Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 09:20
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Noticed something with the Netflix release. It appears it has a limitation on either size, or a time out on the length of time it takes to grab the queue as if I have over 100 items in my instant watch queue the 360 stops listing them after 98. I can occasionally get it to go above 100 but I usually have to backout and go back in 4-5 to get it to list. Any chance we can have the PC keep track of and update the list locally and then when the 360 requests it the PC can give it its list instead of having the 360 request it itself?
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Local storage would be nice list wise but the simple solution would be to weed out any movies/shows you likely won't watch again. For me, anymore than 50 in my Instant Watch Queue and the 360 takes a good while to load the list.
Given that there are 5 in my
Given that there are 5 in my family that all use the service that isn't going to happen :). Between the shows which the kids repeatedly watch, the classics which we like to always keep on simply because we enjoy them (Dog Day Afternoon, Who's Afraid of a Virginia Wolf, Streetcar Named Desire, etc.), and all the TV shows we keep on there as Playon is now our entertainment source of choice that really isn't an option :), and it only takes about 10 seconds to build the list of 150 something when it works. Also given that if nothing else the MS Netflix app will be out in a month or so if nothing else I'll just use PlayOn for Hulu/CBS Classics and MS's for Netflix, though I would prefer to just use one app and I would think it would be fairly simple to fix.
Given also that they are now putting individual episodes online on Netflix just after they air (Season 3 of Heroes for example) it makes removing the tv shows difficult as well for the present season.
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I see where you're coming from now. A family of 5 would indeed fill up your queue rather quickly. Try calling up Netflix and asking them if there is a way to organize (folders perhaps?) your Instant Watch queue.
I have seen this limit too
As far as Netflix queues go, yes you can have multiple queues (one for each family member) BUT you only have ONE instant queue. As far as I can tell at least, only the "owner" of the main queue can add/remove from the instant queue.
For example, my lady and I have separate Netflix queues under the SAME account. So when movies are mailed to us one comes from my queue and one from hers but the instant queue (which is a separate entity from the mail queues) is only accessible from my section of the account. So, as things stand now, the only way to have multiple instant queues is to have multiple Netflix accounts (each with its own monthly fee).
As PlayOn has no ability to switch between multiple accounts on Netflix this is a moot point. Running multiple instants of PlayOn is another possibility but again you would have to have a matching number of Netflix accounts (with the associated monthly fees) so you could have multiple instant queues.
The best thing would be for Netflix to support multiple instant queues, one for each mail queue. That would require PlayOn to support the multiple instant queues too.
To me, that sounds like a good bit of work.
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Please submit a support request...
Hello...can you please submit a support request through PlayOn Settings Manager, after reproducing the issue where you don't see records over 100? Please note the time of the error when you submit.
Reproduced and sent.
Reproduced and sent. Seemed like it was timing out on waiting for the response and just showing what it had received as I noticed I also get an entry in my Netflix PlayOn list that reads "Error Retrieving Queue".
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