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

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My dsl speed is 1.5mb, the best I can get from hulu is about a 100kb/s. I won't try two shows from the same site, but if I download from cbs and hulu each one will download at about 90kb/s. CBS downloads speeds can be higher if I download just one show from their site.

BTW, Have any of you been able to download South Park? GetFLV just crashes every time I try it.

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The speed is fixed for live streams. Also when you capture packets from a streaming player, you get stream media from it in real time or as fast as the player buffering the media stream. But when you download an on-demand stream, it can be several times faster than in real time.

I have noticed that GetFLV is crashy. It does seem to be less crashy if only one download is in progress. It also seems to be less crashy on windows 7 compared to XP, and on newer intel cpus compared to some older amd cpus. I don't know the cause of this crashiness.

save2pc Ultimate doesn't crash (for me) at all, even with multiple downloads in progress.

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You are absolutely correct about everything, I still wish the software was less crash prone. It would be nice to setup multiple downloads and just let it run overnight. I'm definitely not going to Windows 7 though.

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The speed is fixed for live streams. Also when you capture packets from a streaming player, you get stream media from it in real time or as fast as the player buffering the media stream. But when you download an on-demand stream, it can be several times faster than in real time.

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I give up, I've had it with GetFLV. The constant crashes are getting to me. What's the point of having this software if I can only download one show at a time? It crashes even with one download. I'm sick of having to baby sit this software. Crash then restart, crash then restart, it can't even pick up where it left off. I have to start the download from the beginning. It's not worth the money. With the amount of time I'm wasting with this software I could just buy my shows and rip them to my hard drive. :mad:f

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My problem with GetFLV crashing has always been caused by slow or erratic Internet speeds. Yes, I can only download one file at the time. Well, I am glad I can still do that since these streams are pretty difficult to grab for downloading, and I can choose which stream to download from. Now, I have a new problem, and it seems to be only with Hulu . Hulu keeps saying "Unfortunately,this video is not available on your platform". This happens with GETFLV and Internet Explorer 8, so I can not watch the video, but I can still download it as usual. I wonder if any of our members are experiencing this problem. It does not happen with Firefox. Of course, Hulu uses Internet Explorer engine for the downloads. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

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We are working hard to fix the crash bug. Please wait several days.:cool:

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I just downloaded GetFLV version 8.846 and I'm testing it now. I'll let you know if it's any better with the crashing. I'm also having that problem with IE8. Good thing some smart guys invented Firefox huh? A quick Google search only turns up PS3 problems. Maybe the hulu server is confused and thinks IE8 is PS3.

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Well it looks like they still haven't stabilized this thing. It bombs quite regularly.

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To setup like 20 downloads and walk away would be awesome.:)
Converting from flash to other video codecs on the fly would nice as well.:D My tv can't play flash files so I have to convert everything to avi, it takes double the time.

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One more thing, the converter part doesn't work well either. The converted files start out in sync and then very rapidly get out of sync. In the first few minutes it's off by a couple of frames, but after about ten minutes it's off by a few seconds. It's not a big deal though, I can always use some other software to do the conversions. I've tested xvid avi, ipod mp4, and supervcd and they all do the same thing.:eek:

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This is due to the flv container bug in GetFLV. I have suggested the problem to getflv, but maybe getflv could just compare the flv container built by save2pc Ultimate, as it is built correctly for flv files containing h264.

I'm not necessarily recommending save2pc ultimate over getflv, as each program can download sources that the other can't. It is handy to have both programs. The various sites have definitely been trying to stop both programs over that past couple of weeks, so frequent updating is required.

Which player do you use for playback to your tv? You mentioned avi, but what codecs are supported by your player in the avi container? There may be a faster method to get the files in a format compatible with your set-top player.

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I don't have any set top box, my tv has a usb port and I can plug in a hard drive and play files off it. I've only been able to play .mpg and .avi files though. Flash files don't play at all. I've been using the xvid mpeg-4 codec from prism converter. It's a little slow but the avi files are perfectly in sync.

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GetFLV 8.8.48 is released today. We have try to fix crash bugs in this version. Please help us check it and give us feedback.:cool:

Thanks!

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Thanks GetFlv, I will check this version and report the results back to you.

