07-09-2020, 06:59 PM
(07-09-2020, 04:24 PM)Nobot Wrote: I have a few question regarding the Pinebook Pro. First has anyone gotten Netflix or Amazon Prime Video to work on the Pro machine? I created two bootable micro SD cards with Chromium arm64 live. One using belenaEtcher and the other Rufus. Zilch noda no run on my pro. Used both Etcher & Rufus to make bootable USB drives for my desktop and micro SD cards with Manjaro 20.06 and they worked just fine. Is there a magic trick to run Chromium on the Pinebook Pro? I got the iso's from Pinebook Pros Wiki page. Youtube is ok but Netflix and Amazon Prime Video is the way to watch movies.
I haven't messed with Chromium yet (it's in the plans, but I'm in love with Manjaro i3 right now). To get Netflix/Prime/etc. to work on Manjaro, you can install the chromium-docker package. There's a bit of a trick to it:
1. Install docker with: pamac install docker
2. Add your regular user to the docker group with: sudo gpasswd --add <user> docker
3. Install chromium-docker with: pamac install chromium-docker
4. Restart your machine (no idea why this step's necessary, but it's never worked for me without it)
Once you do that, you'll have a chromium-armhf entry in your menu that'll run Netflix, Spotify, and most other things. It's....adequate. You won't get the experience of a TV box or even a mid-range tablet, but you will have movies.
