Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

ilanad — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:57:22 +0000

@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.

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

ntoskrnl — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 17:03:40 +0000

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.

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

Vity — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:12:47 +0000

(tu)

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

TVjunkie — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:10:17 +0000

@ 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 :X

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

ilanad — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 21:04:50 +0000

any news?

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

blackoutworm — Sun, 18 May 2014 13:00:28 +0000

Any progress?

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

Tri — Sat, 17 May 2014 19:35:50 +0000

Any progress maybe with the hulu plugin guys?

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

ilanad — Sun, 04 May 2014 22:30:41 +0000

Suwadith Wrote:
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> ilanad Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > that's interesting on Stream Transport... any
> > application to us?
>
> Wondershare AllMyTube is working fine!
> search for cracked versions if you want it for
> free!

tried it, only got the initial ads, only at SD, pretty worthless to me.

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

Suwadith — Fri, 02 May 2014 02:46:11 +0000

ilanad Wrote:
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> that's interesting on Stream Transport... any
> application to us?

Wondershare AllMyTube is working fine!
search for cracked versions if you want it for free!

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

ilanad — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:39:20 +0000

that's interesting on Stream Transport... any application to us?

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

Suwadith — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:59:38 +0000

Dude! I just saw out of no where stream transport has made given an update after many years!
Can you check weather it actually works or not!
If it works then it will be handy!
Since i don't have a good proxy client i can only see till the advertisement crashes!
so i think you can go further more!
thanks!

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

Suwadith — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 16:39:55 +0000

That's bad news! :-(

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

tong2shot — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:45:10 +0000

The trick is no longer working, Hulu stopped providing streams from darwin-edgecast.

Hulu plugin v1.4.7 no longer working

pasnthroo — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:58:00 +0000

Windows 7 64 bit
Hulu plugin 1.4.7
FRD 0.9u3

Links: [www.hulu.com]
[www.hulu.com]

Shows download Complete at 0 bytes.

Thanks so much!

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

Suwadith — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 06:13:50 +0000

Suwadith Wrote:
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> Well Did it work?
> Well for me it still says wait and reloads again!
> I'm using my Hulu Plus account but still it isn't
> working!

Sorry guys!
It's working!
Thanks!

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

Suwadith — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 04:42:47 +0000

Well Did it work?
Well for me it still says wait and reloads again!
I'm using my Hulu Plus account but still it isn't working!

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

ilanad — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 07:13:44 +0000

tong2shot Wrote:
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> Okay please try plugin v1.4.7.

SUCCESS! HD and all with a Hulu+ account!

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

tong2shot — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 03:50:02 +0000

TVjunkie Wrote:
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> It appears that, for the time being, the only hulu
> CDN that does not use SWF verification type 2 (and
> is thus downloadable by rtmpdump) and is not
> geo-blocked at rtmp server level, like the
> limelight CDN is (meaning that the tor.frd can be
> used), is the "darwin-edgecast" CDN. Is that what
> you did in hulu.frd 1.4.7 ?

Yes we did.

> I did update to that version but, being outside
> the US, I was successful in downloading the Family
> Guy episode only on my 9th (!) try, because hulu
> kept blocking me, after identifying the Tor US
> proxy node... I also tried with my free US VPN,
> but this only works through RTMP ports 443 & 80,
> that FRD does not support by default (only RTMP
> port 1935...).
> Could I ask again that a global option be
> introduced in FRD to allow for manual selection of
> RTMP port (1935,443,80) inside the rtmp.frd
> plugin? Other rtmp tools like rtmpdumphelper,
> rtmpexplorer, get_iplayer et al. do have that
> function...

Actually Hulu plugin had port option, but we removed it as it potentially confuses users.

Hulu plugin uses rtmp port 80 for "darwin-edgecast" CDN. So it should work with your VPN setup.

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

TVjunkie — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 03:33:05 +0000

tong2shot Wrote:
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> @TVjunkie
> Have you tried plugin v1.4.7?

Cheers tong2shot >:D<

I saw your post only after I had submitted mine 8-), directed to ntoskrnl...

In fact, I was about to write a second post aimed at you, to make you aware
of these related threads in the "stream-recorder.com" forums:

http://stream-recorder.com/forum/help-needed-rtmpdump-hulu-plus-windows-t18088.html

http://stream-recorder.com/forum/any-good-downloaders-hulu-t16958.html]

Also point you to this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoI7RvLynfM

