Lightbox Linux/Unix support

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angusj

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#171746 29-Apr-2015 21:09

Hi guys Im new here, but have spent time reading the posts over the years.

What Im trying to do is get people to sign a change.org petition for Lightbox to bring back their linux browser/pipelight support. It used to work flawlessly but no wont work even with a user agent switcher.

I still have ten months subscription that I can't use.

So if you feel like me, head over to change.org and support the petition.

All the best.

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#1293889 29-Apr-2015 21:42

angusj: I still have ten months subscription that I can't use.

a 10 month free subscription?

also is it to do with silverlight support?

i really dont think that a petition will help, there are probably a lot more platforms that are a higher priority

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#1293892 29-Apr-2015 21:46

Hi there, it is a silverlight thing, linux has a sucessful port called pipelight that works ith Netflix, hulu etc, but light box actually removed the support. Im just asking they bring it back.
You're probably correct, they will have bigger priorities.

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#1293894 29-Apr-2015 21:49

was yours a 12 month free subscription or have you actually paid for it?

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#1293896 29-Apr-2015 21:53

Free. Might just go to netflix if I cant get any joy. its a shame they have a good selection.

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#1293898 29-Apr-2015 21:55

I suspect you'll find that Chrome will get native support from Lightbox soon enough without the need for Silverlight.

NPAPI plugins are now disabled by default in Chrome, and won't work at all come September. Lightbox won't be able to afford to ignore the Chrome user base.

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#1293899 29-Apr-2015 21:59

Awesome. Thankyou will check back in......

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#1293916 29-Apr-2015 22:10

It is a bit annoying that there is no linux support. But I would prefer they concentrate on Chromecast and Android support first.

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#1293932 29-Apr-2015 22:33

angusj: Hi there, it is a silverlight thing, linux has a sucessful port called pipelight that works ith Netflix, hulu etc, but light box actually removed the support. Im just asking they bring it back.
You're probably correct, they will have bigger priorities.

Hi. Netflix now works on Ubuntu with Google Chrome (not Firefox, Chromium etc) without having to use pipelight etc. (http://lifehacker.com/you-can-now-watch-netflix-on-linux-with-ubuntu-and-chro-1644972250 & http://www.pcworld.com/article/2824623/ubuntu-linux-gets-netflix-without-weird-workarounds.html)

So I'm wondering if Lightbox could be the same? Have you tried using Google Chrome on Ubuntu to watch Lightbox?

Cheers

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#1293961 29-Apr-2015 23:39

Yup, correct I can watch netflix. but. and the crux of the problem is that using either chrome or Firefox, to get to the video content, it has to be windows or mac in the user agent string, that in turn means the video will use the silverlight plugin.

However ubuntu has pipelight. this means that you can play silverlight videos, but it wont activate without having a user agent string of linux. The problem is the user agent string. i had it working near perfect albeit a little jumpy before they added the user agent string restriction.

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#1294071 30-Apr-2015 09:56

help@lightbox.co.nz: Bring back support of their Light box to enable Linux users under pipe light to be able to watch online streaming. One of the only reasons I subscribed.

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#1294073 30-Apr-2015 10:00

well i cant post links but anyway if your like me and want to watch lightbox through pipelight, head over to change.org and look for the lightbox petition.

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#1295606 2-May-2015 11:54

Hi folks, got Netflix working using Google Chrome natively on linux. Worth the $12.99 for favourites such as stargate atlantis..... Nice quality and just as good a selection as lightbox.

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#1295635 2-May-2015 12:50

angusj: Yup, correct I can watch netflix. but. and the crux of the problem is that using either chrome or Firefox, to get to the video content, it has to be windows or mac in the user agent string, that in turn means the video will use the silverlight plugin.

However ubuntu has pipelight. this means that you can play silverlight videos, but it wont activate without having a user agent string of linux. The problem is the user agent string. i had it working near perfect albeit a little jumpy before they added the user agent string restriction.

So what happens if you change the user agent string to windows or mac?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-Us/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/

I'm sure there are similar methods for chrome.

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