Netflix plugin (NetflixAlpha) (2 Viewers)

[Game_dude]

I'm getting this message when trying to play anything after it opens the window.

Instant Watching System Compatibility
 
 
Complete System Requirements
 
To watch instantly, you''ll need a computer that meets the following minimum requirements:
•Windows •Windows Vista or Windows 7
•Internet Explorer 8 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
•1.2 GHz processor
•512 MB RAM
 
•Mac •An Intel-based Mac with OS 10.4.11 or later
•Safari 4 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
•1 GB RAM
 
•Chrome OS •A Google Chromebook or Chromebox running Chrome OS 20 or higher

I'm running the Windows 8.1 preview so that could be something to do with it as it worked just fine with Windows 8.

 

[te3hpurp]

Hi There.

I just did some experimental research for the Netflix search capability with browsers F12 development tools.
And I came to an result where I can search at least finnish content available. Maybe other countries as well
if correct country parameters can be found.

Anyway link is like sarch url is like this:

"http://search.nflxsearch.net/FI/fi/p/o/po.json?authURL=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&_=XXXXXXXXXXXXX"

I tried to search all movies starting with starting letters "po".

Okay here is a deal: after "fi/" comes ONLY first two letters from searchterm separated with "/" and json starts with all letters from
searchterm Up to 5 letters like po.json

To search with "agatha" it goes like this:

"http://search.nflxsearch.net/FI/fi/a/g/agath.json?authURL=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&_=XXXXXXXXXXXXX"

And if resultset can in in english,you dont even need to have
?authURL=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&_=XXXXXXXXXXXXX" part at all, so

http://search.nflxsearch.net/FI/fi/p/o/po.json and http://search.nflxsearch.net/FI/fi/a/g/agath.json
works okay:

And One more example of Lost tv series search. Your current search returns for example Lost Girls series, which is not
available in finland, but with this it returns only finnish content:

http://search.nflxsearch.net/FI/fi/l/o/lost.json

And output is:

{"groups":[{"type":"titles","label":"Elokuvat ja TV","items":[{"id":70136118,"title":"Lost","display":"<em>Lost</em>"},{"id":60031214,"title":"Lost in Translation","display":"<em>Lost</em> in Translation"},{"id":70224746,"title":"Lost in Austen","display":"<em>Lost</em> in Austen"},{"id":70213081,"title":"Power Rangers Lost Galaxy","display":"Power Rangers <em>Lost</em> Galaxy"},{"id":60023618,"title":"Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams","display":"Spy Kids 2: The Island of <em>Lost</em> Dreams"},{"id":596983,"title":"Home Alone 2: Lost in New York","display":"Home Alone 2: <em>Lost</em> in New York"},{"id":70206891,"title":"The Lost Room","display":"The <em>Lost</em> Room"},{"id":70077519,"title":"Things We Lost in the Fire","display":"Things We <em>Lost</em> in the Fire"}]}],"numItems":8}

I Belive you can use ID's or title from output to create actual playback url. It also might be that

search.nflxsearch.net site is region aware, because i could not found working combination
for sweden for example.

So if there are otherr interesting, please try and verify working versions of this search, like for example
users in sweden can try

http://search.nflxsearch.net/SWE/swe/l/o/lost.json
or
http://search.nflxsearch.net/SE/se/l/o/lost.json
or
http://search.nflxsearch.net/SW/sw/l/o/lost.json

or try browsers F12 development tools to watch network traffic of your browser
while typing into search box in upper right corner of your netflix site, and then
look for posts into search.nflxsearch.net address, and you can see correct
form of an address.

When we have results from other countries, we can crosscheck
if site is region aware, and also verify if fomulating query works
same way everywhere.

Best Regards,

And PS.

If we get source code, we get much Rapid development And might have
Really working Netflix plugin after all.

Btw I love the way you handle your playback stuff with your own player.

 

[mabdk]

Tried the above from Denmark, with DK DA DAN none of them worked.
here is the search string i see when searching in the browser.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiSearch?..._posn=-1&ac_abs_posn=-1&v1=lost&search_submit=

 

[te3hpurp]

Y

Tried the above from Denmark, with DK DA DAN none of them worked.
here is the search string i see when searching in the browser.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiSearch?..._posn=-1&ac_abs_posn=-1&v1=lost&search_submit=

yes, That is normal search string, when doing a search, But I mean search url that fills quick selection list below search-box, while you type.
So you must use F12 developper tools, and watch out network traffic, but DO NOT hit enter or perform
search. Only type to search box, and you should be able to find the wanted search url. If you do perform search, you are redirected
and pervious net traffic is lost, so wanted url is also lost.

