Comment on KDE Plasma Bigscreen (Android TV alternative) is back from dead

• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Or just outright don’t allow it at all on Linux as if that does anything whatsoever.

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• tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Really? I’m on a Linux desktop and I had not noticed. Though I steam from Netflix on it very very rarely.

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  • Kernal64@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    With Netflix in a browser, you can bring up your streaming stats in the browser window as you’re watching something by pressing Ctrl + Shift+ Alt + D. It’ll give you several bits of information as an overlay, including what resolution the video is playing at. Next time you stream from them, give it a shot and see if you get anything above 720p. I know I never have and if you search online, you’ll find others with the same experience. In fact, I think Netflix might actually have this on a FAQ page somewhere…

    Found it! help.netflix.com/en/node/30081

    Scroll down to the OS selection and you can see what resolutions are supported by which browsers on Linux. Turns out Opera will give you 1080p for some reason, but the rest are capped at 720p.

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    • blackbrook@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I wonder if making another browser spoof being Opera would work too,

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      • Generalteetius01@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Whats stopping spoof to Android? Possible workaround?

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      • Kernal64@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I suspect it probably would. Though I haven’t looked too deeply into it myself, I’ve heard of browser extensions you can get to force 1080p from Netflix, so maybe that’s what they’re doing.

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