[RELEASE] XBMC Flicks - Netflix Movies / TV Shows (Video) experimental Addon for XBMC

gsmayes · 2011-01-06 20:31

I use the logitech S510 remote, there were just enough buttons unused to add fast forward, rewind and fullscreen (in addition to play/pause and esc already mapped to remote). I really wish there was a keyboard command to play the next episode, that's the only thing I have to use a mouse for.

Is there a way to order your instant queue movies/television alphabetically instead of by netflix order?

fekker · 2011-01-07 00:20

eQUIV Wrote:Yes sir, it sure does.

cool, it's in yesterday's git version, grab the zip file and extract and see if those work correctly.

Also, check the option in the addon settings that you are in Canada as that's how it decides what data to source from.

Quote:gsmayes I use the logitech S510 remote, there were just enough buttons unused to add fast forward, rewind and fullscreen (in addition to play/pause and esc already mapped to remote). I really wish there was a keyboard command to play the next episode, that's the only thing I have to use a mouse for.

Is there a way to order your instant queue movies/television alphabetically instead of by netflix order?

Hit me up with your remote settings that your using, i've had an eye on that remote.

expansion of tv episodes can be done in the settings so you can choose the episode, i haven't found the key commands that would let a episode be changed in silverlight.

Once i figure out how to add sort orders and the requirements, i'd like to add those for all areas, year, expiration date, name, position in queue, would be nice to have.

griffore · 2011-01-07 04:59

Does this work in the first gen ATV? How do I set the default browser? Or even how do I open up a browser on the ATV?

Anyone get Netflix video playback working on 1st gen ATV?

decorder28 · 2011-01-07 07:25

I also have similar problems with atv and browser support . The XBMCflicks works like a dream in 10.6 on my macpro ( Thank you for the hard work) , however on my 1st gen atv the browser won't appear to allow me to authorize. The atv has been loaded with Dharma 10.0 and most other addons function fine.Everything is new and up to date . The advancedsettings.xml and the playercorefactory.xml are correct for osx.My work around for the authorization problem on the atv was to take the userinfo.txt from my mac and add it to the plugin.video.xbmcflicks file in addon data located on the atv. I was really quite excited when it started to load my instant queue , but that was short lived , as no movie will load or play.
I would really like to solve the problem for the atv . I suspect the browser should appear for authorization and for the playing of the movie. Any help or further info would very helpful.

eQUIV · 2011-01-07 08:29

Yes, I've enabled the Canada option in the config. I have noticed that the sorting doesn't work properly.. I'm inclined to believe it's more of a netflix problem than your plugin. When I select recently added TV shows there's still movies mixed in, and vice versa.

Also-- search still has really poor results. When typing in the name of movie or tv show (that is clearly listed on the website) exactly it still does not show up in search results. Very strange.

fekker · 2011-01-07 17:47

The initial Auth the links the account uses the code located in iqueue.py to open the browser on the system. Movie playback uses the playercorefactory settings.

I'm not sure if the Apple TV will work or not, basically for it to work there needs to be a browser with silverlight installed on it. If you can browse in the browser to netflix.com and view a movie, then the plugin will work.

For OSX/Apple TV - Initial Auth browser open

Code:

def startBrowser(url):

    cmd="open -n '"+url+"'"

    print cmd

    os.system(cmd)

try running this to see if the browser opens up for the auth portion
open -n http://www.netflix.com

When it's playing back a movie, it loads a local .html file that has a redirect to the movie for the netflix player, in the addons-data you'll find these in the links folder, try opening up one of those to see if it will display a browser.

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The filters for new tv and new movies in the instant queue is fixed in 1.0.12, i'm not sure if that's in xbmc's repo yet or not, it's new. You can grab the file from github and extract it or wait till its in the repo.

