SaintMadeOfPlaster
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It's about damn time. Lack of pro controller support is still baffling, but I'll take what I can get.
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Netflix for the Wii U has got a complete overhaul - It's like a dream come true!
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Princess Viola
Member
yeah thwas the biggest issue i had with it
TheGamingBox
Banned
i believe you could, but it was very hit or miss if it did
off duty ninja
Member
Amen! That was the worst part of it! Too bad my Roku 2 still messes it all up.
Pokemaniac
Member
It's not that you couldn't, per se. It was just that whether or not the app brought you back to the part where you left off or the beginning of the video depended on what kind of mood the server was in that day.
Salva pls, return to the line group and tell us all about it
TimorousPanda
Member
Hahaha, absolutely.
bobbychalkers
Member
Its so responsive!......what the fuck was I using these past 3 years and why did it take so long?
SuperDowns
Banned
I don't get it, where do I go to get the update? My Netflix is still shit and I see nothing to update it.
you just start it up. It will pop up that there's an update for you before the app starts.
If it doesn't there's nothing you can do but wait.
SuperDowns
Banned
But I don't even see anything under the download management. I want good netflix soooo bad!
Honestly if you aren't using it on the GamePad I don't know why you'd care. That's the whole appeal for me.
I swear this was possible when the Wii U was first released. I seem to remember returning to the Netflix app after time away and resuming from where I stopped previously. Then suddenly the option was gone and everything started from the beginning each time.
Or maybe I'm insane.
Phantom Flapjack
Member
Boooo, you used to be able to add items to your queue and rate things directly from the regular menu, but now you have to click on a movie/show and rate/add things in a separate menu. What's with this obsession in programs and on the internet with requiring more clicks to do things you used to be able to do effortlessly before?
There also doesn't seem to be any way to access the search feature with the stylus. This update is basically "remember how we designed Netflix to take advantage of the features of the touchscreen? Hahah, screw you! But no Pro Controller support, SUCKERS!!!"
There also doesn't seem to be any way to access the search feature with the stylus. This update is basically "remember how we designed Netflix to take advantage of the features of the touchscreen? Hahah, screw you! But no Pro Controller support, SUCKERS!!!"
I would enjoy the one handed nature of it all. Same reason I don't use Netflix on other consoles.
Besides I wouldn't mind falling asleep on the couch watching Netflix and letting the Wii Remote fall on the floor. I have enough of those that if a cat got to it it wouldn't be the end of the world (Nintendo gives them away like candy)
I can´t go back there, Diggeh will hit me.
Also my computer freezes every time someone shares an image...
I told diggeh to not touch you like that ever again Salva, and just use your phone!
I don´t have a smartphone anymore, lol.
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
It's nice to see some actual effort being put into the Wii U Netflix app. I'll have to check it out again.
What are you goofs doing? This isn't AmiiboGAF.
What are you goofs doing? This isn't AmiiboGAF.
From my experience, the feature had barely worked, and I'm glad that I can resume from the last time card.
It's nice to see some actual effort being put into the Wii U Netflix app. I'll have to check it out again.
What are you goofs doing? This isn't AmiiboGAF.
Hush now.
Wowfunhappy
Member
I know I'm the only one, but I loved the Wii U versions lack of auto play. Freaking heck. I hate that crap.
slick7rick
Member
If you don't like it, why don't you just turn it off in your account settings?
I know I'm the only one, but I loved the Wii U versions lack of auto play. Freaking heck. I hate that crap.
Wii U only does uncompressed surround sound and Netflix sure as hell isn't streaming that so it's stereo only. So no matter what the UI is it still has the worst version of Netflix unless you're watching something that doesn't have 5.1 to begin with.
TheGamingBox
Banned
I know I'm the only one, but I loved the Wii U versions lack of auto play. Freaking heck. I hate that crap.
Wowfunhappy
Member
My family likes it on. I'm assuming that's not per-account?
TheGamingBox
Banned
that setting can be different for each profile
I suspect these oddities you are seeing is a doubling down on a common code base/UI repository. The proliferation of separating UI screens into multiple little sub-UI screens is to support smartphones and small form factor devices (at least I presume that is it over an affinity for more clicks). I also presume the removal of basically all the wiiU specific features is a return to the common single screen codepath.
tl;dr Good: we get feature parity with the other Netflix clients. Bad: we lose wiiU specific features we originally had. Ugly: we can't turn off the gamepad and use just a Wiimote or Protroller
Sort of surprising but I'm OK with that. It means some people will need to mute the sound on the pad so it doesn't interfere with the proper sound hooked up to the TV.
This makes sense from a licensing perspective as well as processing perspective but the following is conjecture:
1.) Nintendo didn't want to pay for Dolby/DTS (I understand it to be one reason there is no CD/DVD/Blu-ray support) (I don't think this is always true of Nintendo because IIRC at least some Wii games have Dolby-based simulated surround-encoded audio.)
2.) the WiiUs processor is incapable (without a vested effort in writing a WiiU specific decoder) of decoding the Dolby/DTS 5.1 codecs
Regardless of reason I think for the 5.1 streaming fan a dedicated device (that is not a game console) might be better.
Broken_Anima
Member
As odd as that decision is, it's actually pretty neat if you want to watch something on TV at night and have the audio via the GamePad going through a pair of headphones or something.
thisisvlad
Member
Can you mirror the stream on both the TV and the GamePad simultaneously? So that if I have the GamePad in the kitchen, my girlfriend can see the show on the TV at the same time.
Guy Legend
Member
Nice! Maybe I'll dump my Apple TV now.
Pokemaniac
Member
It's almost definitely number 1. I'd be really surprised if number 2 was at all a blocking issue.
Incitemaybe
Member
Even the original Wii had profiles.
I wonder why it took this long.
I wonder why it took this long.
Incitemaybe
Member
Yes you can
Edit: hmm it seems that's the only way to use it unless I'm missing something. It used to have the video info on the bottom screen...I can't recall if you could toggle it.
Pokemaniac
Member
Not only can you do that now, you also can't not do it.
Low install base + custom UI = very low priority
Now that they're using the standard version of the app, the Wii U version will probably actually keep up with the others feature-wise.
DJ_Lae
Member
It's about fucking time.
Now I can get rid of all the kids' shit that clutters up my profile from my kids watching Netflix on the WiiU.
I'd say maybe it'll lose connection less, but that's probably just the wonderful wifi chip in the console.