Netflix

[Martin OBrien]

Anybody know why the Netflix app does not work on Android X86?

Martin.

[Martin OBrien]

It's odd how BBC Iplayer works perfectly well and that has content protection also?..

[Avri Roth]

When I was testing Netflix I got the APK from APKmirror.com 

I'm wondering if Netflix doesnt work because the APK they have there is arm and we might need a Netflix Apk thats for x86 architecture.

-AR

[Martin OBrien]

That is a valid point :)...

Martin.

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[Antony Stone]

On Thursday 07 December 2017 at 19:03:33, Martin OBrien wrote:

> That is a valid point :)...
>
> Martin.
>
> On 7 Dec 2017 18:01, "Avri Roth" <avri2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When I was testing Netflix I got the APK from APKmirror.com
> > I'm wondering if Netflix doesnt work because the APK they have there is
> > arm and we might need a Netflix Apk thats for x86 architecture.
> >
> > -AR

It should be easy enough to look inside the APK file using unzip or similar,
and see whether there's any code under the x86 or x86_64 subdirectories off
"lib".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_application_package is a good enough
guide to what's inside an APK file.


Antony

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[Avri Roth]

I did as you suggested in the lib folder in the apk there is only a "armeabi-v7a" folder.

which probably explains why it doesnt work.

I wonder where can we get an x86 supported version of the apk my guess is we need to get it from an x86 chromebook that supports android apps.

[Antony Stone]

On Thursday 07 December 2017 at 19:18:02, Avri Roth wrote:

> I did as you suggested in the lib folder in the apk there is only a
> "armeabi-v7a" folder.
> which probably explains why it doesnt work.
> I wonder where can we get an x86 supported version of the apk my guess is
> we need to get it from an x86 chromebook that supports android apps.

Netflix (Android TV) 4.2.1 build 1804 looks like it might be worth a try - it
certainly contains an x86 version...

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/netflix-inc/netflix-android-tv/netflix-android-
tv-4-2-1-build-1804-release/netflix-android-tv-4-2-1-build-1804-android-apk-
download/

I can't try it myself because I don't have a Netflix account and I don't have
an up-to-date enough installation of Android-x86 :)


Antony.

> On Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 10:07:32 AM UTC-8, Antony Stone wrote:
> > On Thursday 07 December 2017 at 19:03:33, Martin OBrien wrote:
> > > That is a valid point :)...
> > >
> > > Martin.
> > >

> > > On 7 Dec 2017 18:01, "Avri Roth" <avri2...@gmail.com <javascript:>>

> >
> > wrote:
> > > > When I was testing Netflix I got the APK from APKmirror.com
> > > > I'm wondering if Netflix doesnt work because the APK they have there
> > > > is arm and we might need a Netflix Apk thats for x86 architecture.
> > > >
> > > > -AR
> >
> > It should be easy enough to look inside the APK file using unzip or
> > similar, and see whether there's any code under the x86 or x86_64
> > subdirectories off "lib".
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_application_package is a good
> > enough guide to what's inside an APK file.

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[Jon West]

You all are reading into it all too much. The arm netflix works just fine, but Android-x86 needs widevine support for DRM video. You can add it simply enough to the source, and build it in from there: https://github.com/BlissRoms-x86/device_generic_common/commit/c9d91ff211e59d4024b4223d1b6ee7a25ff1c707

[Tomasz Witke]

Jon, I was digging widevine subject whole day, and realized, that those libs are not enough. They enable Widevine L3 decryption level, with is less secure way to watch encrypted content. Netflix need Widevine L1 which you can get only on device with hardware keystore and certification from Google. The bride to access this keystore is in liboemcrypto.so present on fugu. Without it, DRM will fallback to L3 support. Of course, you can't simply drop this lib - it won't work. Have you tested Netflix and it worked for you?

Please refer to this chart: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74393800&postcount=14

One more thing - Netflix also certificates devices - there are devices with L1 support without full functional Netflix. Look here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65001865&postcount=12

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[Jon West]

Yes, it has been working since May on my Bliss-x86 distro, nothing else needed.

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[Tomasz Witke]

But have YouTube got anything better than 480p? Phone/tablet app of Netflix will work on DRM L3 device, but only at 480p. Android TV Netflix app need L1 to start.

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[Tomasz Witke]

"YouTube" => "You". Autocorrection.

[Shawn Peterman]

In Nougat Netflix (and a few other apps) did not work until I turned on App Compatibility in Settings.

[Tomasz Witke]

You just took wrong (non-optimal) version of APK. You should download APK for x86 platform instead of ARM one. This has nothing to do about Netflix problem (no HD video because lack of L1 widevine support.

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[Shawn Peterman]

Who me? No, I've got HD video with Netflix. Come to think of it... it seems like the first run Netflix had me download an updated apk so I may have the x86 version.

On Friday, December 8, 2017 at 3:47:26 PM UTC-6, Tomasz Witke wrote:

You just took wrong (non-optimal) version of APK. You should download APK for x86 platform instead of ARM one. This has nothing to do about Netflix problem (no HD video because lack of L1 widevine support.

08.12.2017 8:42 PM "Shawn Peterman" <open...@gmail.com> napisał(a):

In Nougat Netflix (and a few other apps) did not work until I turned on App Compatibility in Settings.

On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 2:57:46 PM UTC-6, Martin OBrien wrote:

Anybody know why the Netflix app does not work on Android X86?

Martin.

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[Avri Roth]

Shawn do you mind positing your netflix apk ?

Thanks!

[Shawn Peterman]

I'd love to but it's too big... I can tell you that it's named netflix-4.16.200147-release.apk it's 25mb and it came from help.netflix.com. There appears to be a link to the apk here: http://www.minixforum.com/threads/solved-netflix-app.17278/ in the #5 comment.