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I installed the update today also, and it seems that it works a bit better with the remote. Has anyone else notived this, or am I imagining it?

For people looking to upgrade, grab the Ubuntu .deb file and use

Code:

deb2targz huludesktop_i386.deb

to convert it, then install it with;

Code:

sudo tar xzvf huludesktop_i386.tar.gz -C /

Since there are questions about distrubiting it, can the installer just use wget to grab the file from Hulu? Debain does that to get Flash and MS fonts from their corporate servers.

Sorry if this is old news. With the latest flash and latest version of hulu desktop at least on my two LinHES front ends getting past the commercial 'hump' just requires patience. Hulu Desktop still does not load the first commercial but actually does tell you it couldn't and gives a countdown until the show starts playing. All subsequent commercials work fine.

Highly abbreviated steps:
1) download the latest huludesktop_i386.deb from hulu and follow the instructions in this thread to install
2) if desired backup your current /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
3) get the latest adobe flash player from the adobe site
4) expand the flash player files (don't run the install)
5) copy the new libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/

Hopefully your setup will work as 'well' as mine or better!

OK never mind what I posted above http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop-linux
open a terminal

Code:

 cd /tmp/
wget http://download.hulu.com/huludesktop_i386.deb
sudo install_sh

Not sure if that install script needed to be run as root. I installed hulu from pacman and that might have borked it.
The Eula will pop up at you on every start so make sure you have permissions fixed

Code:

sudo chown mythtv:mythtv ~/.huludesktop

then

Code:

nano ~/.huludesktop

and at the end of the document change the Eula version to 1

Code:

eula_version=1

Author:	Big boy stan [ Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:44 am ]
Post subject:	Huludesktop Update
Does anyone know how to get rid of that annoying "Your Hulu Desktop is out of date --- UPDATE----IGNORE" message. I tried selecting update but it has no effect.

Author:	uteck [ Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:29 am ]
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Last time I saw that, it took a few days for Hulu to put out the new file so people could download it. It does not help that they do not put a version number in the file name, so you can't tell if you have the latest one or not.

Author:	Big boy stan [ Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:55 pm ]
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But how do you actually do the update? Is it as simple as hitting the update button? Seems to have no effect for me.

Author:	mattbatt [ Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:37 pm ]
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uteck wrote: I installed the update today also, and it seems that it works a bit better with the remote. Has anyone else notived this, or am I imagining it? For people looking to upgrade, grab the Ubuntu .deb file and use Code: deb2targz huludesktop_i386.deb to convert it, then install it with; Code: sudo tar xzvf huludesktop_i386.tar.gz -C / Since there are questions about distrubiting it, can the installer just use wget to grab the file from Hulu? Debain does that to get Flash and MS fonts from their corporate servers. vtdstein95 wrote: Sorry if this is old news. With the latest flash and latest version of hulu desktop at least on my two LinHES front ends getting past the commercial 'hump' just requires patience. Hulu Desktop still does not load the first commercial but actually does tell you it couldn't and gives a countdown until the show starts playing. All subsequent commercials work fine. Highly abbreviated steps: 1) download the latest huludesktop_i386.deb from hulu and follow the instructions in this thread to install 2) if desired backup your current /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so 3) get the latest adobe flash player from the adobe site 4) expand the flash player files (don't run the install) 5) copy the new libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ Hopefully your setup will work as 'well' as mine or better! From http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... c&start=45

Author:	mattbatt [ Tue Jan 25, 2011 1:56 am ]
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OK never mind what I posted above http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop-linux open a terminal Code: cd /tmp/ wget http://download.hulu.com/huludesktop_i386.deb sudo install_sh Not sure if that install script needed to be run as root. I installed hulu from pacman and that might have borked it. The Eula will pop up at you on every start so make sure you have permissions fixed Code: sudo chown mythtv:mythtv ~/.huludesktop then Code: nano ~/.huludesktop and at the end of the document change the Eula version to 1 Code: eula_version=1

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Author:	knappster [ Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:12 pm ]
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mattbatt wrote: OK never mind what I posted above http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop-linux open a terminal Code: cd /tmp/ wget http://download.hulu.com/huludesktop_i386.deb sudo install_sh Not sure if that install script needed to be run as root. I installed hulu from pacman and that might have borked it. The Eula will pop up at you on every start so make sure you have permissions fixed Code: sudo chown mythtv:mythtv ~/.huludesktop then Code: nano ~/.huludesktop and at the end of the document change the Eula version to 1 Code: eula_version=1 A couple things to note... I had the default huludesktop before attempting your steps. 1) You need to install deb2targz before proceeding. Code: pacman -Sy deb2targz 2) rather than sudo install_sh, you need to run (and yes the sudo is necessary) Code: sudo install_hulu.sh I haven't actually tried to use the updated version yet, just wanted to correct those couple of things in case anybody else is trying to install it. Thanks for the pointers mattbatt!

Author:	mattbatt [ Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:45 pm ]
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Thank you for finishing my work. I feel like a thrashing 2 year old when it comes to Linux. I bang on the keyboard until it works. I probably did those steps and forgot about them.

Author:	knappster [ Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:10 pm ]
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No problem. I found your post helpful and I haven't been real impressed with hulu over the years because it performs so poorly in fullscreen mode for me. One additional trick I have found some improvement with is reducing the screen resolution when I open huludestkop. So I created a script which I run from the huludesktop screen menu. It is very barebones (and I'm going from memory so there could be some typos) Code: xrandr -s 960x540 huludesktop xrandr -s 1280x720

Author:	Big boy stan [ Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:43 pm ]
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*Knappster, thats a clever trick. I actually only run hulu on my small underpowered SD system in which case it works perfectly (except for the CPU fan that sounds like a vacuum cleaner while hulu is running). On my big system with HD, hulu is barely usable due to the constant stuttering. I will give low res hulu a try.

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