my G4 Mac Mini was not
enough, although the installer DID NOT OBJECT.

However, once Netflix was running on the browser, it told me that the PPC
platform was not supported, not withstanding the fact that Silverlight
installed on this platform without objection.


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Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
 
On Apr 17, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Michael G.M. wrote:

 
 
 On Apr 15, 7:46 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu
 wrote:
 On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote:
 
 Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's?
 Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac.
 
 Yank the motherboard and PS out of the case, install a compatible intel 
 mobo, make into a very mac-esque Hackintosh
 
 http://www.webfusion.net.nz/g4pc/  %-P
 
 Netflix is absolutely Intel-only.
 
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 Netflix is absolutely not Intel only. Silverlight installs for
 supported browsers and runs on AMD chipsets too. 
 http://preview.tinyurl.com/y96fe7v

Pedantically true and absolutely irrelevant within the context of this mailing 
list. IN that contect 'Intel only'refers to Macs based on Intel chipsets.

Who gives a rats patootie that silverlight runs on AMD as well? The whole POINT 
of AMD is that they're cheap Intel X86 compatible clone cpus. If they don't run 
software designed for intel systems they petty much don't work as clones, do 
they? You don't go out and buy Windows for AMD do you? No. Therefore this is 
a pointless distinction.

 
 Also, the amount of work involved to make a G4 compatible with PC
 parts will take more time
 than what it's worth vs. getting a mid tower PC case that will support
 ATX or Micro ATX mobos and standard power supplies that will fit in
 these cases.

OHai! Srsly? It was a joke...

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Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread Kris Tilford

Netflix is absolutely not Intel only. Silverlight installs for
supported browsers and runs on AMD chipsets too.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/y96fe7v


In the parlance of G3-5-list, the term Intel only means as opposed  
to PPC (Power PC processors used on G3-5 Macs). AMD chipsets are  
considered Intel compatible and thus included within the expression  
Intel only.



As I stated earlier, there IS a Silverlight installer for PPC Macs.


AFAIK the only PPC Silverlight version is version 1.0, and Silverlight  
is currently up into version 4.0. I've never seen any Silverlight  
media that will play on the PPC version 1.0 of Silverlight. If you  
have a link to a working installation of Silverlight 4.0 for PPC Macs  
please post that link. I don't believe there is ANY Silverlight media  
that works with PPC Silverlight version 1.0.


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Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread Bruce Johnson

On Apr 17, 2011, at 4:28 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote:

 
 Netflix is absolutely not Intel only. Silverlight installs for
 supported browsers and runs on AMD chipsets too.
 http://preview.tinyurl.com/y96fe7v
 
 As I stated earlier, there IS a Silverlight installer for PPC Macs.


Yes, Silverlight version 1, which pretty much ANY silverlight-based web site or 
tool on the planet does NOT use, since it was superseded by the much more 
capable version 2 in a matter of months. Silverlight 1 was essentially the 
Proof-of-Concept; it wasn't even remotely a Flash replacement until version 2.


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Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread Amanda Ward

On Apr 17, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Michael G.M. wrote:

 
 
 On Apr 15, 7:46 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu
 wrote:
 On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote:
 
 Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's?
 Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac.
 
 Netflix is absolutely not Intel only. Silverlight installs for
 supported browsers and runs on AMD chipsets too. 
 http://preview.tinyurl.com/y96fe7v

Not quite. AMD -is- Intel compatible. Generally... any software that runs on 
Intel, runs on AMD. So perhaps a better phrase might have been Intel compatible 
only. Emulators? Not a clue, but the software would still see an Intel 
compatible processor.

 Also, the amount of work involved to make a G4 compatible with PC
 parts will take more time
 than what it's worth vs. getting a mid tower PC case that will support
 ATX or Micro ATX mobos and standard power supplies that will fit in
 these cases.

Probably true!

Amanda

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Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I run Netflix on several Hackintosh systems. There is NO modifying of any
kind required to install SilverLight on a Hackintosh.

-Jonas

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Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread peterhaas

 I run Netflix on several Hackintosh systems. There is NO modifying of any
 kind required to install SilverLight on a Hackintosh.

Well there IS a required alteration.

The installation package must be opened and the installation_check module
must be deleted, then the package must be closed.

