Netflix Manager v2.0 w/Play now support

[pyedog]

Originally Posted by uncertainty

Same, I would like to know what to edit in order to get full screen support to work correctly for 720x480p.

I've attached the changes for my screen at 852x480. You should be able to change the scale slightly for
Cursor.Position = new Point(437, 451);
to get the play now button to work - you'll probably want a smaller number.

Other than that it should work more or less.

You'll probably also need to change the skin a little bit to get everything to display properly.

Enjoy,
-Jim

[uncertainty]

Originally Posted by pyedog

I've attached the changes for my screen at 852x480. You should be able to change the scale slightly for
Cursor.Position = new Point(437, 451);
to get the play now button to work - you'll probably want a smaller number.

Other than that it should work more or less.

You'll probably also need to change the skin a little bit to get everything to display properly.

Enjoy,
-Jim

Thanks, Ill give it a try...

[sstockfo]

I am having trouble locating the cookie id. Can someone tell me how to get this info.

Thanks

[pyedog]

Originally Posted by sstockfo

I am having trouble locating the cookie id. Can someone tell me how to get this info.

1) Go to C:\Documents and Settings\sstockfo\cookies (assuming sstockfo is your Windows login - otherwise change it).
2) Look for a file named something like sstockfo@netflix[1].txt and open it in notepad.
3) Search for NetflixShopperId
4) Get the number that looks something like
P2367238712393173267346239823902392
5) Enter it in the configuration panel ...

Enjoy!

[MacMini]

So, what values do we need to change to get the Watch Now button to work ar whatever resolution we have (1080x1920 for me?)

I looked at the 480 file above to try to figure it out, but it's a .cs file, and I don't know howit relates (I am a total noob:-(

Thanks.

Originally Posted by whurlston

whiskaz/nerd1701, I think I may have solved all the issues. I think I have found a way to play the movie in a regular WMP activex player giving us full control of the player including ff/rew/seek capabilities. I also found a way to download streams that are a higher bitrate than can be handled by one's internet connection. It would mean a longer buffering time before being able to watch the movie without interuption but much higher quality for slower connections. I should have some sample code by the end of the weekend.

How is this going?

[pyedog]

Originally Posted by MacMini

So, what values do we need to change to get the Watch Now button to work at whatever resolution we have (1080x1920 for me?)

I looked at the 480 file above to try to figure it out, but it's a .cs file, and I don't know howit relates (I am a total noob:-()

Well, you'd need to be able to build the plugin - I used the free Visual C# 2005 Express Edition ... you'd have to download it from MS and install it, then configure an SVN client to get the plug-in sources, then edit the solution file so it would build on your machine ... then you'd need to edit the file so that all of the "y" resolutions were 1080 (the x resolutions genrally are written to autoscale) and experiment by changing the
"Cursor.Position = new Point(...)" lines to be correct for your display/resolution so the play/pause and fullscreen stuff would work. I wouldn't be surprised if you needed to tweak the skin as well.

Not so good from the total noob perspective ... but think of it as a learning opportunity!

Hopefully one of the new approaches will work out a bit better, and the plugin can be modified to be a bit flexible. I don't have the time to work on it, and I'm not a plugin guy so I don't know that I'd be able to do much of anything anyway ... I just made a couple trivial changes to get the current version to more or less work for me.

-Jim

[MacMini]

Thanks for the pointer, Jim. I'll play with it a bit on the weekend, but it sounds like it's comparable to rocket science for a noob like me:-)

[cdrracing]

Hey,
I have read through this whole forum and found many people that were having the same problem I am, I did what you told them to and still nothing.
I click on the netflix manager and it comes up with all the buttons on the side but I can't access my account, (no queue) I have been messing with this for about 5 hours now and I've read this whole forum and can't figure it out.
this is where I got my shopperID from:
Queue
http://rss.netflix.com/QueueRSS?id={shopperID} starts with P and is 35 characters long.
the cookieID I found also starts with P and is also 35 characters long but differs from the shopperID.

I know you've been asked this several times but my brother is having the same problem and between the two of us we just can't figure it out.

any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
James

[chschwarz]

I have the plug-in working, but it runs rather slow. The movie downloads and the movie screen goes black and my mouse pointer moves very slow, then after a few minutes the movie finally starts. I do not have this problem outside of MediaPortal. Does anyone know the cause? THis may be a system limitation fo my computer, but outside of the software everything works fine.

[redr8er]

Can someone help me better understand this plugin... I have it configured correctly I believe, but there is no watch now button. I can search for movies and it appears that any results with a '*' at the end can be watched now. I would like to know if there is a way to browse through the watch now movies on netflix. Also is there a way to fast forward, rewind, and pause from a MCE remote that I currently use for all other plugins for MP. Thanks in advance for your help.