Hulu not working

[perrin21]

I cant get past the first advert when trying to play anything in Hulu. When i connect via the website it works fine though. Just not within Boxee, Any ideas?

It plays the advert and counts down to zero then nothing.
I am trying to play prison break season 4 episode 7.

I am using hulu through hotspotshield as im in the UK.

[Glial]

I am having the exact same issue.

Others, such as CBS and CNN work fine.

[jpons]

A new version has been posted today that fixes this issue.

Follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/6bg8em

-J

[perrin21]

it fixes the advert then stop problem, now it starts but stops every other second . Kinda like a slow connection only not. Im on 20MB.

[jpons]

Could it be a connection issue? I have a 1.5Mbit line and am able to see video on hulu without issue. Sometimes it stutters at the beginning once or twice while the buffer fills up, but I have had that same issue using the browser.

Do you not see this issue with the browser?

-J

[perrin21]

i think ive sussed it. I get the same problem when trying to stream directly from the site. I think its because im connecting via hotspotshield VPN and this is slowing my connection from 20Mb to just 1.3MB causing the lockups. Can anyone suggest another program that will give me more bandwidth for streaming hulu from the UK?

[ert3]

A new version has been posted today that fixes this issue.

Follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/6bg8em

-J

Fixed my problems

[perrin21]

im using the new version, i think its a problem with using a vpn thats not fast enough to stream.

[marcel]

the vpn will slow it down...anybody in the US having any problems..

[Pselus]

I am on the new version (3964 I think?) and Hulu locks up for me whenever it tries to get past the first advertisement.

On a Macbook Pro, 2.1ghz with 4gigs of ram.

[perrin21]

ive sorted it now, it doesnt work in the UK with hotspotshield. I have purchased a VPN from witopia and it only cost $39 for a year so seems reasonable. Now hulu works as it should.

[perrin21]

strike that, that doesnt work either, ah well ill just buy the episodes from itunes. less hassle. Any hassle involved removes the point of making the media pc for me.

[xain09]

Any chance of getting Hulu content OUTSIDE the USA?

[perrin21]

it seems not unfortunately, im loosing interest in Hulu. All this for some films and tv episodes. I wouldnt mind paying extra but they dont make it easy outside the US.

[agentlame]

Any chance of getting Hulu content OUTSIDE the USA?

unfortunately, hulu bases it's content blocking by ip... unless hulu changes it's policies, there isn't much team-boxee can do.

there is no way to mask an ip... the only option is a proxy tunnel. :(

[perrin21]

can you recommend a good fast proxy tunnel?

[Thom 98]

There're several VPN-Services like http://www.strongvpn.com that give you fast, encrypted connections with US-IPs. StrongVPN consts 15$/month, but you might find others that are cheaper.
As for http-proxy, I haven't really found any company that sells http-proxy-servers like vpn-server. Anyone has some links on that?

Edit: Got one here (https://secure.uniqueinternetservices.com/)! Not really cheap...

[perrin21]

thanks anyway, it seems that as usual us in the UK are left out.

[PrimeOne]

I'm just surprised Boxee hasn't integrated BBC player into the system like they integrated Hulu. I personally feel Geolocation IP blocking is a dumb sack of sod. If you want that changed contact the BBC and your local MPs and ask them to stop ... other US based companies might then follow suit i bet. It would make far more sense if they just included world product adverts instead of US Based only products or UK based products.

[perrin21]

i think this is just the first step in world wide censorship of the internet. Regional limits smacks of DVD.

[agentlame]

while i don't defend region-based-content-filtering... i can understand the reasoning...

companies that own the distribution rights in the u.s. don't necessarily own them world-wide. it's a silly distinction, but none the less, a fact of a world economy.

a good example is the train wreck that happened with slacker uprising... michael moore said anyone could have it, but he only owned the rights to his movie in the u.s. and canada... u.k. based sites were told to remove it by the heavy-handed ip lawyers.

the other end of this is that i can't use bbc's iplayer. :(

[perrin21]

iplayer is nothing special anyway.