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GetFLV... 8.8.48 is still crashing pretty regularly (almost every time I try to start a download

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I have the same problem with GetFLV 8.8.48.

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Hi getflv, I still have the crash problem, I have been attempting to download one video at the time. Thanks for your efforts in resolving this problem.

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GetFLV 8.8.49 seems much more stable

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Dear borboleta, Please check GetFLV 8.8.49 again.:cool:
Thank you!

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Dear GETFLV, I will check GetFLV 8.8.49. Thanks for your help. It is much appreciated.

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Hi GETFLV, I have been testing the new GetFLV version 8.8.49. I have not experienced the crash problem with this version. Now, when downloading a single video file, the download will stop at some point in the download process and I cannot re-activate the download. I have not tried to download more than one video at this time. Here is one of the url's I encounter this problemI am trying to download the 1Mbps stream. The download stops at 48.4%, the download speed is around 130Kb. I hope I have given you enough information so that you can test and verify the problem. Thanks for your hard work.

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I'm testing the new version, so far so good.:)

Does anyone know what the difference is between the 1mbps and the medium streams on hulu? Are those the highest quality? Any word on the converter audio sync problem?

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No crashes so far, I'm able to get 3 downloads going at the same time. However, I too have the stopping problem. I had to try 4 times to get shark tank to download. It stopped at a different part every time.I wish the program could pick up where it stopped.

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Dear blimey, borboleta, thomasguide, jw5423 and Stream Recorder:
GetFLV 8.8.51 is released today. We have worked hard a lot of days for new version.:cool: "MP4 index/timecoding Problem", "Crash Problem" and "Resume Problem"are all fixed in new version. Please help us check it.
The last bug is "stopping problem". We will try our best to fix it.
You can resume task and download whole video before we finish it.:)

Thanks all our friends! Thanks!!!:)

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Will try it out. Thank you for your hard work.

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GetFLV 8.8.51 crashes on launch every single time.:( I had to go back to 8.8.49

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I just downloaded GetFLV 8.8.52 and I'll be testing it this weekend. I'll post my results. So far it hasn't crashed:)

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Thanks GETFLV team for the great work. GetFLV version 8.8.52 is working perfectly, All the problems are fixed, I have tried a few different downloads, and they are all playing fine. Your hard work does show in this version

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I tried the video converter and the audio sync problem is still there. The stopping problem is there as well and I can't get it to resume downloads after it stops. I have to restart the download. But it doesn't crash, it seems like that problem has been resolved.

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Dear blimey, borboleta, thomasguide, jw5423 and Stream Recorder:
GetFLV 8.8.6 has been released today. "MP4 index/timecoding Problem", "Crash Problem", "Stop Problem" and "Resume Problem"are all fixed in new version. Please help us check it.
:)

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Ok Here's what I've been able to test so far, downloading from hulu works great. It did stop on me a few times and guess what? I was able to restart the download. It did take a really long time to download after it picked up though. I could have restarted the download from scratch and finished it faster, but I wanted to see if this was working.

One thing that I find really annoying is the preview, when I click on the file while it's downloading it starts to play immediately I wish we could turn that off. Cause once it starts it seems like there's no way to turn it off. If you're downloading multiple files the audio starts playing over each other.:eek: I did convert a couple of test files to avi and no more sync problem yay!!!! The software does not crash anymore, actually I don't think GetFLV has crashed since 8.8.51 Good job guys:) :D

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How can I use a proxy server with GetFLV?
Thanks.

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About bitrate for Flash Video H264 (mp4) setting in FLV converter, is it possible to request for custom bitrate for this setting? Thank you.

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Could you elaborate a little more please? Are you trying to hide your ip address so no one knows that you're downloading?? Are you using GetFLV at work and you want to get around the company firewall?

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You should be able to get the preview to stop playing by clicking on anywhere in the empty space of the download list.

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Yes that does work, but sometimes the audio doesn't stop then commercials from hulu kick in. It turns into a big mess, I have to close the program to get it to stop. It doesn't happen if you only download one or two clips. If you try to do 3 or more it starts to act up.

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I want to use proxy server to make me appear as being in another country.

martin

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I thought hulu was able to detect proxy servers, so other methods like VPN should be used instead.