Netflix plugin?

[whurlston]

I'm hoping to release the Watch Now beta in the next day or two, timed with the release of the Community Skin 3.2. The reason for this is that there are lots of changes to the skin files and I want to inlcude them in CS 3.2 but they will break the Watch Now alpha plugin. The changes will break the original Netflix Queue plugin posted at the beginning of this thread. I figure there are not many people really using it though and are more interested in the Watch Now plugin. If there is interest in the Queue management, I will resume work on that once the Watch Now is complete.

There are also several other changes to the Watch Now plugin that will require a cleaning out of the alpha version before installing. I will give complete details on how to do it when I release the beta.

[agidius]

:woot:



on a side note--
anyone notice that some movies wont show up in the plugin??
I have found 3 so far.
the latest one was "Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away"
I put it in my queue, and it isnt on the list in the plugin.

[whurlston]

on a side note--
anyone notice that some movies wont show up in the plugin??
I have found 3 so far.
the latest one was "Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away"
I put it in my queue, and it isnt on the list in the plugin.

There are probably more. I have not updated the list in a couple of weeks. I will before the beta release.

[whurlston]

I think the code for the beta is complete. I have a few things to do before I post it:

1. Minor changes to the plugin's blue skin.
   
2. Update the list.
   
3. Make instructions.
   

I will try to have it posted tomorrow night. Monday night at the latest.

[rachnjake]

Cool
I've been looking forward to the Beta release.
Would you mind including brief removal instructions for the Alpha?
(I seemed to have hosed it up somehow after installing the community skins)
Just want to start off with a 'clean' load of the beta.

Thanks for all your efforts and dedication to this plugin; it's really appreciated!

[whurlston]

The beta will pretty much require a "clean" load because a lot has changed since the alpha. So I will be giving instructions on removing the alpha version.

[whurlston]

Remove the following files/folders:

Code:

gbpvr\Plugins\Common\NetflixAPI.dll
gbpvr\Plugins\Common\Newtonsoft.JSON.dll
gbpvr\Plugins\Common\*.pdb
gbpvr\Plugins\Netflix\*.dll
gbpvr\Plugins\Netflix\*.pdb
gbpvr\skin2\<skin name>\Netflix

"gbpvr\Plugins\Netflix" can be removed completely for a clean start.

Remove the <NetflixPlugin> section of config.xml. Here are the values that are used by the beta if you want to keep them. They will be auto created if you want to do a clean install.

Code:

<NetflixPlugin>
      [color=Green]<!-- The location in which to store the downloaded movies -->[/color]
      <MovieCache>C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\Plugins\Netflix\WatchNow\</MovieCache>

      [color=Green]<!-- The location in which to store the downloaded poster images -->[/color]
      <PosterCache>C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\Plugins\Netflix\Posters\</PosterCache>

      [color=Green]<!-- Your personal RSS Id -->[/color]
      <PersonalRssId>YourRssId</PersonalRssId>

      [color=Green]<!-- Turns poster download on or off. Default is "True" -->[/color]
      <ShowPosters>True</ShowPosters>

      [color=Green]<!-- The default bitrate to download. Valid values are "0", "1", "2" or "3" -->[/color]
      <DefaultBitrate>3</DefaultBitrate>

      [color=Green]<!-- The following are not yet used -->[/color]
      <DelMovies>False</DelMovies>
      <DelMoviesDays>7</DelMoviesDays>
      <DelPostersOnDeactivate>False</DelPostersOnDeactivate>
    </NetflixPlugin>

All other elements should be removed.

[whurlston]

I recommend removing all downloads since the new beta will inject metadata into the file when it begins a download. However, it is not necessary. If you choose to remove all downloads, simply delete your poster and movie cache folders and you can skip the rest of this post.

To prepare your downloaded movies for the beta plugin, you will need to perform the following steps. This should only be done for completed downloads. If you have any incomplete downloads, it is best to delete them and redownload using the beta.

Rename your movie files removing the bitrate section of the filename:

Code:

MovieTitle[U][color=Red].2200[/color][/U].wmv -> MovieTitle.wmv

Create an xml file with the same name as the movie file:

Code:

MovieTitle.xml

Add the following text and copy the <Movie> tag for that movie from the WatchNowList.xml (or WatchNow.xml) located in the zip file in your Watch Now folder.

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<DownloadStatus LastByte="0" EndChunk="0" isDownloading="false" isWatchable="true" isComplete="true" EpisodeIndex="0">
  [color=Green]<!-- Put <Movie> here -->[/color]
</DownloadStatus>

[whurlston]

sub, this thread can be closed. I will be starting a new thread for the beta. Thanks.