[REQUEST] Netflix 'Watch Now' plugin, script, or native code (with metadata scraper)?

I second that request!

All in favor say ‘Yea’.

Netflix does support Rss feeds that you can have the XBMC read.

Not the same, but close.

Would be nice. But as an RSS feed only I would skip it. I dont care about just seeing new arrivals and my queue I want to be able to select items to my queue, move my queue around, etc. The movie rentals plugin does all that.

I agree... NETFLIX script for the xbmc would be sweet!

Yes, PLEASE develop a way to get "Netflix's Watch Now" on XBMC!

XBMC has an internet connection (at least mine does) and is connected to a HDTV.

Netflix streams movies to a PC, and plays them in Internet Exploer..

Seems like a small leap to get that to happen in XBMC.

Any ideas?

I would definitely use a script like this...even if it was just for managing my queue...but the watch now would be cool if they're not using DRM...which they probably are, which sucks

gamerzhaven81 Wrote:...if they're not using DRM...which they probably are, which sucks

yes as always, DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected video/audio is a show-stopper.

I think it would be cool, but not sure if it is possible to have a script go to netflix queue to manage your rentals. I saw there was a plugin like this for mythtv, but now sure how well it works. I dont know if this would be of mainstream interest or not.

I gotta second that. As netflix watch now grows it is quickly going to become a very killer app for xbmc.

ItchyD Wrote:I gotta second that. As netflix watch now grows it is quickly going to become a very killer app for xbmc.

The above request had nothing to do with Netflix's "Watch Now" feature

I believe those videos are DRM encoded at this point, so not watchable on XBMC.

Are you saying that DRM is a show-stopper for xbmc because copyright restrictions would forbid exhibition of such DRM protected content on the xbox? If you're a paying netflix customer, what does DRM care about you viewing your DRM protected and paid for content on a machine other than your pc? (i'm not talking about removing the DRM from the content either)

OR
Because of technological barriers? Because on this subject, I think it WOULD be possible to do it... Take the "hack" to download the watch now movies on rorta forums. You can use cURL to fake a wmphostconnection or spoof a windows media player connection to download and connect to the watch now stream, to get the DRM content. cURL is bindable in python. So retrieving the DRM content is possible this way.

Now what about getting a key to play the content like we do in netflix's watch now player? The question is how can we do this on the xbox... This part is not so clear to me...

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