2012-03-05, 01:20
I modified a version of the XBMC Flicks add-on that I believe corrects several issues with searching for instant videos. If you are interested in helping me out by giving that version a try, please PM me. I need it to be tested before passing along the changes to the original author.
Some details on the changes:
I noticed when I searched for instant movies using 'Search' or 'Experimental Search' that the results were not what I would have expected. The regular search did not return what I was looking for & the experimental search wasn't returning anything at all. I spent a couple of days looking into the issue and found two sets of problems.
First, there have been changes in the structures that are returned by the Netflix API and the add-on hadn't been updated. Specifically, the add-on had been previously updated to make version 2.0 Netflix catalog requests however the add-on was not updated in all places to process v2.0 records.
Secondly, there were some logic errors that were preventing some search results from being displayed. Granted it is not always clear what the original implementer had intended, but it there were a couple of places that things just didn't look right and it was culling valid videos from the search results.
Regards,
Steve
Some details on the changes:
I noticed when I searched for instant movies using 'Search' or 'Experimental Search' that the results were not what I would have expected. The regular search did not return what I was looking for & the experimental search wasn't returning anything at all. I spent a couple of days looking into the issue and found two sets of problems.
First, there have been changes in the structures that are returned by the Netflix API and the add-on hadn't been updated. Specifically, the add-on had been previously updated to make version 2.0 Netflix catalog requests however the add-on was not updated in all places to process v2.0 records.
Secondly, there were some logic errors that were preventing some search results from being displayed. Granted it is not always clear what the original implementer had intended, but it there were a couple of places that things just didn't look right and it was culling valid videos from the search results.
Regards,
Steve