GetFLV can download Hulu.com videos now? I have problems with it!

[strafingmoose]

I can watch Hulu videos (from outside the US) trough Firefox (default browser) fine using the firewall method + X-Forwarded-For method that was probably documented here numerous times.

I think GetFLV needs to focus on one browser technology and really import all of its settings like plugins but within its own browser. The bit that's missing seems to be the fact that in Firefox I'm using the "Modify Headers" plugin to spoof my country of origin, but GetFLV doesn't use the plugin in its browser

EDIT: Using Procmon, I monitored GetFLV and it seemed to be peering into my Firefox favorites -- I guess for data mining purposes LOL.

[placebo]

Today is Monday. For the sake of supporting GetFLV, i have subscribed to paid vpn services. And what can i say? GetFLV still works like a charm!! Here a coherent series of screenshots of a video aired/broadcasted/posted today, Monday 2004-04-04. This is a brand new (short) video on Hulu!!
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Conclusion:
proxies of the cheaper types (A series, C series) dont work well with Hulu (or GetFLV), but a robust vpn should work -- as i have (again) proven here.

[strafingmoose]

My point was that in Firefox, I do not need any such proxies to view Hulu videos out of the US.

I block a few ports, use the "Modify Headers" add-on, there it is.

GetFLV does not seem to import fully the default browser's plugins and addons.

[placebo]

*OIC*.
ok, i get your point. In both cases (yours vs. mine) we need to employ some tricks to watch Hulu in our preferred browsers from outside of the US. You do it with ports blocking and plugins, in Firefox, and i do it with vpn services which works with Firefox, rtmpdump ( ), and Internet Explorer.

the difference is that at the current state GetFLV works very well with my trick (vpn) while it doesnt work so well (yet) with your trick.

If we are lucky some day in future GetFLV will work with Hulu without the use of vpn services (my trick). I wouldnt mind. Would save me some monthly bucks

Till that day (may come), paid vpn is probably the most robust strategy to download Hulu videos with GetFLV from outside the US. Proxy types are easily recognized by Hulu and not yet officially implemented in GetFLV's software architecture.

You can try to use freeware Proxomitron instead of Firefox plug-ins.

Also try to compile the latest version of rtmpdump from SVN.

[wer783]

I am a Hulu Plus subscriber. I can download regular Hulu files okay, but not Hulu Plus files. I had been using StreamTransport. I was able to download Hulu Plus files with it until it stopped being able to download from Hulu at all recently.

Has anyone been able to download Hulu Plus files? I am trying to download the 720p files (having a resolution of 1280 by 720). Has anyone been able to do this?

[chap]

Originally Posted by placebo

Testing for the sake of testing.

testing 2011-04-20:
GFLV 9.0.0.5 catches the url's (different resolution dimensions and bitrate) but doesnt download any of them.
testpage url:
_http://www.hulu.com/watch/233350/parenthood-hard-times-come-again-no-more



Am i observing all this correctly?
+ when v8.9.9.9 was released, it worked with Hulu.
+ when v9.0.0.0 was released, it ("still") worked with Hulu.
+ i didnt test v9.0.0.1 - v9.0.0.3
+ when v9.0.0.5 was released, it stopped working with Hulu (because Hulu had altered something).

this looks like a cat & mouse game, and i am sure that the makers of Hulu are watching *us*. when they get to know that GFLV is working again, they alter something in their streaming server setup (configuration), and GFLV would stop working with Hulu. Then, another new version of GFLV needs to be released so that GFLV is working again with Hulu. And when Hulu gets to know that GFLV is working again, they alter ..etcetc..

Poor guys "who depend on Hulu streams"

[placebo]

Thanks chap!

Today with a different proxy setup i am able to download all 4 Hulu streaming qualities:

[toasty_s]

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I downloaded the most recent version of GetFLV from the website, the trial. I wandered over to Hulu from its internal browser and started up one of the shows. A ton of RTMPE instances showed up. Not sure which to download for the show, I randomly tried several until saying "f**k it" and downloaded the whole lot.

It resulted in every instance with a Red X through it, and all corresponding .FLV files were 0k in size. What am I missing?

Man, I just want this so I can grab one freakin' show I missed on the weekend :P

Any ideas?

[placebo]

you may want to publicize the testpage url (video link!) you are keen on. then other users can try to reproduce your red X's. your situation sounds good so far. it may be that the trial version of GetFLV doesnt allow you to download full-length videos.

You know, other stream catchers have similar limitations, see for example:

Originally Posted by http://www.jaksta.com/download/download-jaksta-for-windows/

Demo mode is fully functional, except:

* You can download up to 50% of any on-demand audio or video clip. You can download 100% of any YouTube video.
* You can download up to one minute of any live stream from supported sites other than YouTube.

I hate trial limitations ("demo versions") too.