[XBMCMBX]

If you follow the instructions below, you should be able to get XBMCFlicks working on Frodo with Windows 7. I’m not the original developer of this code, and am just trying to help. If Netflix continues messing with the API, this will break again and I may not have the knowledge to fix it. Good luck!

How to get XBMCFlicks working on Frodo!

1. Install the modified addon uploaded here. (Based on yabsie's recent release, modified to remove broken options)
   
2. In XBMC navigate to XBMCFlicks and attempt to view the instant queue. It will take you to the Netflix webpage to associate with an account. Just close the page, do not try to authenticate here! Go back to XBMC, press OK. You will get a script error. No problem, just close XBMC.
   
3. Navigate to C:\users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\addon_data\plugin.video.xbmcflicks\ and open userinfo.txt
   
4. The file should be blank, no problem! For now paste in the following text:
   
   Code:

   requestKey=consumer_key
requestSecret=consumer_secret
accessKey=oauth_token
accessSecret=oauth_token_secret
5. Save the file, and keep it open for now. Just minimize it.
   
6. Navigate to the API Walkthrough here: http://developer.netflix.com/walkthrough
   
7. Step 1, input the following developer information (Borrowed from Plex):
   
   Code:

   Key: nfeafbf2hpdnyfvr5dd32ka6
Shared Secret: bBsa6TqYab
   Click request a token to move onto the next step.
   
8. Step 2, look in the block of text Step 1 just generated and copy the line of text from after “oauth_token_secret=” and before the “&”. Do not include the “&”! Press “Save OAuth Token Secret” to move on to the next step.
   
9. Step 3, input the information based on the text block generated in Step 1.
   oauth_token: Copy the line of text from after “oauth_token=” and before the “&”. Do not include the “&”!
   application_name: Plex
   Leave the rest of the fields alone and press “Generate the OAuth Login Page” to be redirected to the normal API access page. Press the ‘Yes, Link This Account’ button to proceed. There will be a short loading time before returning to the walkthrough page. Please be patient!
   
10. Step 4 is easy, just press “Request Access Token” to proceed.
    
11. Step 5, input the oauth_token and oauth_token_secret in the same way you did in Step 2 and 3 of the API Walkthrough. This time, however, use the text block generated after Step 4.
    
12. Step 6, congratulations! You just got the proper API information generated using the Plex developer keys for use with XBMCFlicks. These strings of text are unique to you, don’t share them!
    
13. Now that we are done with the API Walkthrough, we pull back up the userdata.txt we minimized earlier. Copy and paste the strings of text and replace the placeholder (for example consumer_key) of the matching field in userdata.txt. No space after the “=” is needed. Save the file and close. Close your browser window with the API Walkthrough open.
    
14. Open XBMC, goto Video Addons, open XBMCFlicks, click on Instant Queue, and start watching!
    

Thanks Tim for this post. I got it working on OS X. It worked the first time (actually second time because session timed out before I entered last part.). I had no problem, mostly because I have a Netflix developer's account from the days of the Netflix Prize, and I have messed with the API before. But for people having no experience with the API, or APIs in general, this would be somewhat daunting I think, despite you fairly straightforward instructions. For those using OS X, the userinfo.txt file you need to modify is at:

Code:

~/Library/Application Support/XBMC/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.xbmcflicks/

Copy this line, then in Finder, type cmd-shift-G and paste the line in the box, then hit <enter>.

Also, be sure to enter your Netflix email account for User Name in the final stage of the walk-through.

One thing that disappoints me though, is that all this add-on does, after all this trouble to get it to work, is to open the stream in a browser window. I have many tabs open in Firefox so play is choppy at best. I can open it in Suckfari with no other tabs open and it plays better but I'd have to make that my default browser, which I won't. I can find no way to then view the stream directly through XBMC so there is no point in this add-on for me. All I want to do is to replace the slow buggy internet TV box that came with my TV. Does anyone know of an add-on that would let you view Firefox or other browser through XBMC?