StreamIt from Netflix (Alpha NPVR version)

[johnsonx42]

I certainly hope whatever it is will be resolveable - right now dozens and dozens of series are showing up with no Genres. If that can't be fixed for whatever reason, then perhaps you could create a default genre to assign to any title with none (or in other words, have a "No Genre" genre that will list all these titles)? Otherwise any genre-less title will be effectively lost, since the only way to find it is to scroll through the all-movies list.

[whurlston]

Yeah, a "No Genre" category makes sense, I want to avoid having to use the "All Movies" list completely (but I'll leave it as an option for anyone that want's to use it).

[johnsonx42]

I just figured out how to display all the titles that lack genre information: sort the all movies list by year - descending, and there they are. 740 entries lack genre info (as well as year and star ratings); almost all of them are series so most of the 740 represent multiple episodes, perhaps as many as 10,000 individual titles. That strikes me as too many to be just an error in the netflix feed, methinks you must have a bug.

[whurlston]

I checked into this and it turns out to be a combination of the data feed and my code. There were previously some series that did not have genre (and other) info for the series but did have it for the episodes so I simply copied the data from the episodes to the series collection during the update process. Well now it seems that the data feed has reversed that issue: the "Park City" entry has the information but the episode "Hollywood and Vine" does not, so of course, my workaround nixed the information in the series entry ("Park City").

This won't be a problem to fix but I wish they would straighten out their data feed issues. It's not like they have not had enough time. They have three different feed models (all of which suck for desktop developers) and none of them have complete information. I better stop here because I could rant for hours about their feeds for developers.

[johnsonx42]

odd, I know I posted a response to this, saying something about your explanation about NEtflix making more sense than to imagine you just missed such a big bug, and I observed you'd probably now have to write code to cover several different possibilities which sounds like a real PITA, all because netflix can't get their crap straightened out.... and now it's gone? and I know I saw it posted.... it's almost like the forum rolled back in time a little... weird.

[elbryyan]

Just FYI as I know things are working for an updated version of the netflix plugin but I have encountered errors with the new 1.5.28 NPVR beta. It seems to work ok at first, as I can change genres and browse thru the selections. But when I go back to the main screen, then launch the plugin again, I lose the movie images and anytime I try to change genres again I get this error:


************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at StreamIt.Netflix.NetflixPlugin.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e) in D:\Projects\NPVR\StreamIt\Plugin.cs:line 160
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.OnKeyDown(Object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmKeyChar(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

If I exit NPVR and then go back in it will work as described again but will break once I go back to the main menu. I couldn't figure out why this was happening on my main server machine but remembered that I upgrded to the new beta version. I just tested it with my test machine and it displayed the same behavior once I updated. I'm going to see if reloading back to 1.5.24 will fix it.

[elbryyan]

After uninstalling 1.5.28 and deleting the NPVR directories and reinstalling back to 1.5.24 I still get the same behavior as described above. Not sure what is going on but just thought I would bring it forth. I know it is being revamped completely so it is probably a non-issue anyway. I'm waiting to upgrade now as I don't have the time to get my rig up to the way I want it.

[johnsonx42]

I've always had those errors exactly as described, just never reported it as I figured it was moot and a new version would be forthcoming. My wife is a pro at closing and reopening NPVR with the remote, though lately she's been just using the All Movies list.

[dljones8053]

Guys

I'm finding out in a hurry trying to run GBPVR and NPVR on XP with NPVR using Windows 7 user path is not easy to get things work or more trouble then it is worth at this time, time to build a new Windows 7 box to test NPVR..:-) Need an excuse for wife to let me do this anyway..lol

dj

[elbryyan]

I've always had those errors exactly as described, just never reported it as I figured it was moot and a new version would be forthcoming. My wife is a pro at closing and reopening NPVR with the remote, though lately she's been just using the All Movies list.

Yea, i know a complete rebuild is coming but just wanted to see if this was someting screwy going on with my PC or if it was shared with others. Things were working great until I installed the latest npvr beta so I was thinking that had something to do with it, I guess not. Anyway, I look forward to the next release.