I'm not sure on the search results, i'd need a debug log to see what it's returning, with verbose user info on (so you'll want to clean up your userid and secrets in that before pastebin'ing it)

decorder28 · 2011-01-07 23:22

Thank you Fekker for your help. I Changed the Initial Auth browser open in the iqueue.py file and deleted the userinfo.txt . The Iqueue file looked like this
def startBrowser(url):
cmd="open -n http://www.netflix.com"
print cmd
os.system(cmd)
Everything opened as usual and it led me to instant queue:all .... ect.
No browser window asking to link to my netflicks account appeared as it did on my mac . The only window that appeared on the atv was the one: AFTER YOU HAVE LINKED XBMCFLICKS IN NETFLIX....and.... CLICK OK AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED THE LINK IN YOUR BROWSER WI...
After reading your post this morning , i tried XBMCFLICKS one more time before making the current changes and found that it not only let me pull up my own instant queue , but also search the site for specific movies . It still won't load them however.
I'm still puzzled. Thanks again.

fekker · 2011-01-07 23:26

decorder28 Wrote:Thank you Fekker for your help. I Changed the Initial Auth browser open in the iqueue.py file and deleted the userinfo.txt . The Iqueue file looked like this
def startBrowser(url):
cmd="open -n http://www.netflix.com"
print cmd
os.system(cmd)
Everything opened as usual and it led me to instant queue:all .... ect.
No browser window asking to link to my netflicks account appeared as it did on my mac . The only window that appeared on the atv was the one: AFTER YOU HAVE LINKED XBMCFLICKS IN NETFLIX....and.... CLICK OK AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED THE LINK IN YOUR BROWSER WI...
After reading your post this morning , i tried XBMCFLICKS one more time before making the current changes and found that it not only let me pull up my own instant queue , but also search the site for specific movies . It still won't load them however.
I'm still puzzled. Thanks again.

if having issue's with the authorization part

try changing the command to this in the iqueue.py file
cmd="open -n " + url
and see if that works

If you can get the contents of the instant queue and search, then the auth is working correctly.. so the next part is the playback

playback is the playercorefactory.xml and advancedsettings.xml

playercorefactory says what app to use, advanced settings says to recognize the .html files as video
for osx, try adding a space in the playercorefactory <args> "{1}"</args>
the sapce is before the first "

example

Code:

- <playercorefactory>

- <players>

- <player name="IE" type="ExternalPlayer">

  <filename>/usr/bin/open</filename> 

  <args> "{1}"</args> 

  <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc> 

  <hideconsole>false</hideconsole> 

  <warpcursor>none</warpcursor> 

  </player>

  </players>

- <rules action="prepend">

  <rule name="htm" filetypes="htm" player="IE" /> 

  </rules>

  </playercorefactory>

decorder28 · 2011-01-08 02:52

Thanks fekker, I tried changing the command line in the py file again, but still no authorization. I transfered my user info file from my mac to check the playerfactorycore change you suggested. The movies are in my instant queue and now when i try to play a notice window appears and tells me one or more files will not play and to check the log .

DLJones · 2011-01-08 16:36

fekker

I've been looking for a way to add the sgid tags so we have more menu options with this plug-in. The search in the plug-in don't always give me back what I'm looking for, some reason I get mostly TV Shows results when looking for a movie, is there a file that this info can be added to?

Example -
SGID 617
Genre Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy
This is all the Movies

SGID 2448
Genre TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy
This is all the TV Shows

thanks dj

griffore Member Posts: 70 Joined: Oct 2007 Reputation: 0 Location: Ontario, Canada	2011-01-07 04:59 Post: #173 Does this work in the first gen ATV? How do I set the default browser? Or even how do I open up a browser on the ATV? Anyone get Netflix video playback working on 1st gen ATV?
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decorder28 Junior Member Posts: 3 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-01-08 02:52 Post: #179 Thanks fekker, I tried changing the command line in the py file again, but still no authorization. I transfered my user info file from my mac to check the playerfactorycore change you suggested. The movies are in my instant queue and now when i try to play a notice window appears and tells me one or more files will not play and to check the log .
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