Netflix on Apple TV / iOS

Pedro Monscooch

Hey guys. Anyone know of a way to get Netflix to work in Ireland? My AppleTV came last Friday and I can't seem to find anyone this side of the states interested in Netflix. I can't be the only one, can I?

jamesd

I use netflix on my iPad with strong VPN, have a look online at connecting an apple tv via a dd wrt router to strongvpn for running netflix

jamesd

Have a look here
http://strongvpn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=634

Pedro Monscooch

Thanks, man. Was just looking there. I'm too impatient to see if Netflix on my iPad would airplay to the appleTV next month.

jamesd

Tried to stream a movie from iPad to apple tv last night and it failed as it was a movie that was rented from iTunes US, might need to try logging into the apple tv with US account and re try.
Have the ipad on 4.2 beta

Phibsboro

Hi Pedro

Can you tell us your general impressions of Apple TV? Are any streaming services available here? I assume you can rent from iTunes? What kind of range is there available in the Irish store?

Bellu

hmm, I also have some problem.
Can you output to your tv with this app? I've heard you can do that with the iPad version. Anyone actually tried this?
It is lame that you can't manage your dvd queu. I have a free app (Movieflick I think or something like that) that lets you manage both queues so I don't see how it can be that difficult. Not a deal breaker by any stretch though.

Griffinx

Netflix just launched here for €6.99/month, does that mean it'll work now on the Apple tv without a VPN?

Gx

vinnycoyne

Griffinx wrote: »

Netflix just launched here for €6.99/month, does that mean it'll work now on the Apple tv without a VPN?

Gx

Yes.

etcetc

only uk content i presume

if you keep using the vpn can you access the american content?

ZV Yoda

I managed to register for the 1 month free trial. I then tried to play a movie on my Mac. I started to load up, but then I got a message saying "Netflix unavailable". Tried the saming thing using the ATV, but when I clicked on the Netflix option, I got the same error. Nothing wrong with my internet connection - other devices are all working fine.

Also, How does the movie selection on Netflix compare with what's on iTunes? I'm curious as to why Apple (given their normal way of doing business) would allow customer to access Netflix via an ATV. If Netflix subscription is only €6.99/mth for unlimited movies... but iTunes charge €3.99 for renting just one movie, then surely Netflix is a better option & Apple will lose their movie rental business to Netflix. Am I missing something?

I use iTunes a lot to buy movies for the kids. They watch them over & over so it make more sense to buy them. We prob buy on average 2-3 Disney/Pixar type movies a month costing €13.99ea. If I can really just pay €6.99 for Netflix, then I might not need to buy any more kids movies since they can (in theory) watch whatever they want / whenever they want.

Sad Professor

We've been discussing is over in Films. The selection is crap. No new releases, no big studio releases. This is supposed to change soon, but I'm not impressed that they decided to launch here with so much content missing.

jack presley

Sad Professor wrote: »

We've been discussing is over in Films. The selection is crap. No new releases, no big studio releases. This is supposed to change soon, but I'm not impressed that they decided to launch here with so much content missing.

Yeah. I know there's a month free but I'm gonna wait until they put some decent stuff on it before I sign up. Chitty chitty bang bang is one of the films listed on the scifi page for god's sake!

jakdublin

jack presley wrote: »

Yeah. I know there's a month free but I'm gonna wait until they put some decent stuff on it before I sign up. Chitty chitty bang bang is one of the films listed on the scifi page for god's sake!

I'm adopting a wait and see approach. Saw Breaking Bad on the home page but couldn't find it when I was browsing.

Sad Professor

Saving the month trial is a good idea. The only film content on there at the moment is from Lionsgate, Miramax and MGM. There's a lot of good films, but you wouldn't be long working though them.

Creamy Goodness

7 euro, that's nearly as much as 1 new release rental from Xtravision (well it's 2 euro more).

i'm sold, the selection isn't great at the moment but there's about 2 months worth of content there for me so i'm going to stick with it until then.

conolan

Signed up and the app works on ipad1.

Bad Panda

Signed up this morning. I'm sure I'll find something to watch later.

I don't see the point in waiting. Sure you know what the content will include eventually and you'll know now if it's for you or not.

_Whimsical_

One month free trial!
Saw this post on the subject in BA but I can't seem to quote it. It might be handy for those on 3G or with limited bandwidth via wifi.

You can choose to force a low quality stream on all your devices. After signing up, go to Your Account & Help on Netflix.com (Top Right). Click, then look under Manage Account for Manage video quality. The following options are available there:

Good quality (up to 0.3 GB per hour)
Better quality (up to 0.7 GB per hour)
Best quality (up to 1 GB per hour, or up to 2.3 GB per hour for HD)

This will then force the lower quality stream, even if your connection can handel better.

ZV Yoda

Signed up for free trial & just had a browse through the available content. Pretty poor selection - most movies are at least 2-3 years old and have already been shown on telly. The TV series are even worse - Men Behaving Badly from the early 90's? I don't think so.

The pc/mac web GUI isn't very user friendly either - iTunes is much better for searching etc. At least on the ATV, the Netflix GUI is the same as for iTunes, so it's easier to navigate. I watched 5 mins of a HD movie & the picture quality & sound seem to be at least as good as iTunes (I'm on UPC 30Mb).

Shame the content is so out of date, otherwise this could be great value. I wonder when they'll start to introduce up to date stuff?... right after my one month trial ends no doubt.

Xtravision's days must really be numbered at this stage. Pity they never got their act together with an online streaming service.

