Project Tuva and Linux

Question

I'm interested in watching a few Project Tuva videos (http://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/tuva/index.html). Right now, I'm running openSUSE 11.2. I've installed the Moonlight 3 preview from go-mono.com.

The site stopped saying that Silverlight3 is not supported on my browser. But then I've installed User Agent Switcher and it quit complaining. But the loading data page appears to do nothing.

Is there an alternative way to access those videos?

Answer 1

Without looking:

Project Tuva may require the PlayReady DRM which Moonlight does not support (and IMNSHO probably won't, ever, except for a few commercial versions on embedded devices.)

DRM on Linux typically refers to "direct rendering manager" for 3D support, not "digital [rights|restrictions] management" for content "protection".

Answer 2

I'm getting the same message with Chrome (5.0.375.55) on Windows Vista. In my situation, the browser could the be problem, but in your case, I'd suspect that Moonlight is the troublemaker. I don't EXACTLY know all the capabilities of Moonlight, but I do know that it can't quite do all the same things as Silverlight (for instance, you can't watch Netflix movies with Moonlight).

Here are some questions:

• What browser are you using?
• What message do you get when you go here? http://www.microsoft.com/getsilverlight/get-started/install/default.aspx (On mine, it tells me that Silverlight is installed, but I still get the error message on the Tuva site)