Watch Netflix’s Watch Now on Unlimited Machines
By Norm Dashwood |
May 27th, 2008
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There has been a lot of buzz lately surrounding the streaming of Netflix’s Watch Now movies to your HTPC and Xbox 360. With just a small registry tweak, you can now watch those movies on unlimited machines.
Let’s start with the basics, shall we? In order to stream Watch Now movies to your Media Center, you will need to install the vmcNetFlix plugin. This plugin works with Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center and allows you to manage your Netflix subscription, stream Netflix Watch Now movies to the Media Center Player, or download the movies for viewing at a later time. That’s not all though, vmcNetFlix can do so much more than just stream Watch Now videos. It also offers support for Vista Extenders on both x86 and x64 platforms, search for movies by keyword, prevent standby/sleep while downloads are still in the queue, view your history and recommendations, and much more!
Now, to get your Movie Now stream working on more than three media centers, all you need to do is copy the working registry entry from one machine to another. The key you need to copy is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Netflix\Movie Viewer. At this point, it would be wise to note that you must copy the entry between like operating systems. For example, Vista-to-Vista or XP-to-XP. It is also in your best interest only to modify the registry if you are an experienced user and are familiar with doing so. Making a mistake in the registry can have dire consequences – potentially rendering your computer inoperable.
For complete instructions on implementing this registry tweak, visit Tech Recipes.
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