"I really like the interface, just wish you could resize the image when not in full screen mode."
You can. You can also use compiz to zoom in on the window which keeps the poor flash quality during full screen from being an issue. I just upgraded to the newest release, as notified when opening this app. I would recommend that 64bit users avoid this for a while, it seems a bit glitch. Chris... On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Manny <[email protected]> wrote: > I downloaded the hulu app yesterday. It's the 64bit version. I had > no issues with video performance. Liked how the buffer stayed full, > even with high quality video. I am on FIOS though. > > I really like the interface, just wish you could resize the image > when not in full screen mode. > > BTW thanks for the tip Chris. I had to do the same (edit > .huludesktop) to get it working. > > --Manny > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well, sorry to hear you are unhappy with your flash performance..... >> >> A note about the installation. I installed this app on a few 64bit >> machines and received an error saying: >> "Hulu Desktop could not locate the Flash plugin. If you do not have >> it installed, please modify ~/.huludesktop with the correct location >> of libflashplayer.so." >> >> I fixed this by adding the location of npwrapper.libflashplayer.so to >> the ~/.huludesktop config file. In my case it is located in >> /var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so. >> >> Chris... >> >> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 4:44 PM, John Rivera <[email protected]> wrote: >>> yes i saw that on "linux today" and installed it, quite nice, however, all >>> of my computers running Ubuntu have poor flash performance, and hulu >>> desktop inherits that since it uses the abobe flash libraries used by google >>> chrome, firefox, ect..., unlike boxee, which uses its own codecs. >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Send LinuxUsers mailing list submissions to >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>>> than "Re: Contents of LinuxUsers digest..." >>>> >>>> >>>> Today's Topics: >>>> >>>> 1. Bravo Hulu (Chris Penn) >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Message: 1 >>>> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:58:22 -0500 >>>> From: Chris Penn <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [LinuxUsers] Bravo Hulu >>>> To: SoCal LUG Users List <[email protected]> >>>> Message-ID: >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >>>> >>>> As seen on digg.com today, Hulu Releases A Linux Hulu Desktop Client! >>>> Hulu Desktop for Linux is currently built on Fedora 11 and Ubuntu >>>> 9.04. The packages should also work on any Linux distribution with >>>> glib2.16 (such as Ubuntu 8.04+ and Fedora 9+). Other configurations >>>> have not been tested. >>>> >>>> Just tried and tested installing this on Jaunty 32bit. Will be testing >>>> this on 64bit Hardy later today. So far it looks great. >>>> >>>> Chris... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >>>> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >>>> -Roger Penrose >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>>> >>>> >>>> End of LinuxUsers Digest, Vol 28, Issue 15 >>>> ****************************************** >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >> -Roger Penrose >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
