I realize that might sound odd, but im wondering if it didn't have
necessary permissions to interact with the desktop. Even if hulu was
launched from a terminal you might see an error message when you
attempt to resize it. I find it odd that I can resize and he can't
when we both installed it from the same deb.

-Chris



On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:55 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote:
> sudo hulu....awesome
>
> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Chris Louden <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I can drag it big and small. Try running it via sudo.  Just curious if it's
>> a permission issue.
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>> On Oct 17, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Manny <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I see the issue.
>>>
>>> I can make the screen larger, but I can't go smaller than the default
>>> size.  What I wanted to do was make the screen smaller in order to get
>>> some work done at the same time.
>>>
>>> The smallest I can resize the screen takes up about two thirds of my
>>> screen.  It's not like VLC or Totem that allows you to resize the
>>> video pretty small.
>>>
>>> --Manny
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Chris Louden <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Resized just fine for me. No issues what so ever.
>>>>
>>>> -Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Im using a T61p.  I have had a few people tell me that the EeePCs are
>>>>> not able to view Hulu.
>>>>> I am able to resize the window to any size by dragging the corner of
>>>>> the app window.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Manny <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried resizing the video by dragging the corner of the window, but
>>>>>> had no luck. Are you using the Winblows version?  jk
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seriously though I could only either use it windowed or full screen,
>>>>>> no in between.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW I just installed the hulu ap on my EeePC 701.  That 630mhz celeron
>>>>>> could barely keep up with the video on the lowest quality.  Lost audio
>>>>>> sync after awhile.  That's what I get for being an early adopter.
>>>>>> --Manny
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "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,
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>>>>>>>>>>> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:58:22 -0500
>>>>>>>>>>> From: Chris Penn <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: [LinuxUsers] Bravo Hulu
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>>>>>>>>>>> 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...
>>>>>>>>>>>
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