Comment on KDE Plasma Bigscreen (Android TV alternative) is back from dead
Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoWith 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.
blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 day ago
I wonder if making another browser spoof being Opera would work too,
Generalteetius01@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Whats stopping spoof to Android? Possible workaround?
Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 1 day 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.