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i use Brave Browser only for NetFlix and such and it's working great.
good luck
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| Cool. Any special instructions? Or just install brave and that's all? |
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| queen wrote: | | Cool. Any special instructions? Or just install brave and that's all? |
just install from the overlay.
before you play a movie for the first time on eg. NF you'll be greeted once with a popup to install the 'widevine' plugin !
that's all 
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I use google-chrome and it works fine.
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| Widevine is a DRM module. OP asked specifically about downloading the content in a format that would be compatible with offline play via vlc. Does Widevine permit this? That would seem to conflict with its purpose as a DRM module. |
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I cancelled my Netflix a few years ago, but I don't believe it is possible to download the films legally. This is done on other platforms via their app and linux does not appear to be supported in any way. Of course, chrome supports the appropriate DRM to play them online.
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| The Doctor wrote: | | I cancelled my Netflix a few years ago, but I don't believe it is possible to download the films legally. This is done on other platforms via their app and linux does not appear to be supported in any way. Of course, chrome supports the appropriate DRM to play them online. |
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/54816
never used 
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| The Doctor wrote: | | I cancelled my Netflix a few years ago, but I don't believe it is possible to download the films legally. |
Technically, it's legal if the rightsholder agrees to allow Netflix to post the film without DRM encumbrance. Practically, I'm not aware of any rightsholder who agreed to such a thing, so the distinction is mainly interesting from the perspective that it's the rightsholder exercising their rights, not the law itself, which makes this difficult. A user-friendly rightsholder could easily permit such downloads.
The lack of such permission, and the resulting inability to save locally, was why I was surprised to see someone recommending use of Widevine DRM. |
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| CooSee wrote: | | The Doctor wrote: | | I cancelled my Netflix a few years ago, but I don't believe it is possible to download the films legally. This is done on other platforms via their app and linux does not appear to be supported in any way. Of course, chrome supports the appropriate DRM to play them online. |
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/54816
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Exactly what I checked. You will notice that no Linux options exist other than the highly derivative android or chrome OS. I assume this has to do with control of the file so the DRM ensures only their app can play it so long as your account is confirmed active every so often. Basically the same thing Spotify does, although they do have a linux client.
| Hu wrote: | | The lack of such permission, and the resulting inability to save locally, was why I was surprised to see someone recommending use of Widevine DRM. |
Yes, I agree there is some confusion here between playing and downloading the videos.
As to my comment about legally downloading, I can think of any number of ways to download the movies on Linux bypassing the DRM, but that would obviously be illegal.
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| Hey there, guys. The topic has not changed for me, I'd still like to get netflix on gentoo, but it seems like there've been some changes since 2020, so the instructions you shared before don't work now. Actually, I think it's easier to use another service than that damn Netflix, ugh. |
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