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Hulu player for PPC?

First, I'd like the thank all the developers on this site for the great work they have done. My HTC devices have greatly enjoyed all the upgrades and hacking over the year with all of your help. That said, I'm not a developer, but I am wondering if anyone has had this idea yet.
For those of you who are not familiar with hulu.com, I'd suggest checking it out. hulu is a partnership between NBC and Fox to bring streaming video of their most recent shows to the net. Along with TV shows, they also feature a growing selection of full length movies.
Since there are a handful of ways in which we have been able to get youtube videos to play on our devices, I was wondering if it would be possible to do the same thing with hulu. I'm not sure how anyone would go about this, but thought this could be a starting point for a good discussion on if it is even possible to do.
Any thoughts?

I'd actually be very interested in this as well. Thanks in advance.

Wow! I just signed up for Hulu, and I've been hearing about it from friends and now here, lol! Yeah, it would be awesome to stream this on my Titan.

You can watch Hulu with the Skyfire beta but its a little choppy on 3G

Yeah, I was thinking that myself but you probably can't go fullscreen.
I know you can't on Youtube, anyways.

Hulu DOES work on the newest skyfire beta. But it is rather choppy (youtube works almost 100% now on there.)
But that is only running on a WIFI connection. As I can't seem to get skyfire to connect over 3g or gprs with my rom.

I've been able to use Hulu with Skyfire as well, but it's not easy at all to get to the shows you want and then you have to zoom in just right even to see the video clearly. Oh and it's choppy as hell. A dedicated player may be able to fix all these problems and make the service a deffinite must on your ppc

I watch Hulu videos all the time with skyfire, and they play flawlessly over 3G, and I can navigate the site easily.

Ok, so the people who have access to the Skyfire beta testing can play it on their device (Touch users have to overclock their devices to get smooth video). If we leave it at that, there's no reason for anyone to develop a standalone Youtube Player. But we do have one and I'm sure a lot more people like using that over Skyfire since the interface in much quicker and easier to use.
so... back to the question at hand. Is it possible to make a standalone player?

bump - id also be interested in such a player

Im not sure but, wouldn't you need to get a hold of Flashlite 3 for Windows Mobile before this would be possible since Hulu uses flash 8 or 9?

bump me 2 ***

would b amazing

can't beleive...
...that's been over a year and no atemps where made for a stand alone version of Hulu. that's sad, as I'm no longer able to play Hulu on skyfire any more

My problem is not being able to access it without getting the proxy error. No matter how I connect, Hulu still thinks I'm using a proxy server and won't allow connection because that's how they stop users outside the US from using the service (copyright issues with content providers).

Mobile IP DVR Phone Cam

Hello friends. Its been a while I don't start a thread, so here is a concern I have and hope some of you could help with. There is such a thing called DVR (Digital Video Recorder) which a Tornado does by nature of the cam software. There is also an "IP Camera" which transmits live video over internet and can be seen remotely over an internet browser.
I'm into the RC(Remote Control) airplanes and today I was flying over at a beautiful site by the beautiful beaches of Aguadilla, PR. A thought blew up my mind. Would it be possible to make my phone transmit video over GPRS and be seen remotely over an IE Browser?
Just imagine how cool it would be to attach my phone to my RC Airplane, and to be able to share the view with friends over the internet. Whats even more fun would be to be able to leave my PC at home recording (DVR) off the IE IP website where I'll be transmitting.
Well if anyone knows of a program that could do such a thing, or even if it would be possible to do it with the Tornado Cam, please speak up. I have a broken Tornado that I could use for this purpose.
Thanks for your comments!
@ MOD If you feel this should go under hacking and dev please advice and we can move it there later. I'd like to get first feedback from Tornado Users. Thank You.

Have a look at http://livecast.com formally comvu

@Mark
I installed on my TouchPro/Raphael and it works great. Let me know when you do the live cast (add me to your member's list).
Have a good day.

Sounds awesome, I'd like to see the results of that. However, not be a naysayer, but pushing data like that over GPRS? I dunno, even at its fastest with EDGE it can be painfully slow, I would guesstimate that you'd get around 1 frame/second at a low quality at best, I could be wrong though. Never hurts to try!
If you're interesting in FPV (video on flying stuff, etc) check out this project:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=768115
This guy made a cool quadcopter and there's some links around to camera stuff, not really related to phones, but still cool.