It appears that, for the time being, the only hulu CDN that does not use SWF verification type 2 (and is thus downloadable by rtmpdump) and is not geo-blocked at rtmp server level, like the limelight CDN is (meaning that the tor.frp can be used), is the "darwin-edgecast" CDN. Is that what you did in hulu.frp 1.4.7 ?
I did update to that version but, being outside the US, I was successful in downloading the Family Guy episode only on my 9th (!) try, because hulu kept blocking me, after identifying the Tor US proxy node... I also tried with my free US VPN, but this only works through RTMP ports 443 & 80, that FRD does not support by default (only RTMP port 1935...).
Could I ask again that a global option be introduced in FRD to allow for manual selection of RTMP port (1935,443,80) inside the rtmp.frd plugin? [EDIT: Now that I think of it, a better scenario would be for the rtmp.frp plugin to try instead port 443 and then 80, if it can not establish connection through the default port 1935 - this is the behaviour that RTMPDownloader.pm inside get_flash_videos exhibits...] Other rtmp tools like rtmpdumphelper, rtmpexplorer, get_iplayer et al. do have that function...
But in any case, this is cause for celebration and many congratulations to the ever-working devs of FRD :)-D
Let's all hope hulu does not change things for a while...

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

tong2shot — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 02:42:04 +0000

@TVjunkie
Have you tried plugin v1.4.7?

I can download your modified sample link : [www.hulu.com] just fine with plugin v1.4.7.

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

TVjunkie — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 02:37:41 +0000

ntoskrnl Wrote:
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> Handshake type 10 and SWF verification type 2 have
> not been reverse engineered yet by anyone.

Hello ntoskrnl :-)

What you said is absolutely true; although the infamous rtmpdump v2.5 did have support for "Handshake type 10" (by "borrowing" code from Adobe, hence it was then outlawed and practically vanished from the web...), it lacked support for "SWF verification type 2".
However, the very expensive chinese shareware GetFLV DOES HAVE support for both of the above and is able, for example, to save to disk YouTube rtmpe streams (such as those on the Channel 4 youtube channel and others...).
As far as Hulu is concerned, I tried the following sample link:

The Family Guy - S12E14 - Fresh Heir,

used an older version of GetFLV (9.5.8.2 - it is reported that current versions 9.6.x.x do not work that well /or at all for hulu),
also used a free US VPN, since I don't reside in the US, and the software easily picked up the rtmpe URL for the "darwin-level3" CDN that the hulu player connected to, see screenshot attached; you then have to be very swift to press "download", because the authentication token expires in 5 to 6 secs, but the software DID SUCCESSFULLY INITIATE the download (which completed fully, albeit somewhat slowly due to reduced speeds of the VPN); for proof, see the second attachment ;-)
Now, as we already know, the "darwin-level3" CDN has implemented SWFver2, thus incapacitating hulu.frp, but how are the GetFLV folks getting away with it? :S
The problem with GetFLV (apart from its huge price, which makes unemployed/poor people like me search for cracked/insecure versions of it on the net...) is that it's very buggy, unstable and resource (RAM+CPU) hungry :X
So I am eagerly awaiting for a hulu.frp fix! If only the good old days of the tunlr (now dead) plugin could be back again...Sadly, this is now impossible 8-).
Many thanks for what you have provided in the past and for all that you are willing to provide in the future! (tu)

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

tong2shot — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 02:24:23 +0000

Okay please try plugin v1.4.7.

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

ilanad — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 01:03:47 +0000

can confirm these work with that, not HD but I haven't bought the addon

[www.hulu.com]
[www.hulu.com]
[www.hulu.com]
[www.hulu.com]

all just give 0 byte files with FRD

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

tong2shot — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 23:59:34 +0000

pasnthroo Wrote:
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> Looks like ChrisPC Free Videotube Downloader can
> download from Hulu. Do they use a different method
> or do you think it might help with a plugin?
> Problem with them is to get hi res you have to buy
> an add-on. Not a bitch about making a profit -
> It's just that I'm poor - hehe!
>
> Thanks!

Can you provide sample link that works on the other downloader?

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

pasnthroo — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:24:05 +0000

Looks like ChrisPC Free Videotube Downloader can download from Hulu. Do they use a different method or do you think it might help with a plugin? Problem with them is to get hi res you have to buy an add-on. Not a bitch about making a profit - It's just that I'm poor - hehe!

Thanks!

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

Suwadith — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:27:33 +0000

Hopefully you guys can reverse it soon!

Re: Hulu plugin updated today - now broken

ntoskrnl — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:01:38 +0000

Our RTMP plugin supports RTMP and RTMPE, handshake types 3, 6, 8 and 9, and SWF verification type 1.

Handshake type 10 and SWF verification type 2 have not been reverse engineered yet by anyone.

Re: hulu plugin not working

homeofthebadguys — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 18:57:51 +0000

[lkcl.net]
does have sone info on RTMPE available at their site.

[lkcl.net]

Re: hulu plugin not working

homeofthebadguys — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 18:29:28 +0000

As I said, SWFVerification Type2 is being used on hulu now meaning that we won't be able to use hulu until someone cracks SWFVerification Type2

hulu plugin not working

barryz — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:39:59 +0000

hulu plugin is not working for me is anyone else having this same problem when i try to add a link it just says error and wont download any files

can this plugin please be fixed