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neilmacd

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When did that happen?

Currently binge watching The Office and a new 'up next' interface popped up, been wanting to see this implemented for a long time!

Certainly snuck in under the radar.
 
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DJMeat

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I wondered that too. Got a DNS that's pointing my Apple TV to US Netflix, binging on Lost, when suddenly my workload was reduced considerably.

No longer do I need to move unnecessarily to carry on watching TV!
 
astopy

astopy

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It's great that they've added this, but does anyone else find that it always starts the next episode a few seconds too early? It starts the 15 second countdown when there's about 20 seconds left.
 
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2010mini

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Apple TV seems to be getting a lot of attention lately. Could it be because they don't want the current one to be grossly outdated when a new one comes out?
 
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campyguy

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astopy said:
It's great that they've added this, but does anyone else find that it always starts the next episode a few seconds too early? It starts the 15 second countdown when there's about 20 seconds left.
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I'd disabled this playback option in my account's preferences some time ago, as an update to the Tivo Roamio app started playing early. I checked my ATV and found there is no "automatic playback of the next episode" option at the end of an episode - which is just the way I like it as I found it pretty annoying on my Tivo.
 
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barkomatic

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astopy said:
It's great that they've added this, but does anyone else find that it always starts the next episode a few seconds too early? It starts the 15 second countdown when there's about 20 seconds left.
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I was binge watching today and saw this for the first time as well. The problem is it started the next episode about 8 minutes before the current one was finished. Not good.
 
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JackieInCo

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I noticed when I use the Netflix app built into my TV that I have had the up next option since buying the TV a week ago.

My Apple TV 2 is running 5.3 and when using its Netflix app, I don't have the next up option showing.
 
betman

betman

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How exactly do I set Netflix (on Apple TV) to automatically kick-start the next episode?
 
bushido

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i think they removed it again, i had it for one night but since yesterday no more. it was buggy anyway cuz it cut off way to early before the ep was even over
 
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2010mini

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bushido said:
i think they removed it again, i had it for one night but since yesterday no more. it was buggy anyway cuz it cut off way to early before the ep was even over
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I called Netflix support. They told me to unplug the ATV power cable, wait a couple seconds and reconnect it. Post play started working after that.
 
betman

betman

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Didn't know that Netflix could change app settings without any update from our end. Then again this isn't like an iPhone/iPad where updates for apps appear...

On a side note, my subtitles went from yellow to white yesterday, not sure if this is another change done behind the scenes... :)
 
hallux

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Post-play is being a little funky for me. Earlier this week I watched 2 episodes of a show, then it wanted to start the next episode but it wanted to start before the show ended. Last night, I watched 2 more episodes of the same show, got no auto-start, but when I went an watched another show, it wanted to auto-start the next episode of THAT one.
 
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2010mini

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hallux said:
Post-play is being a little funky for me. Earlier this week I watched 2 episodes of a show, then it wanted to start the next episode but it wanted to start before the show ended. Last night, I watched 2 more episodes of the same show, got no auto-start, but when I went an watched another show, it wanted to auto-start the next episode of THAT one.
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Unplug your Apple TV for a couple seconds, then reconnect it. Should solve the issue according to Netflix.
 
iamangeln

iamangeln

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i just noticed this yesterday, the first time i actually clicked "play next episode" it worked but the audio/video was out of sync. i hit menu and play again and it worked. only bug i encountered. i love this feature, been waiting on it for a while
 
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