I already downloaded and installed livecast. Will test as soon as possible. Video should be fine, I'm thinking of at least 5 FPS Edge is pretty fast down here. I just need to turn off audio. Live cast transmits both Video and audio. and I only care for video at the moment. But, chances are I'll buy a MiniSpy Cam that has been adapted for RC flying. Only thing I don't like so far is the range which the highest I've found so far is 300m. I usually go around 5-600m. So that's my hold on that option. Still thinking of it.

Yes You Can Stream Live Internet Radio

So this is now my 2nd official post (1st was apps2sd for newbies) and i know many people have been trying to stream live internet radio stations (.pls,.aac,.aac+,.asf,.asx & .m3u files) on the Android OS.
As of now there really isnt a way to play all of those files but yes you can stream them.My last phone was the T-Mobile Wing an i was accustomed to streaming tuned.mobi on my TCPMP and so i was determined to find a way of getting me local radio stations back because i can't live without my sports radio WFAN 66 (NY station).Heres the instructions of getting this to work:
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Download StreamFurious from the android market (Theres a free and paid version,i use the free version)
2. Go to tuned.mobi from your phone browser and from there just choose your country you will find your EVERY local radio stations to stream.
3. To stream the station you want just click on the stream bit for the station
example: 64kb,128kb (will be highlighted in blue)
WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT PLAY:
You can ONLY stream stations with MP3 (.PLS,.M3U & .AAC) or OggVorbis links
You CANNOT stream any links that says AAC+ or WMP next to them (Windows Media Player formats is not support on Android through streams as of yet. (.asf or.asx etc..))
That's it folks.Good Luck...Now all i need is my Slingplayer for Android OS and i have everything i had on my Wing and more
If anyone has a way of getting WMP formats to stream live radio please let me know because of all my favorite radio station there's 2 that i can't have on the go due to this issue. (Hot97 & Z100 NY stations)

Hey good looking bro. I was wondering if this was possible. I know Tunewiki says you can get local radio but that app leaves much to be desired. Im gonna try this and see what happens.

My friend just turned me on to StreamFurious I love it. Thank for letting posting about tune.mobi i will have to check it out

Dude you are a awesome. I was able to find the two local stations I listen to and streamfurious loaded them just fine. I was already using streamfurious before this and loved it and now it's perfect. So my friends with FM tuners in their cell phones can go to hell...lol

I love StreamFurious. Your post actually prompted me to make this Way, Way Too May Reboots thread because when I run SF my phone loves to reboot.
Does anyone else's do the same? If so and idea why and how to fix?
I like friskyradio.com in SF for electronic music.

I dont know how i could have ever overlooked an app like this. I been wondering for the longest if something like this was eveb available. Much thx to the op.
Quick question tho, anyone know where i can find a site or something that can stream Howard 100. I ask because i noticed that within the app you can select Howard 101 but they usually dont broadcast the re-runs etc of the show on the channel. I been out of the loop with the show for a while. Would like to take advantage of this app thx again

Thanks for the heads up on the tuned.mobi service. I have been using SF for a while already but some local channels don't have mp3 streams available (many CBSRadio stations) and this let me tune into them with SF.
BTW, maybe this thread belongs in the apps subforum?

I got windows media streams on my G1 by using the AndrOrb app and setting up the stream as a custom radio station on the orb website.
dunno if thats any good to you.

Streamfurious is the best one I've seen for Android.
The other two I have found are FlyCast and AntPlayer. FlyCast has the benefit of showing album covers. It rotates between album cover, song info and ads. It's a little annoying, but it's easier to see what is playing than the tiny text on Streamfurious.
I just found AntPlayer today. It has a very nice search feature. You don't need to know the URL.

tekkyjim said:
I got windows media streams on my G1 by using the AndrOrb app and setting up the stream as a custom radio station on the orb website.
dunno if thats any good to you.
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That sounds interesting,i will try that because 2 of my fav stations are WMP formats.Thank you.

Streanfurious is good but OR Player is better

Awesome app. Thanks for the heads up!

