A Qt webengine browser application to watch Netflix and other streaming services.
QtWebFlix on KDE Plasma Media Player and KDE Connect
Usage: qtwebflix [options]
Qtwebflix Help
Shortcuts:
CTRL + Q to quit
CTRL + F11 for full screen
CTRL + F5 to reload
CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + D for metrics display
To Control playback rate :
CTRL + W = Speed up
CTRL + S = Slow down
CTRL + R = Reset to default rate
Options:
-h, --help Displays this help.
-v, --version Displays version information.
-p, --provider <provider> Set content provider eg. netflix.com
-u, --useragent <useragent> change useragent eg. "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux
x86_64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0"
-n, --nonhd Do not use HD addon, you will be limited to 720p
Example of playback rate visualizer.
January 7th 2022
- Netflix 1080p is working for now!
July 26th 2019:
- Netflix 1080p no longer working
As of March 30th 2018:
* Now supports Netflix in 1080P. NOTE not all shows and movies will work!
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Also supports adding other streaming services. Go to
~/.config/Qtwebflix/providers.confand add your service. Example:Netflix=https://netflix.com -
To use other services right click inside the application and a context menu will bring up all available options you added.
qt5
qtwebegine(with proprietary codecs) *Most distros have this in their repos
widevine libs
If your distro does not compile qtwebengine with proprietary codecs, read this.
1. git clone --recursive https://github.com/gort818/qtwebflix.git
2. cd qtwebflix
3. qmake -config release
4. make
5. Binary will be labeled qtwebflix
Refer the AUR package.
Ubuntu 17.04/17.10/18.04 and Linux Mint 19 - qtwebengine comes with proprietary codecs
chmod +x widevine.sh
sudo ./widevine.sh
to uninstall sudo ./widevine.sh uninstall
Follow instructions for compiling manually
Ubuntu 18.10
chmod +x widevine-18.10.sh
sudo ./widevine-18.10.sh
to uninstall sudo ./widevine-18.10.sh uninstall
Follow instructions for compiling manually
Note
If you receiving an error loading qtwebflix try:
qtwebflix --register-pepper-plugins="/usr/lib/qt/plugins/ppapi/libwidevinecdmadapter.so; application/x-ppapi-widevine-cdm"
HBO Now and HBO GO are currently not working There have been reports that HBO Now and GO, but not verified yet.
Current workarounds:
- If you have Amazon you can add your HBO service. Read instructions.
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