After that, Silverlight will install on any Hackintosh.

Incidentally, the same alteration is necessary to get the PPC version of
Silverlight to install on a Mini.



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Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread Kris Tilford

On Apr 17, 2011, at 8:33 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote:

I run Netflix on several Hackintosh systems. There is NO modifying  
of any

kind required to install SilverLight on a Hackintosh.


Well there IS a required alteration.

The installation package must be opened and the installation_check  
module

must be deleted, then the package must be closed.

After that, Silverlight will install on any Hackintosh.


Humm, I've installed Silverlight on several Intel hackintosh without  
any modification to the installer necessary. Seems to work for me.  
What happens when you try to install without this alteration?


Incidentally, the same alteration is necessary to get the PPC  
version of

Silverlight to install on a Mini.


Again, what PPC version are you talking about here? Version 1.0 is  
USELESS, and newer versions have no PPC code, so installing Intel code  
onto a PPC Mac won't work even if you can get the installer to run.




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Re: netflix

2011-04-17 Thread Jonas Ulrich
Peter, I have NEVER modified in any way the SilverLight installer to make it
install on a Hackintosh. I've installed SilverLight on 7 different
Hackintosh systems, with NO modification. What system did you install on
that required a modification?

-Jonas

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Re: netflix

2011-04-15 Thread Clark Martin

On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote:

 Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's?   
 Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac.

Pretty sure it has to be Intel.  There is a knock off of SilverLining which I 
installed on a machine but the web page still choked on the browser, even 
trying to fake out the browser ID.

Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting

I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway

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Re: netflix

2011-04-15 Thread Bruce Johnson

On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote:

 Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's?
 Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac.

Yank the motherboard and PS out of the case, install a compatible intel mobo, 
make into a very mac-esque Hackintosh

http://www.webfusion.net.nz/g4pc/  %-P

Netflix is absolutely Intel-only.

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Re: netflix

2011-04-15 Thread peterhaas

 Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's?
 Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac.

It is a Netflix issue.

Micosoft's Silverlight is available for PPC Macs, but Netflix won't
support anything except Intel Macs (and, of course Intel Hacks, after
making a few changes to the Silverlight installer package).



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Re: netflix

2011-04-15 Thread Baldassare Guzzo
Now we are talking!

On Apr 15, 2011, at 7:46 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:

 
 On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote:
 
 Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's?
 Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac.
 
 Yank the motherboard and PS out of the case, install a compatible intel mobo, 
 make into a very mac-esque Hackintosh
 
 http://www.webfusion.net.nz/g4pc/  %-P
 
 Netflix is absolutely Intel-only.
 
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Re: Netflix

2011-01-09 Thread Mr. Oxmall
I recently quit Netflix due to their practice of throttling.  It
would take weeks (7-12) to get discs that were available at
Blockbuster a month prior and at Redbox later on.  The turn-around
time was getting slower  slower for delivery and the attitude of
customer service was getting testier.  I live in an urban area  have
switched to the Blockbuster by mail program.  I get one movie at a
time by mail, trade it in at a Blockbuster store for another disc.  I
do the one disc at a time plan, and for $13/mo. I get about 10 - 11
discs a month.  They also have streaming, but not for Mac.  Netflix
took awhile on that, also.

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Re: Netflix

2011-01-08 Thread Ashgrove
On Jan 5, 1:12 am, Kevin Barth godai@gmail.com wrote:
 M$-hatred aside, it's really all about who delivers the
 DVDs I want to watch.  Netflix does.   Redbox doesn't.

Amen to that. Netflix's movie selection is second only to Facets', and
they're just too pricy. (By the way, I've just watched a Korean
thriller, The Chaser, which I highly recommend.)

As for streaming Netflix movies, the choices are several: some game
consoles, some DVD players, a Roku box, and practically any cheap PC
you can lay your hands on. And, of course, an iPhone or iPod touch,
and any Intel Mac. A good video card won't hurt, either --I had a
2.2Ghz MacBook, and it couldn't quite stream movies in HD quality, but
my 2Ghz iMac simply rocks HD content.

Just my two cents.