Br,

 

[mabdk]

Y

Tried the above from Denmark, with DK DA DAN none of them worked.
here is the search string i see when searching in the browser.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiSearch?..._posn=-1&ac_abs_posn=-1&v1=lost&search_submit=

yes, That is normal search string, when doing a search, But I mean search url that fills quick selection list below search-box, while you type.
So you must use F12 developper tools, and watch out network traffic, but DO NOT hit enter or perform
search. Only type to search box, and you should be able to find the wanted search url. If you do perform search, you are redirected
and pervious net traffic is lost, so wanted url is also lost.

Br,

OK searching for stargate gave this:
http://api-eu.netflix.com/desktop/search/autocomplete?term=stargate&esn=www&authURL=1373273927180.y7vTQXNc/imbEL8EAiCNB/Etno0=&_=1373274050910

and lost gave this:
http://api-eu.netflix.com/desktop/search/autocomplete?term=lost&esn=www&authURL=1373275002103.WM/0tWnWQgjnI7stzjegLOV16C8=&_=1373275024051

don't know if that helps

looks like it actually is calling some kind of API

 

[geoffstewart]

I had been using this plugin for a few weeks without issue until this weekend. When I go to select a show/movie to play, it pops up the player but I'm redirected to the netflix login page instead of it playing the video.

I opened the config and redid the authorization (unlink and then link as it were). That didn't change anything... still redirected to login screen.

On the same PC, I can use netflix in firefox.

Any ideas of what's going on?

I don't see a plugin-specific log and the only mention of netflix in MediaPortal.log is the line where it loads the plugin

Cheers

Geoff

 

[Game_dude]

Does going to genres work? It doesn't do anything for me.

 

[geoffstewart]

Does going to genres work? It doesn't do anything for me.

No, it does nothing. I recall the author stating it's not implemented but cannot find that post now.[DOUBLEPOST=1373379929][/DOUBLEPOST]

I had been using this plugin for a few weeks without issue until this weekend. When I go to select a show/movie to play, it pops up the player but I'm redirected to the netflix login page instead of it playing the video.

I opened the config and redid the authorization (unlink and then link as it were). That didn't change anything... still redirected to login screen.

On the same PC, I can use netflix in firefox.

Any ideas of what's going on?

I don't see a plugin-specific log and the only mention of netflix in MediaPortal.log is the line where it loads the plugin

Cheers

Geoff

Am I really the only one having this problem? That sucks

 

[MightyPolo]

Does going to genres work? It doesn't do anything for me.

No, it does nothing. I recall the author stating it's not implemented but cannot find that post now.[DOUBLEPOST=1373379929][/DOUBLEPOST]

I had been using this plugin for a few weeks without issue until this weekend. When I go to select a show/movie to play, it pops up the player but I'm redirected to the netflix login page instead of it playing the video.

I opened the config and redid the authorization (unlink and then link as it were). That didn't change anything... still redirected to login screen.

On the same PC, I can use netflix in firefox.

Any ideas of what's going on?

I don't see a plugin-specific log and the only mention of netflix in MediaPortal.log is the line where it loads the plugin

Cheers

Geoff

Am I really the only one having this problem? That sucks

Hi Sorry for no reply, looks like I didnt get notifications :-(.

Player uses IE so I would try two things:
1. Clear all temps, cookies and so on (In IE)
2. Try to login from IE browser then close browser and reopen to see whether password stayed.

Let me know whether it helped.
p.[DOUBLEPOST=1373668877][/DOUBLEPOST]

Hi There.

I just did some experimental research for the Netflix search capability with browsers F12 development tools.
And I came to an result where I can search at least finnish content available. Maybe other countries as well
if correct country parameters can be found.

Anyway link is like sarch url is like this:

"http://search.nflxsearch.net/FI/fi/p/o/po.json?authURL=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&_=XXXXXXXXXXXXX"

I tried to search all movies starting with starting letters "po".

