Netflix plugin?

[whurlston]

Here's the basic plugin if anyone wants to test it. It does not show details or have queue management abilities yet.

http://www.epgtools.com/gb_devs/Plugins/...-alpha.zip

To install:
Extract the contents to your devnz\gbpvr folder.

To enable personal feeds:
Using your web browser, log into your Netflix account then navigate to http://www.netflix.com/RSSFeeds?lnkctr=mfRSS (there is a link to "RSS" at the bottom of the Netflix pages).
Find the "Personalized Feeds" list and the links will end with "?id=SomeString".
Copy everything after the "=".
Start GB-PVR Config and go to the Plugins tab.
Select the Netflix plugin and click "Settings".
Paste the copied string into the "Personalized RSS ID" field.

Feeds can be disabled/enabled in the plugin settings.

Non members can still get the public feeds (New releases, Top 25/100).

[nbarsley]

FYI-
This blog (updated weekly) contains links to every available "watch now" movie on Netflix. I dont know if it helps or not...

http://netflixwatchnow.blogspot.com/

[TylerK]

Is this real? I cant even get the plugin to show up in Config.

Tried with 1.0.16 and 1.0.8 no luck with either.

On a side note, this will/would be the coolest plugin ever.

[whurlston]

FYI-
This blog (updated weekly) contains links to every available "watch now" movie on Netflix. I dont know if it helps or not...

http://netflixwatchnow.blogspot.com/

That is nice. It will definitely help if I get to the point of adding the "Watch Now" feature.

Is this real? I cant even get the plugin to show up in Config.

Tried with 1.0.16 and 1.0.8 no luck with either.

On a side note, this will/would be the coolest plugin ever.

It's real and tested in 1.0.16. You should have the following files once unzipping:

-----------Begin File List------------------

devnz\gbpvr\Plugins\Netflix\Netflix.dll
devnz\gbpvr\skin2\Netflix\404large.png
devnz\gbpvr\skin2\Netflix\404small.png
devnz\gbpvr\skin2\Netflix\skin.xml
devnz\gbpvr\skin2\Netflix\skin.xml.bak*
devnz\gbpvr\skin2\Netflix\Top25Popup.xml

-----------End File List------------------

skin.xml.bak is not required. I accidentally included it in the zip.

If the files are not in those directories, move them there and then start Config. Netflix should then be the last plugin listed in the "Plugin" tab.

[TylerK]

No luck, I'll fiddle some more after work. If you get Watch Now working this would be the best plugin for GBPVR in my opinion.

I tried on my main system and then I tried a fresh install of gbpvr on my laptop. No luck with either. All the files are there, must have some kinda setting wrong. I dont usually do much with plugins. (I do have the "use plugins" box checked) I'm sure I can figure it out tonight.

[uwfalcon]

So I have been thinking about watch now for awhile. If you leverage the WebBrowser control you can do watchnow on at least the server. No idea about the MVP.

Code:

public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            WebBrowser browser = new WebBrowser();
            browser.Navigate(@"address");
            this.Controls.Add(browser);
        }

I saw most of the netflix load and then it stalled probably cause my computer is a POS. It at least is promising. Make sure you replace "Address" with the link to your movie. I hope this gets you started. The next challenge is being able access the dom and press the "Play" and pause button etc. We can start doing this with NBC and other networks too... Hopefully some day GBPVR will just br a frontend to internet video.

[whurlston]

I'll definitely try that. Thanks.

[uwfalcon]

Actually this works a lot better... It was working afterall

Code:

WebBrowser browser = new WebBrowser();
           browser.Navigate(@"address");
            browser.Width = 800;
            browser.Height = 600;
            this.Width = 800;
            this.Height = 600;
            this.Controls.Add(browser);

[whurlston]

I got Watch Now working in a test app. I can even resume a movie at the point where it was stopped. I'll get it implemented into the plugin in a few days.

[mkenyon2]

I don't know if there is an 'If MVP' type of thing in the GBPVR code, but if it is, you could render the screen using someControl.Draw.

I have some code here: http://forums.gbpvr.com/showpost.php?p=2...ostcount=3

I was working, as a start, to get a browser control in the GBPVR window.