Netflix plugin?

[whurlston]

Does anyone else have the problem with the screensaver coming on during a watch now movie? I think it happens to me both with the plugin and directly from the web.

Oops. I'll fix that for the next build.

[nbarsley]

Oops. I'll fix that for the next build.

Are you sure its not something wrong with my computer? Anyone else have the problem?

[TobyO]

When I go to the plug in settings it does not closed when I click OK. I need to close it by the X on the window frame.

TobyO

[whurlston]

Are you sure its not something wrong with my computer? Anyone else have the problem?

I doubt it. I completely forgot about screen savers since I don't use them. I've added DisableScreenSaver() to the code for when a movie is playing.

When I go to the plug in settings it does not closed when I click OK. I need to close it by the X on the window frame.

TobyO

I believe it. The configuration screen doesn't do anything at the moment. The settings mean nothing at this point. I'm actually about to work on that part next now that I have seeking while downloading working. I should have a new build posted tomorrow.

Question for everyone. Has anyone happened to notice which day of the week Netflix adds movies to the WatchNow list? I ask because the list that the plugin downloads takes about 4 hours to build and requires an average of just over 1 hit per movie to netflix.com. Rather than have everyone hit the site like that, I create the list once a week and just have the plugin download my list. (I'll be giving that code to several people so that the list can be maintained.) I figured movies would be added to the list on Tuesdays (DVD release day) but I think it may be over the weekend sometime. If anyone knows, please share.

[whurlston]

Progress update:

I should be posting a new build tomorrow night. It will include as many of the following features/fixes as I can, time permitting (those marked "done" have already been added.):

1. FF/Rew while movie is still downloading* done
   
2. Sort by Title, Rating, Year and main Genre (Genre sort not available for TV) almost done
   
3. Logging support done
   
4. Disable screensaver while movie is playing done
   
5. Fix issue with threads not closing properly done
   
6. View List of watch now movies in your queue almost done
   
7. Working config settings
   
8. Add details popup
   
9. Add TV series support
   

*Unfortunately, adding the ability to FF/Rew while downloading breaks the way I was resuming downloads. Movies will continue to download as long as PVRx2 is running. You can still exit the plugin and the movie will continue downloading but if you exit GB-PVR before it is finished, you will need to delete the movie file and redownload it. I will be fixing the resume download but it will not be before the next build.

I have also not built the new list for this week yet. I will do that before I post the new build though. I will also be releasing a copy of the program that creates the list at some point. Most people will not have a need for it as it takes about 4 hours to run and causes about 3000 hits to netflix.com. But by having a select few using it, it will ensure that the list is kept current. Ideally, there would be about 14 of us creating the lists spread out 2 per day. If anyone is interested in doing this, let me know.

[whurlston]

Is anyone else's Queue RSS feed messed up on the netflix website? My feed looks ok but if you click the links they go to the wrong movie.

[InVermont]

Good, it isn't just me!
Yes, they did a site update and seem to have royally screwed the RSS feed.

I've been playing around with the NetFlix API from CodePlex, and was wondering if they had messed it up on purpose.
But it seems to be a general problem. I called customer support, and they said I should just use the web site instead of the RSS.

[whurlston]

Good, it isn't just me!

Ditto.

I been driving myself nuts trying to figure out why I kept downloading the wrong movie when selecting it from my queue list in my plugin tests. I think I can work around their website issues for now though.

[InVermont]

NetFlix RSS feeds seem to be back to normal as of 11:15pm EST

[whurlston]

Yup. I just noticed that and was coming to mention it. I will probably forego the queue stuff for tonight's build though. It depends on whether or not I finish before the list finishes building.