Felix

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Re: Netflix

2010-07-04 Thread Dan

At 9:23 AM -0400 7/4/2010, Norm Rowe wrote:
I'm trying to watch movies Netflick on my G4 Mac but am told I need 
an Intel Mac. As I do not have that kind of money is there away 
around this?


As I recall, Netflix is Silverlight based.

MS Silverlight 1 is available for PPC, but then they went x86 only 
for Silverlight 2...


Silverlight is MS' proprietary rip off of QuickTime and Flash with 
some .NET support thrown in.


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Re: Netflix

2010-07-04 Thread Illirik Smirnov
Because everyone knows how awesome proprietary codecs are!
If you want to stream Netflix cheaply, you can buy a PS3 for $300 and send
it right to your TV, but as for Mac, I don't know what kind of support there
is.
Sent from a computer running either the SPARC, Itanium, or PowerPC
architecture.


On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:

 At 9:23 AM -0400 7/4/2010, Norm Rowe wrote:

 I'm trying to watch movies Netflick on my G4 Mac but am told I need an
 Intel Mac. As I do not have that kind of money is there away around this?


 As I recall, Netflix is Silverlight based.

 MS Silverlight 1 is available for PPC, but then they went x86 only for
 Silverlight 2...

 Silverlight is MS' proprietary rip off of QuickTime and Flash with some
 .NET support thrown in.

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Re: Netflix

2010-07-04 Thread James Therrault


On Jul 4, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Norm Rowe wrote:

I'm trying to watch movies Netflick on my G4 Mac but am told I need  
an Intel Mac. As I do not have that kind of money is there away  
around this?

Thanks
Norm




Used Intel Mac Mini(s) are starting to get reasonable.  It is the way  
I plan to go since I no longer do high end graphics/publishing but  
wish to stay up-to-date regarding an OS.  BTW, my practice has been  
to upgrade at every other major advance in processor(s).


JT

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Re: Netflix

2010-07-04 Thread Dan

At 12:25 PM -0500 7/4/2010, Kris Tilford wrote:

Avoid Netflix because of their tight affiliation with Microsoft.
If enough people vote with their money, Netflix will either change or die.


Exactly.


Personally, I prefer to get my movies on DVD from my local public 
library.  They have ~ 8000+ titles.  And they can get anything they 
don't have thru the national Inter-Library Loan (ILL) system.


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Re: Netflix

2010-07-04 Thread Peter Haas


On Jul 4, 2010, at 6:23 AM, Norm Rowe wrote:

I'm trying to watch movies Netflick on my G4 Mac but am told I need  
an Intel Mac. As I do not have that kind of money is there away  
around this?


Silverlight's installation check program, contained within the  
Silverlight installation package, checks the machine's model and  
rejects PPC Macks and all Hacks.


If you remove the installation check program by opening the  
package and then dragging it to the trash, Silverlight will  
install, but it won't work on a PPC Mack.


It will, however, work perfectly well on most Hacks.

The early versions were tied to the E-net port, and device 0 (en0)  
was expected, and required.


The more recent versions have relaxed the port requirements, and now  
device 1 (en1) and AirPort (en1 or posssibly en2) will work, although  
AirPort will give occasional interruptions for optimizing the turn- 
around time of the link.


Watch Instantly works perfectly on a Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H with an  
i3-530 or 540, which is a pretty cheap Hack, as Hacks go.


Gigabyte, and others, have been updating the BIOSes on their mobos to  
incorporate features specifically for running MacOS X.


If the DSDT includes the AMAC variable, then it has the Hackintosh  
features already installed.


If not, then these features can be retrofitted to most recent  
Gigabyte mobos.


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Re: Netflix

2010-07-04 Thread JoeTaxpayer
I hate MS as much as the next guy, but.
Redbox has limited selection, and would cost me $2 in gas as well as
30 minutes total driving round trip twice. So that's $3/DVD, more if I
hold it an extra day.
Netflix, I can get about 8 movies on DVD in a month, with no driving,
and can watch more on streaming to the TiVos.

Why would I want NetFlix to die?

On Jul 4, 1:25 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote:

 Redbox is cheap for movies.

 Avoid Netflix because of their tight affiliation with Microsoft.

 If enough people vote with their money, Netflix will either change or  
 die.

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