[LinuxUsers] Bravo Hulu

Chris Penn cantormath at gmail.com
Sun Oct 25 22:18:01 UTC 2009 

Sure many have heard of Hulu deciding to have subscriptions.  We all
saw it coming.  I took a look at the Hulu forum to see if anyone had
mentioned this:(http://bit.ly/1zNcud)

Here are a list of topics on the front page of the forum Gen.
Disc:(http://bit.ly/2wr2X9)
      The End of Hulu
      Paying for Hulu...
      I am not loving this "Pay for Play" action at Hulu.
      PAY FOR HULU ?? NOT..
      hulu to begin charging fees
      A Message to the Hulu (delete if this is a double post)
      Other Video Sites
      A Message to the Hulu
      Paying for HULU, Most Recent Tweetme Topic

HAHAHA....It seems people have noticed.

Chris....

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Manny <vectormax at gmail.com> wrote:
> The GTK+ graphical user interface library
> ii  libgtk2.0-bin                              2.16.1-0ubuntu2
>
> --Manny
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Chris Louden <chris at chrislouden.com> wrote:
>> Is your GTK+ 2.12 or higher?
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Manny <vectormax at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I get this at launch from a terminal.  I'll google that module to see
>>> what it does.
>>>
>>> Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module":
>>> /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libcanberra-gtk-module.so: wrong ELF class:
>>> ELFCLASS64
>>>
>>> --Manny
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Manny <vectormax at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 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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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:58:22 -0500
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [LinuxUsers] Bravo Hulu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To: SoCal LUG Users List <linuxusers at socallinux.org>
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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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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity."
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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