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greyhair · 07-20-2011, 10:46 AM

Sorry to say, I'm about 90% confident that netflix won't play movies on the eDGe.
The android APK file actually includes 5 different (IIRC) linux libraries that are processor dependant and none of the supported devices uses a PXA processor. The application will crash when linux attempts to load the library. Basically, it appears that netflix android apps are really hybrid linux-andorid apps.
Not surprising since reading and rendering real time video at an approximately 720p resolution would be rather taxing for a java app (IMHO).

07-20-2011, 10:46 AM	#4
greyhair Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: edge	Sorry to say, I'm about 90% confident that netflix won't play movies on the eDGe. The android APK file actually includes 5 different (IIRC) linux libraries that are processor dependant and none of the supported devices uses a PXA processor. The application will crash when linux attempts to load the library. Basically, it appears that netflix android apps are really hybrid linux-andorid apps. Not surprising since reading and rendering real time video at an approximately 720p resolution would be rather taxing for a java app (IMHO).