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

[noob2001204]

illegal downloading is very common in China
but it seems no one is wise enough to make an application to download/capture RTMPE/SWF Verification stuff

[blimey]

Originally Posted by getflv

I am technical support engineer of GetFLV. I want to know can anyone download hulu videos with getflv now. Please help me test it. Thanks!

I tested GetFLV 8.8.18 for several hours last night. It is working with hulu, but it seems that it is rather unpredictable as to which bitrate file it will download. Sometimes it will download the lowest res file, even though the flash player is playing the 700k file. Getflv was able to download two 480p files, but I was unable to download 480p consistently, it just happened a couple of times - even though the flash player wasn't even playing the 480p file (it was playing the 700k file).

So it seems that getflv 8.8.18 just needs a little more work with the playlist/urls that it grabs from hulu.

[getflv]

Originally Posted by blimey

I tested GetFLV 8.8.18 for several hours last night. It is working with hulu, but it seems that it is rather unpredictable as to which bitrate file it will download. Sometimes it will download the lowest res file, even though the flash player is playing the 700k file. Getflv was able to download two 480p files, but I was unable to download 480p consistently, it just happened a couple of times - even though the flash player wasn't even playing the 480p file (it was playing the 700k file).

So it seems that getflv 8.8.18 just needs a little more work with the playlist/urls that it grabs from hulu.

Please download the GetFLV 8.8.21. New version can download highest res file now. Please check it and give me a feedback.

Thanks a lot!

[blimey]

Originally Posted by getflv

Please download the GetFLV 8.8.21. New version can download highest res file now. Please check it and give me a feedback.

Thanks a lot!

GetFLV 8.8.21 is a lot better. This version now always gives two download links, one of which is h.264 (hi res). However, there are still a few issues:

1. The playlist sent by hulu usually will have 4-6 entries, usually with text such as this:

24fps_H264_400K
24fps_H264_650K
24fps_H264_Medium
24fps_H264_1Mbps

Getflv 8.8.21 usally grabs the link to "24fps_H264_Medium", which is fine - but sometimes it only grabs the link to "24fps_H264_400K" even though "24fps_H264_Medium" is available for that title. Getflv should try to grab all the links in the playlist, although I realize that this may confuse some users.

2. Getflv 8.8.21 is successfully finishing the h.264 downloads (the full file has been 100% downloaded), however the download list in Getflv will show something like 73% and a red X - which the user might interpret to mean that the transfer interrupted when it really has finished. Also, because of this, Getflv won't move the file to finished downloads - but it really has finished.

3. The newest h.264 codec used on hulu, cbs, and others doesn't play smoothly and in sync in nearly all flv players (including Getflv's own player). But the file is 100% perfect, it can be played back perfectly with the right codec - and also, mplayer encoder will transcode it perfectly to another format. This may confuse users also, but the most important thing is that Getflv downloads the file exactly as sent by the server.

[borboleta]

I am unable to download this Hulu link, see attatchment
I am using version 8.8.21, and this is the only link GetFLV can capture. It does not capture any other resolution stream.

[getflv]

Originally Posted by borboleta

I am unable to download this Hulu link, see attatchment
I am using version 8.8.21, and this is the only link GetFLV can capture. It does not capture any other resolution stream.

Please tell us the url of your hulu video. We will check it.

[noob2001204]

GetFLV still cant download from mytv.tvb.com(rtmpe)
hoping for a fix soon

[borboleta]

Originally Posted by getflv

Please download the GetFLV 8.8.21. New version can download highest res file now. Please check it and give me a feedback.

Thanks a lot!

Hi GETFLV, the url is:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/23072/the-three-stooges-collection-disorder-in-the-court

I can only capture the 24fps_H264_400K stream, but it will not completely download it. I get a red x mark in front of the downloaded stream, I would like to download the highest quality stream, if possible. Or,be able to choose which stream to download. Thanks for your help.

[blimey]

Originally Posted by borboleta

Hi GETFLV, the url is:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/23072/the-three-stooges-collection-disorder-in-the-court

. I can only capture the 24fps_H264_400K stream, but it will not completely download it. I get a red x mark in front of the downloaded stream, I would like to download the highest quality stream, if possible. Or,be able to choose which stream to download. Thanks for your help.

Two possible issues:

1. If you're using the demo version of GetFLV, it will not download more than around 10mb of the file.

2. If you're using the registered getflv version, but have downloaded a h.264 file (from hulu or many other sites) and getflv shows a red "x mark" - but the percentage downloaded shows around 73.x%, then the full file has probably downloaded.

This is because of the flv container currently used by hulu and other sites. Getflv doesn't interpret the time code data and length properly for these sorts of files - but getflv has downloaded the complete original file. You'll need a very updated flv codec and player in order to directly play these flv files from hulu properly. Or, it may just be easier to transcode them before you play them.

[borboleta]

Originally Posted by blimey

Two possible issues:

1. If you're using the demo version of getflv, it will not download more than around 10mb of the file.

2. If you're using the registered getflv version, but have downloaded a h.264 file (from hulu or many other sites) and getflv shows a red "x mark" - but the percentage downloaded shows around 73.x%, then the full file has probably downloaded.

This is because of the flv container currently used by hulu and other sites. Getflv doesn't interpret the time code data and length properly for these sorts of files - but getflv has downloaded the complete original file. You'll need a very updated flv codec and player in order to directly play these flv files from hulu properly. Or, it may just be easier to transcode them before you play them.

blimey thanks for the info. I am using the trial version, I get the red "xmark", There is no info about the downloaded percentage, speed elapsed and remained time. My trial is about to expire. Somehow I can not download h.264streams from Hulu. I checked in the downloaded folder, I have one file at 13bytes and the other at 0bytes