Submitted by Hulu has finally released a Linux client, in both .rpm and .deb, 32bit and 64bit. “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.” Only useful inside the US, us peasants in the rest of the world will have to resort to torrents.
Link no workie.
The link should be http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop-linux
Edited 2009-10-09 20:49 UTC
I have been using hulu in prism(prism.mozilla.com) for a while now, and I don’t have to worry about the hulu marketing research department getting into the rest of my stuff.
Ooooo! Shiny.
*downloads and installs*
Nice to see they included LIRC support.
You could probably do some hackery to get the Hulu window embedded in your favorite HTPC software.
Unfortunately it’s all useless to me until Flash gets VDPAU support or something.
Reports I’ve seen elsewhere are that this application does not use flash, and that the “fullscreen experience” is what you’d expect from other regular video players on linux.
Just get a cheap VPS with 20 to 40 GB a month and you are good for Hulu.
If it is just using Flash, then it’s just doing what my browser already does. I can already use Hulu from Firefox on Linux. So what’s the point of installing special client software?
I was really surprised by this move and welcomed it with open arms!
One day this will news will mean something to people out of the US.
Hulu has been claiming that they were about to work out distribution rights for Europe forever. Too little, too late.
I just installed it and the video is incredibly choppy. My machine is not that fast, but it has no problem playing 1280 x 720 H.264 videos (and with no GPU acceleration). This thing can’t play videos at about 300 x 200!