On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Preston Hagar <prest...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Evan Hisey <ehi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Well, after a tornado leveled my old place I have now got a new place >> to stay, and am setting up a new freevo system. We are looking at >> using hulu for TV shows instead of paying another 40+ a month for >> something we only use a little of (like 3 channels). I know at one >> point there was a way to use hulu on freevo and then it broke. Has >> anyone got it back working again? This might be a nice feature for 2.x >> also. >> >> evan > > I setup Hulu Desktop for Linux (I use ubuntu, so it was an easy dpkg install): > > http://www.hulu.com/labs/hulu-desktop-linux > > Then setup a simple command file I called hulu_desktop.fxd with the following: > > <?xml version="1.0" ?> > <freevo> > <command title="Hulu Desktop"> > <cmd>/usr/bin/huludesktop</cmd> > <nostdout /> > <stoposd /> > <spawnwm /> > <info> > <content>Hulu Desktop</content> > </info> > </command> > </freevo> > > I then added: > > plugin.activate('command.CommandMainMenuItem', > args=('/etc/freevo/commands/hulu_desktop.fxd',),level=20) > > to my local_conf.py > > This puts on the "home screen" or whatever you want to call it a menu > option called Hulu Desktop. I can select it and then it loads Hulu > Desktop, which is a "10 foot interface" for Hulu. I then can use my > remote to navigate, play videos, etc. I did find it takes a little > more processing power than just playing avi files or whatever in xine > or mplayer, so I had to upgrade my cpu to a Athlon 64 x2 6000+ and I > have a GeForce 210 video card, and it plays smooth. > > I also had to setup ratposion for the desktop. If you need more info > about setting it up, feel free to post back. Overall though, you end > up with a really nice Hulu interface to all of Hulu, not just Hulu > Plus on your TV. > > Preston
Using the FXD is lot simpler than the approach I was going to take. I use freevo as the desktop on mine. May have to change ow that I think about. hulu would need a window manager. Evan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ uberSVN's rich system and user administration capabilities and model configuration take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. Learn more about uberSVN and get a free download at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
