[LinuxUsers] Bravo Hulu

Sun Oct 18 20:36:59 UTC 2009

Unfortunately sudo didn't help with the resizing issue.
Once it launches I can't go smaller than the default window size, only bigger.

--Manny

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Chris Louden <chris at chrislouden.com> wrote:
> I realize that might sound odd, but im wondering if it didn't have
> necessary permissions to interact with the desktop. Even if hulu was
> launched from a terminal you might see an error message when you
> attempt to resize it. I find it odd that I can resize and he can't
> when we both installed it from the same deb.
>
> -Chris
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com> wrote:
>> sudo hulu....awesome
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Chris Louden <chris at chrislouden.com> wrote:
>>> 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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