This week was once again light on video-related Microsoft entertainment technology news, but a piece of listener feedback more than made up for it. The creator of a popular Windows Media Center plugin has a work-around for restoring Netflix in Media Center, and news of a new plugin coming soon. Microsoft is finally retiring Zune services, but what exactly does that mean? Zune’s eventual successor, Groove Music, is now available to Sonos users. The New Xbox One Experience beta has opened it, and the list of broken items is much longer than we expected. If you’re considering picking up another Xbox One soon Josh has some tips for sharing games across consoles.
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Hey Guys – loved the podcast.
Wanted to address a few of your concerns. First – absolutely agree people
should be cautious of how and where they obtain the ‘fix’ for the native Netflix
app in Media Center. And yep – we are probably skirting some legalities here.
What I can try to do for those who want a more ‘wholesome’ experience is I can put
together a version of the repair utility that tries to use a backup copy of the
affected DLL that –may- be left on their PCs by the upgrade process. Not every
install has a backup copy – seems to depend on the age of the Media Center
installation but it should be possible to use their OWN files to fix the issue.
I’ll kick that around and see what can be done.
Josh – with your concerns
regarding ‘logging in’ to services like Amazon or Netflix from a third-party
app – I understand where you are coming from. For the Netflix app I am working
on you will be happy to know the entire experience is via the web and Netflix’s
own login mechanism. Unlike Amazon where I have access to their API – Netflix’s
API is closed for most of us. So the first version of my Netflix app is merely a
wrapper for a web browser with some remote-control logic (and maybe an onscreen
keyboard). Making good progress too – movies are already playable and I am
working on the remote stuff now.
More soon. Happy Streaming!
Marc
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