Netflix just stopped working in windows 7 Media Center

[reh1956]

I have been streaming video from Netflix in Windows 7 media center for about a month. Has worked great with no issues. Suddenly tonight, everything works until I hit play. It looks like it is going to work but stops in the red netflix screen and goes no further. Tried several times. Tried after rebooting. Tried unloading netflix media center add on and reloading. Also, there have been no auto updates since the last time it was working correctly so there is nothing to undo. I tried playing a movie in internet explorer 8 from netflix streaming and it still works fine. Any ideas on what happened in media center and what to try to fix it? Or is there some nexflix problem.

 

[rexamillion]

same here

i tried to watch a movie today and got to play then red screen ,i went to help in netflix there scan said it was my pc not there service,or program.i even went as far as a system restore only went back 3 days,and it still dont work,yet i can view the rest of internet tv,dont figure

 

[AngelProcesser]

So two people of 6 billion had a problem?

 

[bosp7]

Same for me, it's been working fine for several weeks. Then tried to watch last night and it stops on the red Netflix screen after hitting play.

 

[reh1956]

So "Swanson Photo Hardware Engineer Skilled": What is your point. Just trying to understand how your post is helpful to anyone.

As for the two others who replied, thank you. It confirms to me that something changed yesterday external to my system. Maybe we'll get some answers today that will be helpful.

 

[rexamillion]

so is it windows or netflix

 

[rollyalthor]

Called Netflix and they said they were not supporting it anymore so it isn't working. The media center version, it will work fine in a browser.

 

[reh1956]

Thanks for the info. Guess I'll call Netflix and cancel today.

 

[bosp7]

found this on the netflix forums(was posted 2 hours ago):

"spoke to Netflix - they tell me they are working with Microsoft to resolve this issue (mainly affecting MCE on Windows 7) and should be able to find a backend solution on their servers within 24 hours..."

Windows Media Center won't play Netflix movies now! - A Netflix Community

 

[jredsmth]

Thanks

Thank you for sharing what you found. I had the same issue occur last night and have been looking for a solution as well.

 

[pwarnk]

Netflix

I am having the same issue on two PC's; rolling back updates does not seem to work either.

 

[rollyalthor]

So which representative is correct? I spoke to one and she stated that it won't work cause they are not supporting it. Now I see someone was told that they were working on it?

 

[kegobeer]

So two people of 6 billion had a problem?

Actually, had you bothered to do a little searching, you would have discovered that Windows 7 MCE users all have this problem. Next time, if you don't have anything productive to say, don't post.

 

[reh1956]

Found this on another forum. Looks like it was Netflix's fault after all. Glad they final admitted it and are working to correct:

"A change in our website code broke our player API for partners like WMC. Our team is working on an emergency fix. Sorry for the inconvenience everybody.

Mike from Netflix"

 

[AngelProcesser]

Sorry, forgot add the :sarc: ...

 

[Beastie]

looks like they got it sorted out just checked it a little bit ago and it started working again for me

 

[rexamillion]

i see today netflix is working agin in media center

 

[Grayhair]

Just tried Netflix via Windows 7 Media Center and had no problems.

 

[bimmerbill]

Mine is working again as well. MC in Win7 64 bit.

 

[soberjohn23]

i too, have recently lost the ability to stream video from netflix through windows media center. and so far, no one seems to have a solution. then why, if netflix won't support it anymore, have the option for netflix in the media center? what's next? gonna stop streaming through xbox, wii, ps3 and internet ready blu-ray players and everything? if that's the case... i WILL cancel and just use red box for movies in the future!!!!