Okay here is a deal: after "fi/" comes ONLY first two letters from searchterm separated with "/" and json starts with all letters from
searchterm Up to 5 letters like po.json

To search with "agatha" it goes like this:

"http://search.nflxsearch.net/FI/fi/a/g/agath.json?authURL=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&_=XXXXXXXXXXXXX"

And if resultset can in in english,you dont even need to have
?authURL=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&_=XXXXXXXXXXXXX" part at all, so

http://search.nflxsearch.net/FI/fi/p/o/po.json and http://search.nflxsearch.net/FI/fi/a/g/agath.json
works okay:

And One more example of Lost tv series search. Your current search returns for example Lost Girls series, which is not
available in finland, but with this it returns only finnish content:

http://search.nflxsearch.net/FI/fi/l/o/lost.json

And output is:

{"groups":[{"type":"titles","label":"Elokuvat ja TV","items":[{"id":70136118,"title":"Lost","display":"<em>Lost</em>"},{"id":60031214,"title":"Lost in Translation","display":"<em>Lost</em> in Translation"},{"id":70224746,"title":"Lost in Austen","display":"<em>Lost</em> in Austen"},{"id":70213081,"title":"Power Rangers Lost Galaxy","display":"Power Rangers <em>Lost</em> Galaxy"},{"id":60023618,"title":"Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams","display":"Spy Kids 2: The Island of <em>Lost</em> Dreams"},{"id":596983,"title":"Home Alone 2: Lost in New York","display":"Home Alone 2: <em>Lost</em> in New York"},{"id":70206891,"title":"The Lost Room","display":"The <em>Lost</em> Room"},{"id":70077519,"title":"Things We Lost in the Fire","display":"Things We <em>Lost</em> in the Fire"}]}],"numItems":8}

I Belive you can use ID's or title from output to create actual playback url. It also might be that

search.nflxsearch.net site is region aware, because i could not found working combination
for sweden for example.

So if there are otherr interesting, please try and verify working versions of this search, like for example
users in sweden can try

http://search.nflxsearch.net/SWE/swe/l/o/lost.json
or
http://search.nflxsearch.net/SE/se/l/o/lost.json
or
http://search.nflxsearch.net/SW/sw/l/o/lost.json

or try browsers F12 development tools to watch network traffic of your browser
while typing into search box in upper right corner of your netflix site, and then
look for posts into search.nflxsearch.net address, and you can see correct
form of an address.

When we have results from other countries, we can crosscheck
if site is region aware, and also verify if fomulating query works
same way everywhere.

Best Regards,

And PS.

If we get source code, we get much Rapid development And might have
Really working Netflix plugin after all.

Btw I love the way you handle your playback stuff with your own player.

This looks like great research!
Is it providing consistent result in other countries?

One thing though, saving netflix user account localy is no go according to Netflix guide.

If you want to add such a search in to plugin create library which will do the work.
I will use it and give you credits.
Later I will open repos, but some work need to be done before.

p.

 

[MightyPolo]

yes i understand
BUT
he cant link his account
therefore he is not authorised
therefore cannot play a movie

you cant just go to netflix and play a movie without loggng in
all he can do is browse the catalogue

he cant play unless his account is connected/logged in.

You dont need to have linked account to play titles.
For first time playing, user is asked for netflix password on netflix site (authorization info stays with IE)

p.[DOUBLEPOST=1373669363][/DOUBLEPOST]

I'm getting this message when trying to play anything after it opens the window.

Instant Watching System Compatibility
 
 
Complete System Requirements
 
To watch instantly, you''ll need a computer that meets the following minimum requirements:
•Windows •Windows Vista or Windows 7
•Internet Explorer 8 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
•1.2 GHz processor
•512 MB RAM
 
•Mac •An Intel-based Mac with OS 10.4.11 or later
•Safari 4 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
•1 GB RAM
 
•Chrome OS •A Google Chromebook or Chromebox running Chrome OS 20 or higher

I'm running the Windows 8.1 preview so that could be something to do with it as it worked just fine with Windows 8.

Hi.
I guess that its because new IE, which doesnt identify itself as IE anymore.
http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2013/07/02/internet-explorer-11-dont-call-me-ie/

Maybe you can try to search web for setting which will change user agent setting back to IE.
p.