All Things IT Blog » Tivo NetFlix Client http://www.enusbaum.com/blog My little nerded out corner of the Internets! Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:22:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Your Netflix client been crashing on your TiVo? http://www.enusbaum.com/blog/2008/12/your-netflix-client-been-crashing-on-your-tivo/ http://www.enusbaum.com/blog/2008/12/your-netflix-client-been-crashing-on-your-tivo/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:51:21 +0000 eric http://www.enusbaum.com/blog/?p=169 I was excited as probably many of you that Netflix had finally come to TiVo! I was tired of Amazon UnBox and although it was super cool that I could get Netflix on my 360 it’s far more conventient that I have it on my TiVo :)

Well, the other night my wife was watching a movie through Netflix on the TiVo and about four times it just quit out to the main TiVo menu. What the frick?

I told my wife to give the XBox 360 a try and see how it handles. Well turns out that the 360 had a hiccup too, but you know what it was? A buffer underrun! That’s right! My internet connection for whatever reason couldn’t keep up with the Netflix stream and it ran out of data. Of course the XBox client was smart enough to realize this, displayed a message and buffered some before streaming again.

My TiVo client? Crashed out. Talk about two code bases not up to par with one another. :P

So if you’re having the same issues, odds are your network connection (for whatever reason) is not keeping up with the Netflix stream and it’s just crashing out to the main menu of TiVo.

My suggested work around for the time being is try watching it on your XBox 360 if you have the option. Otherwise, you might want to contact your cable provider or stop torrenting all that norwegian snow porn :P

Cheers! :)

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