[LinuxUsers] Bravo Hulu

Sat Oct 17 20:25:57 UTC 2009

I can drag it big and small. Try running it via sudo.  Just curious if  
it's a permission issue.

-Chris

On Oct 17, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Manny <vectormax at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, I see the issue.
>
> I can make the screen larger, but I can't go smaller than the default
> size.  What I wanted to do was make the screen smaller in order to get
> some work done at the same time.
>
> The smallest I can resize the screen takes up about two thirds of my
> screen.  It's not like VLC or Totem that allows you to resize the
> video pretty small.
>
> --Manny
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Chris Louden  
> <chris at chrislouden.com> wrote:
>> Resized just fine for me. No issues what so ever.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> Im using a T61p.  I have had a few people tell me that the EeePCs  
>>> are
>>> not able to view Hulu.
>>> I am able to resize the window to any size by dragging the corner of
>>> the app window.
>>>
>>> Chris...
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Manny <vectormax at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I tried resizing the video by dragging the corner of the window,  
>>>> but
>>>> had no luck. Are you using the Winblows version?  jk
>>>>
>>>> Seriously though I could only either use it windowed or full  
>>>> screen,
>>>> no in between.
>>>>
>>>> BTW I just installed the hulu ap on my EeePC 701.  That 630mhz  
>>>> celeron
>>>> could barely keep up with the video on the lowest quality.  Lost  
>>>> audio
>>>> sync after awhile.  That's what I get for being an early adopter.
>>>> --Manny
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Chris Penn  
>>>> <cantormath at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> "I really like the interface,  just wish you could resize the  
>>>>> image
>>>>> when not in full screen mode."
>>>>>
>>>>> You can.  You can also use compiz to zoom in on the window which  
>>>>> keeps
>>>>> the poor flash quality during full screen from being an issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just upgraded to the newest release, as notified when opening  
>>>>> this
>>>>> app.  I would recommend that 64bit users avoid this for a while,  
>>>>> it
>>>>> seems a bit glitch.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Manny <vectormax at gmail.com>  
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I downloaded the hulu app yesterday.  It's the 64bit version.   
>>>>>> I had
>>>>>> no issues with video performance.  Liked how the buffer stayed  
>>>>>> full,
>>>>>> even with high quality video. I am on FIOS though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I really like the interface,  just wish you could resize the  
>>>>>> image
>>>>>> when not in full screen mode.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW thanks for the tip Chris.  I had to do the same (edit
>>>>>> .huludesktop) to get it working.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --Manny
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com 
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>> Well, sorry to hear you are unhappy with your flash  
>>>>>>> performance.....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A note about the installation.  I installed this app on a few  
>>>>>>> 64bit
>>>>>>> machines and received an error saying:
>>>>>>> "Hulu Desktop could not locate the Flash plugin.  If you do  
>>>>>>> not have
>>>>>>> it installed, please modify ~/.huludesktop with the correct  
>>>>>>> location
>>>>>>> of libflashplayer.so."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I fixed this by adding the location of  
>>>>>>> npwrapper.libflashplayer.so to
>>>>>>> the ~/.huludesktop config file.  In my case it is located in
>>>>>>> /var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 4:44 PM, John Rivera <cray4.linux at gmail.com 
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>> yes i saw that on "linux today" and installed it, quite nice,  
>>>>>>>> however, all
>>>>>>>>  of my computers running Ubuntu have poor flash performance,  
>>>>>>>> and hulu
>>>>>>>> desktop inherits that since it uses the abobe flash libraries  
>>>>>>>> used by google
>>>>>>>> chrome, firefox, ect..., unlike boxee, which uses its own  
>>>>>>>> codecs.
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:58:22 -0500
>>>>>>>>> From: Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> Subject: [LinuxUsers] Bravo Hulu
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As seen on digg.com today,  Hulu Releases A Linux Hulu  
>>>>>>>>> Desktop Client!
>>>>>>>>> Hulu Desktop for Linux is currently built on Fedora 11 and  
>>>>>>>>> Ubuntu
>>>>>>>>> 9.04. The packages should also work on any Linux  
>>>>>>>>> distribution with
>>>>>>>>> glib2.16 (such as Ubuntu 8.04+ and Fedora 9+). Other  
>>>>>>>>> configurations
>>>>>>>>> have not been tested.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Just tried and tested installing this on Jaunty 32bit. Will  
>>>>>>>>> be testing
>>>>>>>>> this on 64bit Hardy later today.  So far it looks great.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Chris...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>> stupidity."
>>>>>>>>>  -Roger Penrose
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