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

Anyone try this in Canada yet?

Since boxee has now refuse canadian support. We need a proper Netflix app in some app?

hplpb Wrote:Ok.. am I missing something here? I think I read the instructions pretty thoroughly and followed them exactly, but I can't get it to work. I can't I pull up the settings for the plugin and I just get a script error when I try to load the queue.

From my log:

Code:

01:25:28 T:5068 M:2659704832  NOTICE: ...............
01:25:36 T:1684 M:2632130560  NOTICE: function takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)
01:25:36 T:1684 M:2632130560   ERROR: Scriptresult: Error

Your using a version of XBMC that's before Dharma rc1/rc2, you'll need to update XBMC.

I just set this up last night, and I'm really impressed.

Great work and thanks for pulling this together, I can't wait to see how it progresses now that it's out in the wild.

Setup using the latest version of XBMC was simple and quick, and browsing and launching movies works great.

The primary thing left to sort out in my setup is the remote control. For the rest of my XBMC setup I use a Harmony programmed with a Microsoft RC6 profile and I use the MCE Remote plug-in. From what I can tell I will need to do some setup to get this working correctly with the Netflix Silverlight Player in IE. The Netflix player does not seem to pickup the remote control commands by default.

I took a quick look the link from the first post in this thread, but got a little lost since I am not famliar with Event Ghost. Before I dive too deep into this piece of the setup...what is everyone else doing for remote control of the Netflix player? Is there something simple that MCE Remote can do to help with this?

Thanks!

igotdvds Wrote:What did you use to get "Netflix" and "Instant Queue" in the breadcrumbs?

I use the same visible string you use to make the view only visible in the plugin: <visible>substring(container.folderpath,plugin://plugin.video.xbmcflicks)</visible>

I went a little crazy and decided to make my versions of the default netflix UI, xbox360 netflix UI, and the new PS3 netflix UI. I had fun

Default style:


Xbox360 Style:


PS3 Style:

Hi have xbmc installed on a few machines some of which I don't really use as my HTPC but are just desktops, and the problem is this. I installed this on three machines, first on a machine running XP and got everything working including the thumbnails showing up for all the movies. Then installed it on another desktop running Vista and everything works as far as browsing and watching the movies but no thumbnails are showing up, then I installed it on my real HTPC machine running Windows 7 and same thing. The movies show up and I can browse and play them but no thumbnails are showing up. I set all of them up the same way I can't think of any reason why the thumbs are working on the XP machine but not on the others... any ideas?


Also one other quick question on your iewrap I am using it and it seems to work except I programmed a button on my remote to send F10, I planned to use it as a "stop" button. So when done watching a movie I hit it and it will close the window and return to xbmc. It works before the movie is playing, but in full screen with the movie playing, when I press F10 nothing happens. Is this by design?

Awesome job on the different views, very nicely done!

maui917 Wrote:Hi have xbmc installed on a few machines some of which I don't really use as my HTPC but are just desktops, and the problem is this. I installed this on three machines, first on a machine running XP and got everything working including the thumbnails showing up for all the movies. Then installed it on another desktop running Vista and everything works as far as browsing and watching the movies but no thumbnails are showing up, then I installed it on my real HTPC machine running Windows 7 and same thing. The movies show up and I can browse and play them but no thumbnails are showing up. I set all of them up the same way I can't think of any reason why the thumbs are working on the XP machine but not on the others... any ideas?


Also one other quick question on your iewrap I am using it and it seems to work except I programmed a button on my remote to send F10, I planned to use it as a "stop" button. So when done watching a movie I hit it and it will close the window and return to xbmc. It works before the movie is playing, but in full screen with the movie playing, when I press F10 nothing happens. Is this by design?

The thumbnails issue I'll get fixed up, basically i need to rotate through the image servers, they will show up the way it is, but sometimes the server is busy and doesn't respond.

The IE wrapper should be trapping F10 at all times, but it seems to be a mixed bag of results. For me, it works all the time on my test box, but then some of the silverlight controls don't work (like ESC), when others (like F for fullscreen do).

Does ESC work to exit full screen mode for you?

No Escape doesn't work to exit full screen either, how ever F for fullscreen does work.

use alt+f4 to leave full-screen, then press again to exit IE

Working on getting this into the xbmc addon repo, I think i've done what's required on that front based on the wiki.

When it's in there, version 1.0.6 will be available.
Fixed poster issue where it would always use the same image mirror
Added a reference advancedsettings.xml and playercorefactory.xml
Fixed the missing folder for links (if using the git version of the plugin)

Note: If your not seeing any posters, you will need to select the quality level from the addon settings

Ok, the app looks great, but I can't see where to log in, is it just me or is it there? I am on Mac OS X, on the new Dharma release, just in case.