Ah well...

Izy

anyone getting a message saying that netflix is currently unavailable on their atv2???

Hardgas

@Izy Ya same problem, any ideas anyone?

Glebee

Are people still getting the not available message on ATV 2.

gingernut79

No sign of netflix on my JB ATV2 thinks its running 4.3.3, does netflix come in a software update or how might I go about getting it?

Tonio

Glebee wrote: »

Are people still getting the not available message on ATV 2.

Same for me

MarkoF

Got it working by restarting apple tv (unplug, wait 10 seconds and plug back in).
Then sign in.

All the best.

Izy

plugging out indeed made the trick...

working a treat on all platforms... ps3, iPad, iPhone, macbook pro and atv2 now...

selection limited, hopefully will improve soon

Rob C

MarkoF wrote: »

Got it working by restarting apple tv (unplug, wait 10 seconds and plug back in).
Then sign in.

All the best.

Fair play Home Boy, that did the trick.

antodeco

Is there anything stopping me having a few months of the free trial, if I load it separately on multiple devices?

Hardgas

Worked, thanks guys

adox

MarkoF wrote: »

Got it working by restarting apple tv (unplug, wait 10 seconds and plug back in).
Then sign in.

All the best.

Tried this a couple of times and still no joy.

Creamy Goodness

antodeco wrote: »

Is there anything stopping me having a few months of the free trial, if I load it separately on multiple devices?

yes, it's tied to your email and credit card. having several emails and several credit cards is the only way to achieve what you're trying to set out to do.

gibbo_ireland

Yeah same for me - get the message on my ATV - tried signing out of iTunes under settings, and changing region just in case wasnt enabled for Ireland through Apple yet, and unplugged/rebooted several times, still getting the Netflix currently unavailable message.

Shame - hoped to play with it tonight...sniff.

antodeco

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

antodeco wrote: »

Is there anything stopping me having a few months of the free trial, if I load it separately on multiple devices?

yes, it's tied to your email and credit card. having several emails and several credit cards is the only way to achieve what you're trying to set out to do.

Thanks to the Celtic tiger I unfortunately have many of both

JoeA3

Works perfect for me on my Apple tv and my iPhone. As others have said, content seems limited, hopefully that'll improve. For 7 quid a month, it's worth a go.

Griffinx

Reboot of the ATV worked for me.

Thanks Gx

Griffinx

On ATV I'm getting a lot of

An error occurred loading this content

Anyone else?

Glebee

Works ok for me since plugging out unit. Getting alot of freezing though
on 8mb BB package, only watch SD stuff.

Creamy Goodness

anyone have any problems streaming over meteor 3G? think we've another blacklisted url on our hands like the weather widget.

smtdos

On the ATV2:

Settings --> General --> Network --> Configure TCP/IP --> Manually

Leave everything the same except for DNS. Change DNS to google:

008.008.008.008

Unplug power cable for a minute or so.

This seems to have fixed any issues the Americans have had with Netflix on ATV2 in the past.

adox

smtdos wrote: »

On the ATV2:

Settings --> General --> Network --> Configure TCP/IP --> Manually

Leave everything the same except for DNS. Change DNS to google:

008.008.008.008

Unplug power cable for a minute or so.

This seems to have fixed any issues the Americans have had with Netflix on ATV2 in the past.

Didn't work for me unfortunately.

long_b

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

anyone have any problems streaming over meteor 3G? think we've another blacklisted url on our hands like the weather widget.

Not working for me on iOS but someone had a result on Meteor with an Android

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056509706&page=3

eeloe

Working flawlessly on my iPhone 4s over wifi, will test with 3G tomorrow.

My ATV 2 tho, that's a whole other ball game!

banquo

If you use an American account, it will show up in the menu?

dodzy

eeloe wrote: »

Working flawlessly on my iPhone 4s over wifi, will test with 3G tomorrow.

My ATV 2 tho, that's a whole other ball game!

Hey EEloe, any luck with 3G ? I have the app installed on IP4 - app installed fine. When activated, I get teh timer for a few secs then a blank grey splashscreen - no error messages. Uninstalled / reinstalled - same issue. Maybe a VF / 3G issue.

EDIT: Restart has done the trick. Perfect over 3G ( full signal area )

Crackity Jones

Anyone know if it's geoblocked? Can't see in T&Cs what access I would have outside Ireland.

Edit: just found this in their terms of use so seems like I would have some access if I brought my iPad to the us this summer.

"Geographic Limitation: You may instantly watch a movie or TV show through the Netflix service only in geographic locations where we offer our service. The content that may be available to watch will vary by geographic location. Netflix will use technologies to verify your geographic location"

eeloe

I'm getting error 139 when i try to watch something over 3G!

Good ole reliable meteor...

dodzy

eeloe wrote: »

I'm getting error 139 when i try to watch something over 3G!

Good ole reliable meteor...

It appears that you are not alone. 3 adopting the same strategy by the looks of it.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056509234&page=17

Im_No_Superman

eeloe wrote: »

I'm getting error 139 when i try to watch something over 3G!

Good ole reliable meteor...

Same here, tired it at lunchtime and got the same error.

eeloe

I wasn't expecting it to be of great quality over 3G, but not working at all...shoulda known better! :-)

nightster1

eeloe wrote: »

I wasn't expecting it to be of great quality over 3G, but not working at all...shoulda known better! :-)

I'm getting good unbroken reception over 3G on an iphone4s:)