<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Chad Parry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spam@chad.parry.org" target="_blank">spam@chad.parry.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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No problem! I had thought that most people on this list would be
compiling from source anyway. I may update the instructions for how
to perform surgery on a binary installation.<br>
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In short, this package gives me everything I want in Netflix
integration. I have a wrapper script that interprets the remote
control's commands and makes them smarter. Here's typically how I
use it:<br>
<ol>
<li>I go to the Internet Video menu, and from there click Netflix.</li>
<li>The browser opens in fullscreen (kiosk) mode.<br>
</li>
<li>I use the remote's arrow keys to select which household member
is logging in.<br>
</li>
<li>I use the remote's arrow keys to find the Netflix search box
and click it. The script provides mouse acceleration, so the
pointer starts out slowly for fine-grained movements and then
speeds up as I hold the button down.<br>
</li>
<li>I use the remote's numeric keypad to enter the name of a show.
This uses the multi-tap system from old mobile phones. For
example, to type "L" I hit "555." It takes me about 15 seconds
to enter a short phrase.<br>
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<li>I use the remote like a mouse to select and start a show.</li>
<li>The remote's volume controls get forwarded to the Alsa mixer
so they work like you would expect.</li>
<li>When I'm done I hit the Back button to return to MythTV.<br>
</li>
</ol>
The wiki topic itself has more information on the features that are
available. Read under <a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Netflix_Native_Integration#Usage" target="_blank">Usage</a>.
Since the remote works so well as a mouse with these scripts, I use
the same controls for Amazon Instant Video and for Comedy Central
online.<span class=""><br>
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<div>On 12/23/2014 08:07 AM,
<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org" target="_blank">mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre>On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Matt Emmott <a href="mailto:memmott@gmail.com" target="_blank"><memmott@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<span>> </span>On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 4:56 AM, Chad Parry <a href="mailto:spam@chad.parry.org" target="_blank"><spam@chad.parry.org></a> wrote:
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<pre><span class=""><span>>> </span> I've integrated Netflix streaming (and Amazon Instant Video) into my
<span>>> </span>MythTV frontend. It's a great experience now that Netflix is supported in
<span>>> </span>native Chrome browsers. The scripts and instructions are in the wiki topic Netflix
<span>>> </span>Native Integration
</span><span>>> </span><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Netflix_Native_Integration" target="_blank"><http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Netflix_Native_Integration></a>. They should get
<span class=""><span>>> </span>you up and running pretty quickly. Please send me feedback or update the
<span>>> </span>wiki if you see any problems.
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<pre><span class=""><span>> </span>I feel like the following piece of information should be more prominently
<span>> </span>featured:
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<span>> </span>These instructions assume that you built and installed MythTV yourself. If
<span>> </span>you used a binary installation, you will need to reinstall MythTV
</span><span>> </span><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Initial_Installation#Getting_and_compiling_the_source_code" target="_blank"><http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Initial_Installation#Getting_and_compiling_the_source_code></a>
<span>> </span>to get these features.
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<pre>Agreed, I got excited there for a min.
Also, there is a complete lack of information about how this integration
works. Getting Chrome to open and play netflix isn't hard... its getting
the remote to work that became very difficult, considering that the netflix
web interface completely lacks decent keyboard support or even a simple
cursor to show what movie is selected.
Please provide a lot more information about what your custom code does...
it may be worth compiling for, but I'm not going to take that leap without
more details.
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