[Original Thread] "My NetFlix" Plugin with Watch Now Support (2 Viewers)

[WileECoyote]

That is too funny. Can't keep everyone happy no matter what you do LOL. IMO just doesn't flow as well when the buttons are changed up. I've watched ppl in my house try to use it and ask "Why isn't the movie starting?". I explain that you have to actually press play and hear "But I press ok on everything else..."

I honestly don't care either way & I think after you know you barely notice anymore.

LOL How true My daughter is ALWAYS complaining that I NEED to make the select button play the movie, so you know what, Im gonna put it back I know Moving Pictures is that way, so why not...

Please note: I DO know better than to just copy over, but I try to play the dumb user when testing things to try to simulate what the majority of users would do and encounter the problems they would.

I will update the instructions to say Delete old version then apply new version.. Thanks for experiementing with that!!

I tried FF/RW as well as chapter skip buttons and also tried the multiple press thing, but always got the return to beginning behavior. I wonder if I needed to let the movie buffer more before fiddling with that. I'll try it again this evening when I get home.

Yes, let me know if you are still having issues. You may want to try to delete the old version then re-apply the 0.5 version.

I agree that a second "OK" press for movie start would be more intuitive, but it only took a fraction of a second for me to figure out that "play" was the proper button. Either of these is far preferable to the original procedure of pressing "i" then selecting play.

Cool, I will make sure it is in the final release.

The new skins and especially the dot system and title browser have really put this plugin over the top. I was playing with it this morning when my housemate came out and asked if it was a new toy. He's seen the older versions, but the extra slickness factor with .5 made him think this was something altogether new.

Thanks for that feedback! Im glad everyone is enjoying the new look & feel. I was afraid at first that it would not be well received since I was under the impression most liked the icon view.

I want to say thanks again to everyone for all the positive feedback and Blitz, Ixian and Keith for all their help in making this a solid plugin. They have provided a lot of feedback that has helped me tremendously in the development/direction of this plugin.

it was already unchecked.

...the search continues

Killdashnine,
What version of IE are you running?

 

[dcwp]

OK, thanks WilE and TechLife, I made the mistake of overcopying rather than deleting and moving the new remote folder. Once I did it right, deleted my database, and reconfigured, I got the new remote functions. This is really nice, the way the FF/RW works is interesting and very effective.

Only one possible problem that I've noticed here. At least with my setup I have the play button working as both pause and play. That is good, if unexpected. But the pause button seems to pause, but not un-pause. That surprised me the first time I encountered it, but obviously a pretty minor problem since the play button handles both functions.

On another positive note, I was pleasantly surprised when I used the chapter skip button on a TV series episode. Skipped straight to the next episode and started playing without any more effort on my part. The less effort the better!

 

[killdashnine]

Killdashnine,
What version of IE are you running?[/QUOTE]

IE7

 

[WileECoyote]

I thought I read a few pages back someone was using the BleazleWide skin, so I created the skin files. Try it out and let me know if there are any issues...




Edit: Are there any other skins we need skin files for?

 

[WileECoyote]

IE7

Hey Killdashnine,
I wish I knew what else to tell you to try Since its a browser issue there are probably no errors trapped by MP, but it wouldnt hurt to post your logs and I will take a look...


Wile E.

 

[dcwp]

Man, you are one full-service developer! That Bleazle skin looks great. I was pretty content using the B3W skin file and thinking about tinkering with the xml myself sometime, but this is definitely easier.

I'll play around with it later and let you know if there are any bugs. But I'm sure it's all good and right now I'm watching American Gangster, my Netflix DVD for the weekend.

 

[FLY]

thanks very much Wile.

I installed mp update and .netframework and your plugin in 15 mins and it all worked at first try.

the installation of plugin and setup was very easy and straightforwart.

I am very very happy to see netflix working with my harmony880.

thx
FLY.

 

[antgash]

hi, this plugin is pretty awesome, but for me nothing starts in fullscreen. i have to go use my mouse to click on it. any suggestions?

 

[WileECoyote]

hi, this plugin is pretty awesome, but for me nothing starts in fullscreen. i have to go use my mouse to click on it. any suggestions?

Hi Antgash,
Can you give me a little more information? What is your system setup? Are you running multi screens?

If you are running multi-screen, the mouse functions will not work unless MP is running on the primary screen.

Thanks,
Wile E.

 

[blitzkrg]

hi, this plugin is pretty awesome, but for me nothing starts in fullscreen. i have to go use my mouse to click on it. any suggestions?

netflix_remote.exe is probably not running.
check and make sure you've installed the netflix_remote folder correctly and made sure the files are named correctly (.exe)