Same here, asking for silverlight installation on a mid-2010 MBP running Yosemite DP.
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OS X Yosemite Brings HTML5 Video Support for Netflix
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Same here, asking for silverlight installation on a mid-2010 MBP running Yosemite DP.
So why were we able to watch on the iPad without Silverlight? Because Microsoft didn't pay enough money? Why even waste CPU cycles on stupid HTML5 instead of playing a normal MP4 file with QuickTime like how iOS does with YouTube? Pretty sure it did the same with Netflix. They're acting like smooth 1080p video on a computer is something new and revolutionary, but it was easily doable in 2006, even with Flash, and especially with QuickTime. And Silverlight was an even worse browser plugin than Conduit Search.
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They need to use HTML5 (and Silverlight) because of its DRM capabilities. Netflix can't just stream a raw MP4 file to you – that wouldn't fly with the content providers. Netflix on iOS has a dedicated app which handles this DRM.
Confirmed for Yosemite
I did a clean install of Yosemite and Netflix runs "right out of the box" without installing Silverlight. When I tried to go to Firefox and use Netflix it prompted me to download Silverlight so it's a Safari only kind of thing.
Note: There was barely any buffering at all when I used Netflix on Safari, it loaded almost instantly and at full resolution to start.
I did a clean install of Yosemite and Netflix runs "right out of the box" without installing Silverlight. When I tried to go to Firefox and use Netflix it prompted me to download Silverlight so it's a Safari only kind of thing.
Note: There was barely any buffering at all when I used Netflix on Safari, it loaded almost instantly and at full resolution to start.
The iPad version of Netflix still uses PlayReady, the DRM components from Silverlight. They're included with the app. That's why you can't watch Netflix in the browser on the iPad, as iOS has no browser plugin mechanism so you have to have an app that can load the DRM libraries.
What do you mean by this? I've played movies with AC3 5.1 audio just fine before, in Quicktime Player 7 no less, or do you mean they've finally removed the requirement you listen to such audio via HDMI or optical out?
I sent a feedback form to apple a few months ago requesting HTML5 Premium Video (DRM in the Browser / Encrypted Media Extensions) support in Safari to negate the need for web plugins. Looks like I wasn't the only one who requested it and apple do actually read the feedback submissions!
If you read the first page, it says you need Yosemite to get the HTML5 plugin (at least currently) and so that means Beta testers only for now.
Well, I guess he can send some beta tester feedback to Apple. Somehow I bet it works on the 2013/14 Mac Pros. Apple has done a poor job supporting the older Mac Pros, IMO. I've seen a lot of complaints about issues with newer OS versions on them. I don't think Apple does much testing with them for some reason. Frankly, I think they don't care much about older computers, just constantly selling newer ones.
Or they don't care, but the developers were tired of watching choppy movies instead of adding more bugs to OSX, so they quickly whipped up support for themselves.
Or they don't care, but the developers were tired of watching choppy movies instead of adding more bugs to OSX, so they quickly whipped up support for themselves.
lol!
I believe others have come to the conclusion that you need Sandy Bridge+ architecture to use HTML5 playing on Netflix. Most likely some kind of IGP functionality. Interesting that there are mixed results though. I can confirm that it is NOT functional on my 2009 MacBook Pro, will test on my Mac Pro 3,1 when I get the DP installed on my Test Bed.
Must be an OS X thing. On my Windows 8 computer, Netflix still needs Silverlight on Chrome (though I can launch IE11 and it uses HTML5 Video
I don't think so. His problem is, that he has a Mac older than 2011. They use different Intel processors, which apparently do not work with DRM. I have the same problem on PB2 with my late 2010 iMac... Did anyone figure a way around it? That you still can use HTML5 with Netflix even though your Mac is older than 2011?
ummm...
Netflix have said "we don't support HTML5 apart from IE." Thus, if you check that box in Netflix account to use HTML5 instead of Silverlight, and u attempt to watch from non-IE browser, you still won't be able to. (including Apple's Safari, Chrome, or Firefox)
How can this be an Apple issue ?
Software is up-to-date... Although i am on the public beta, not sure its beta 2 is out.
Netflix have said "we don't support HTML5 apart from IE." Thus, if you check that box in Netflix account to use HTML5 instead of Silverlight, and u attempt to watch from non-IE browser, you still won't be able to. (including Apple's Safari, Chrome, or Firefox)
How can this be an Apple issue ?
Software is up-to-date... Although i am on the public beta, not sure its beta 2 is out.
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I was hoping he meant i was gonna get 5.1 out of netflix after years of waiting but that doesn't seem to be the case. I'm sick of having to download mkv movies just to get the surround sound to work when netflix has been doing surround on every other device but the mac for years