Watch Now kills PVRX2

[mikeh49]

Made some progress, I think.

First, got Netflix Watch Now to work on the PVR machine by moving the TEMP folder to a partition with enough space. At least on this machine, Netflix wants to download the temporary movie file to the TEMP\Axplayer folder. So, that now works.

Second, installed the two 1.0.2.6rc1 dlls based on a recent post in another thread.

Now, getting movie information and downloading works fine. Got the info for many movies and downloaded two with no problems.

Playing is still a problem: the movies seem to start properly from the Downloads/Watch menu process and the audio plays but the screen stays on the Watch Now menu of PVRX2. Could this be related to my use of VMR9 FSE? Outside PVRX2, I've seen this in WMP on this machine when playing downloaded Netflix movies; WMP starts in the Library screen, but doesn't show the movie until the Now Playing button is clicked. I don't think I've seen this behavior with any other video files.

Thoughts?

[whurlston]

Playing is still a problem: the movies seem to start properly from the Downloads/Watch menu process and the audio plays but the screen stays on the Watch Now menu of PVRX2. Could this be related to my use of VMR9 FSE? Outside PVRX2, I've seen this in WMP on this machine when playing downloaded Netflix movies; WMP starts in the Library screen, but doesn't show the movie until the Now Playing button is clicked. I don't think I've seen this behavior with any other video files.

Thoughts?

You would need to use something other than FSE mode for it to work. FSE takes exclusive control of the video so the "internal" player won't be seen. The "internal" player is not really internal. It launches a new form that is overlayed on top of GBPVR because GBPVR cannot play the DRM'd movies natively.

[mikeh49]

That's what I suspected. I'll try VMR9, or maybe just play in WMP after downloading. irremote may be my friend.

[mikeh49]

OK, I think I have it working. Here are the key learnings for me:

• Use the 1.0.2.6rc1 dlls - available in another thread
  
• Get the Netlfix player working in IE on the PVR machine before trying it in GBPVR
  
• Make sure the TEMP folder is on a partition with 2 GB or more of free space
  
• Set WMP to download rights automatically -> Tools>Options>Privacy
  

Also, you cannot use VMR9FSE since it will not yield control of the screen to the plug in.

Thanks, whurlston!