2014-06-04, 21:50
I would like to know if there is any interest in a continued Hulu Addon development which integrates Chrome or the Standalone Flash Player (projector) support into the existing Hulu plugin.
Some of the details below are slightly technical in nature, but I want folks to know how I'm proposing to do things, as well as the limitations:
1 - Such a development would be only for the Windows/Linux/OSX platforms which support Chrome or Chromium+Pepper Flash, or the Standalone Flashplayer (projector). To the best of my knowledge, this will NOT work on the AppleTV,Android, OpenElec or Raspberry PI platforms.
2 - Such a development would NOT remove prerolls or ads.
3 - Controls in the flash player (volume, skipping, video quality, captions(subtitles)) will most likely require a keyboard and mouse and differ from the internal XBMC controls.
4 - There is a chance that by changing from a plugin to a script addon, I may be able to map remote keystokes/events into the flashplayer keystrokes. I have this working with a third party SendKeys module, but window focus is still an issue.
5 - The addon will most likely require some tweaking on each install, so it may not be the solution of choice for folks who expect a turn-key solution.
What you will have is the ability to login to a user account, play, search, add/remove to queue, add/remove to subscriptions, vote, export to library and play from library in exactly the same manner as the original Hulu plugin. I believe that Hulu Plus works fine.
I currently have this functional for Windows 7 with Chrome or Flashplayer projector. It works for me though it isn't quite as integrated as the original addon due to the player controls differences.
There are pros and cons to using Chrome vs. Flashplayer projector which I will highlight in another post, but basically the standalone player is easier to install, whereas Chrome integrates into XBMC slightly better. The Flashplayer doesn't seem to store any info about what's played so it doesn't go to the point where you left off next time you play a video. If you log into your Hulu account under Chrome and leave it logged in, you will be able to return to where you left off.
Before I clean this up for release and the Linux/OSX platforms, I want to know if this is something that people are interested in.
If it's the wrong idea, platform or doesn't work for you don't bother commenting. At this point, I'm only interested in knowing if there are folks interested in such a development. It isn't intended to be a solution for everyone.
Some of the details below are slightly technical in nature, but I want folks to know how I'm proposing to do things, as well as the limitations:
1 - Such a development would be only for the Windows/Linux/OSX platforms which support Chrome or Chromium+Pepper Flash, or the Standalone Flashplayer (projector). To the best of my knowledge, this will NOT work on the AppleTV,Android, OpenElec or Raspberry PI platforms.
2 - Such a development would NOT remove prerolls or ads.
3 - Controls in the flash player (volume, skipping, video quality, captions(subtitles)) will most likely require a keyboard and mouse and differ from the internal XBMC controls.
4 - There is a chance that by changing from a plugin to a script addon, I may be able to map remote keystokes/events into the flashplayer keystrokes. I have this working with a third party SendKeys module, but window focus is still an issue.
5 - The addon will most likely require some tweaking on each install, so it may not be the solution of choice for folks who expect a turn-key solution.
What you will have is the ability to login to a user account, play, search, add/remove to queue, add/remove to subscriptions, vote, export to library and play from library in exactly the same manner as the original Hulu plugin. I believe that Hulu Plus works fine.
I currently have this functional for Windows 7 with Chrome or Flashplayer projector. It works for me though it isn't quite as integrated as the original addon due to the player controls differences.
There are pros and cons to using Chrome vs. Flashplayer projector which I will highlight in another post, but basically the standalone player is easier to install, whereas Chrome integrates into XBMC slightly better. The Flashplayer doesn't seem to store any info about what's played so it doesn't go to the point where you left off next time you play a video. If you log into your Hulu account under Chrome and leave it logged in, you will be able to return to where you left off.
Before I clean this up for release and the Linux/OSX platforms, I want to know if this is something that people are interested in.
If it's the wrong idea, platform or doesn't work for you don't bother commenting. At this point, I'm only interested in knowing if there are folks interested in such a development. It isn't intended to be a solution for everyone.