Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

Any progress maybe with the hulu plugin guys?

Any progress?

any news?

@ Tri, blackoutworm, ilanad:

With respect, what is exactly the purpose of your posts?

Don't you think the devs want a working hulu plugin as much as anyone else?
Here are the hard facts:

Hulu have changed ownership, following loss of revenue (from ads) and a decline in the number
of paying hulu+ subscribers; plus, the content owners (the big American TV networks who invest
millions of $s to produce the shows) have demanded better protection for their copyrighted
material.
As a consequence:
1. Hulu have implemented "SWF type 2 verification" on ALL of their working rtmp servers
(and have shut down all the remaining ones that used to operate on SWF type 1).
This move has incapacitated rtmpdump and all the rest of the downloading tools
that rely upon rtmpdump code (like FRD), since SWF t2 hasn't been reverse-engineered yet -
and do not expect it to be in the forseeable future...
2. Hulu have recently blocked the majority of paid & free US VPNs, to prevent access by
non-US residents. Tor Network and Transparent HTTP proxies have been blocked a long time ago...
Your best bet to access hulu (in a browser) nowadays, if not in the US, is an Elite US Proxy (usually paid-for)
or some of the paid-for DNS services.

If you do want to save hulu content to disk, start saving up because currently there exists no
free tool able to do so... (and this is not a plug, but it appears that the Chinese made and
quite expensive GetFLV software is possibly the only one ABLE to record hulu shows;
see this thread:

stream-recorder forum )

Also keep an eye on the XBMC forums; if anything revolutionary regarding hulu support is
to be found, they are usually the ones to find/report it first;

[SUPPORT] Hulu Video Plugin

But do realize that hulu are a giant - even if SWF t2 is eventually hacked, they could in turn switch to another
non-crackable method (say, AdobeHDS with Flash Access DRM, the type now Fox and CBS use...).
So, do not hold your breath for an immediate and long-lasting hulu fix



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/03/2014 03:12PM by TVjunkie.

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The easiest way to get TV shows is (and has probably always been) bittorrent... Better quality than flash video sites, and no annoying geographical restrictions.

@TVjunkie

- a good explanaiton, which is what you provided, well done.

@ntoskrnl

- except for the ones not acually broadcast or available on DVD.. but point taken.