1080p Streaming Revisited - Aug 2023

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Newest fun toy in the never ending quest to achieve 1080p dpi streaming on the major platforms (Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBOMax, Hulu, Crunchyroll, etc.) is the AUR package AUR (en) - qtwebflix-git (QTWebflix) EDIT: the GIT version

It's not only for Netflix, as its title may imply. It is easily configurable to use other providers with simple terminal commands.

As an aside, I have it providing full 1080 HD in Netflix, what feels like such in HBOMax, but haven't gotten better than 720 in Amazon Prime. Yet--I've only started toying with it. I should also mention that widevine decryption and qt5-webengine support can vary at times. I have not tried it with any providers other than Netflix, Prime, or HBOMax.

I do not like Microsoft products, but worse, I like receiving what I pay to get and when I can't get 1080p in Linux it creates a resentment that is difficult to overcome. QTWebflix is yet another one of those Linux thangs help me to do so.
:wink:

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Where?
I have no setting menu :smiley:

/usr/bin/qtwebflix
/usr/share/applications/qtwebflix.desktop
/usr/share/pixmaps/qtwebflix.svg
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After first start, no .conf file in the path and syntax Netflix=https://netflix.com is wrong.
Correct is here

[providers]
netflix=http://netflix.com
amazon=https://www.amazon.de

"Also supports adding other streaming services. Go to ~/.config/Qtwebflix/Providers.conf and add your service.
Example:

 Netflix=https://netflix.com

"

But in the end, it work :slight_smile:

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I guess I should explain "easily configurable."

From a terminal:
qtwebflix --provider netflix.com
...or
qtwebflix --provider hbomax.com

yada,yada

It 'defaults' to Netflix upon first-run, then to whichever streaming service was last run.

EDIT: Installing and running even works while booted into a live Garuda dr460nized environment (as of this post).

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I "stupidly" just installed the program in the "hope" that I would find the settings there.
Next time I'll look for the git first, that's all :smiley:

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This did in fact solve a problem I had - much better than using 2 browser profiles :smiley: nice find!

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What I find fascinating is the widevine & qt5-webengine solution. It's there; open, notorious, and easy to use and understand. Some web browser plugins do (somewhat) work on some streaming platforms but it's a PIA to dig around in their code. I like that qtwebflix is so much more open. Fun to play with. :wink:

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Yeah, their github page has full explanations of QTWebflix' usage. I apologize for not putting more emphasis on that fact, as well as usage I found to work for me. It could almost be considered a necessity. :wink:

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I changed header date, SGS. I wanted to re-revisit this topic.

Decent resolution with streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney, HBO, Prime, etc. has always been a hobgoblin in Linux--at least for me the past couple years. Emulators didn't emulate 1080p very well or were flaky. Netflix generally works with browser extensions and a standalone. YouTube works. Not much else--until possibly now(?).

Because, oh, holy heck! Look what I found a few minutes ago:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/quark-player-bin

It holds out a lot of promise. Linux isn't installed on this computer for me to test it out just right now, but it will be ASAP. :smiley:

EDIT: QuarkPlayer also has a Windows player standalone or installed exec. I've been streaming from Max, Netflix and, surprisingly in Prime, all at 1080p, all that my older 22" monitor can handle. All using electron (in Windows 11). That gives me more hope that it'll work in Arch (I wish someone would test the AUR pkg in Garuda) tomorrow.
:man_dancing: :smiley:

EDIT_01: There is an error in the Arch AUR PKGBUILD at Line 19. Remove the "l" infront on "install" at Line 19, save, then build & install using makepkg -si

EDIT_02: Nope. Not 1080p in Linux, only Windows. Linux users shafted again by DRM. :frowning:

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