Netflix subscribers in Puerto Rico & US territories

Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but it seemed to be the most appropriate... AFAIK Netflix streaming has never worked on a broadband connection on the island because they're identified as foreign or outside of the continental US or whatever. However, it seems that for Netflix's purpose, a Sprint connection from PR still looks like any other connection from within the US; probably because of the way it's routed. It's kinda odd considering other services like Google Voice can still make the distinction, but I'm sure there's dozens of way to do this filtering (for instance, Tivo also thinks my DVR is in the US if I tether it to my phone).
So what good is any of this knowledge? Well, the Netflix app will stream to your phone just fine over 3G; even tho it'll flash a region warning on wifi. I hear your now tho, what's the point of that? 3G streaming looks pretty bad, specially in areas with low signal where you're lucky to get 400 kbps...
Well, I'm not done, otherwise this post would be rather worthless wouldn't it? Open that oh-so-easily fooled Netflix app (seriously, it took them this long to release an app that merely discriminates amongst phones by build.prop?), start streaming over 3G, turn on Wifi, enjoy the improved quality as the phone starts to stream over Wifi without any location checks. That's all there is to it! I was able to pause and resume after switching to Wifi with no issues. I imagine it might get fixed eventually, or not, but for now it works.
I haven't tested to see if their site is just as easily fooled by a computer tethered to my phone, but since you can't handoff between different connections there quite as smoothly I guess it's kinda moot... I haven't been a Netflix subscriber for very long, just started testing it out. Frankly I'm kinda disappointed in their online catalog of movies and shows, over half the stuff I first searched for wasn't available (Mad Men, How I Met Your Mother, several movies, etc.).
Netflix on my Tivo also works if I tether it to my phone but that's a hassle (on the Tivo's end) and again, Sprint 3G really isn't fast enough for smooth playback, at least where I live (near Buchanan base). Can't wait until 4G is deployed here...

BTW Has anyone tested how Netflix app playback looks on a TV if you output it over HDMI with Full HDMI? I'll probably give it a shot later. Altho I might just drop Netflix and go back to renting off Redbox to be honest.

Workaround for Netflix block
I live in the USVI and we too are blocked from using Netflix. I posted a few articles on my blog though that explains how I've worked around this block:
How to use Netflix streaming, Amazon Instant Video and MP3 from outside the US
Installing DD-WRT mega Build on a Linksys E3000 Router to Run with HMA Pro! VPN Services
I hope these help! I've been happily streaming for quite a while now, it's great.
Sean

i would love using hdmi out with netflix!

Well I am from the south of the island and I can tell you with the latest release of it that pretty much shut down the Wifi idea tried it and did not stream at all but for those on the island I recommend an app called sensorly you can get it on the regular market it shows you where you get your signal on a map like Google maps it gives you all the signal ranges and ladies and gents they just recently started to test 4G in two areas only San Juan and ponce and to tell you that the app worked flawlessly is an understatement cause i drove from arroyo to ponce and once I reached the sprint store there I was able to get 4G when I walked into the store asked one of the CS reps and he said they are in the testing faze and once that is done they will do a roll-out with commercials and advertisements so good news for all us island folk so with netflix to be continued...

The netflix app hasn't been updated since I posted this, it should still work... You have to switch from 3G to Wifi once you're already streaming something.

(Question) Mobile music services

Do you guys have problems with these pesky mobile music subscriptions?
Tried Spotify, MOG, Rhapsody..
All of them seem not to work very well on a mobile device.
They play an album then quit.
MOG was the only one that was interested in fixing anything after e-mailing them.
The others didn't seem much interested in why their service was stalling out after one selection.
Just wondering if anyone else was having the same thing going on there?
Sent from 60 miles west of nowhere

Thats OK said:
Do you guys have problems with these pesky mobile music subscriptions?
Tried Spotify, MOG, Rhapsody..
All of them seem not to work very well on a mobile device.
They play an album then quit.
MOG was the only one that was interested in fixing anything after e-mailing them.
The others didn't seem much interested in why their service was stalling out after one selection.
Just wondering if anyone else was having the same thing going on there?
Sent from 60 miles west of nowhere
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Don't know...I've used Rhapsody for years, and to me, it works great with this device. If you're going to be out of wifi range for streaming you can download a playlist or an album for offline play. I have a Rhapsody to go subscription, maybe that's different.

Always a big fan of Rhapsody for the PC.
I tried Rhapsody to go and it it just was a boondoggle for me.
I never had any bugs with Napster mobile, when it switched to Rhapsody things went south.
I'll quit MOG and go back to Rhapsody...maybe it's working better lately.
If I remember correctly with MOG you don't get the 320kbps with the mobile app anyway.

Rhapsody works well for me. I`ve found that disabling high quality streaming stopped the songs from cutting out midstream. Especially while driving and listening to it thru my car stereo.