Seems Netflix uses silverlight ? Any idea as to whether there is a way to do this ?
Don't think its possible ;-(
The way I understand it (... from random web research i've done some time back)
Netfix needs a DRM backed player to operate.
This DRM can be provided through Hardware or Software.
Tablets and smartphones capable of streaming Netflix do this with Netflix client software in conjunction with DRM hardware on the device. There is non such solution on the Rpi that i've heard of.
The software DRM solution is using Microsoft's Silverlight browser plug-in.
With Linux running on x86/x64 hardware there is a hack by using Wine (Windows API emulation), Firefox for Windows and SilverLight. This can be made to work, but can be a bit unstable and a resource hog (probably no GPU acceleration)
The problem is this hack is not possible on Rpi because you'll need Rpi ARM specific binaries of SilverLight (that probably does not exist) and maybe a Windows web browser. But even if one had this ARM version of the software running under emulation through Wine it would be to much of a load on the Rpi's CPU.
There is a implementation of SilverLight for Linux called Moonlight, but is does not incorporate the DRM stuff.
The only way that I can think of running Netflix on Rpi is to first decode it on another more powerful, Windows ?, PC and then re-stream it to Rpi (in a "Plex" kind of way)... but I never like this kind of solutions.
Not what you wanted to hear... although my knowledge on this subject may be outdated.
