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2008-03-23, 18:25
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.
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I gotta second that. As netflix watch now grows it is quickly going to become a very killer app for xbmc.
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2008-05-09, 08:34
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)
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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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2008-05-09, 13:24
(This post was last modified: 2008-05-09, 13:40 by agathorn.)
Those plugins you point out are for Windows Media Center, so DRM isn't an issue for them. The only way something like this will work, is if there is an application running on a Windows machine that streams the Watch Now content from Netlfix, de-drms it, then streams it to XBMC. Which I don't even think is legal.
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I"m not familiar with the DRM process of getting a key to play content, but I know that DRM can restrict machines.. and a netflix subscription is part of the mixture needed to retrieve a key as you normally would on the netflix player. I was talking about just duplicating this process on the xbox, for example if spoofing a certain machine and certain proof of software running is what you need to get a key normally, then you can do that on the xbox...
Why do you think "de-drm-ing" is the only way? I was never talking about this in the first place. If you are familiar with the process that I was talking about before and something completely obvious about its technical impossibility to replicate on the xbox, then say it.
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2008-06-09, 18:47
(This post was last modified: 2008-10-02, 18:01 by Gamester17.)
I've found the IMDB scraper really isn't cutting it for my video collection. I've got a lot of offbeat DVD titles that didn't have theatrical releases, so they're just not being found.
ex: Pixar Short Films Vol 1 (and 2 and 3), Vandread Vol 1 (and 2 and 3...), Warner Brothers collections, etc...
Any chance of someone crafting up a Netflix scraper? (the Wiki still only talks about the IMDb scraper and I've seen no posts regarding creating alternate scrapers).
Thanks!