2009-02-24, 17:24
Boxee is built on XBMC core code, so if it doesn't work on boxee it probably doesn't work on XBMC, and vice-versa, although not always.
PlayOn works for Hulu for now, but if the suits' twisted logic is to be applied to all applications, there's no reason why they should allow PlayOn to stream Hulu and not boxee, so don't expect it to last too long... although maybe due to the nature of how PlayOn works, it might be harder for Hulu to stop it from working.
You have to pay PlayOn $30 or $40 or so for the software. It runs on a separate PC on your network and transcodes the stream in real-time then re-streams it via UPnP to your local XBMC device. If you're okay with the fee and it works well on your computer (you can try it for free) then you can have Hulu on XBMC again right now. You need a decent PC to do the transcoding though... at least 2GB RAM, and probably something on the order of a P4 3GHZ or better/equivalent cpu. I had 1GB of RAM and it was hit/miss. Upgraded to 2GB and it worked much better. Then the Hulu plugin came out, and I dumped PlayOn. Might go back to it now though.... not sure.
PlayOn works for Hulu for now, but if the suits' twisted logic is to be applied to all applications, there's no reason why they should allow PlayOn to stream Hulu and not boxee, so don't expect it to last too long... although maybe due to the nature of how PlayOn works, it might be harder for Hulu to stop it from working.
You have to pay PlayOn $30 or $40 or so for the software. It runs on a separate PC on your network and transcodes the stream in real-time then re-streams it via UPnP to your local XBMC device. If you're okay with the fee and it works well on your computer (you can try it for free) then you can have Hulu on XBMC again right now. You need a decent PC to do the transcoding though... at least 2GB RAM, and probably something on the order of a P4 3GHZ or better/equivalent cpu. I had 1GB of RAM and it was hit/miss. Upgraded to 2GB and it worked much better. Then the Hulu plugin came out, and I dumped PlayOn. Might go back to it now though.... not sure.