JaseP Senior Member

Registered: Jun 2002 Location: Eastern PA, USA Distribution: K/Ubuntu 18.04-14.04, Scientific Linux 6.3-6.4, Android-x86, Pretty much all distros at one point... Posts: 1,802

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Note: Hulu playback in Chrome no longer working.





The version of Chrome was the latest two versions direct from Google, not the version in the repositories. It did not matter if Chrome had been updated or not. Nor did it matter if Chrome was used to login and sync with a Google account or not. The issue is pretty clearly the same as the Amazon Prime Flash playback one (Flash requires Hal for "security" for some reason).



The only known solution, at this time, is to use Firefox (ugh), and the "dummy" Hal PPA by Michael Blennerhassett, in the same way as to work-around the Amazon Prime issue. The following article is a nice explanation of the problem and the solution:

http://www.howtogeek.com/204319/how-...ideo-on-linux/



It would be nice if Linux users, other than Ubuntu users, would report back whether this issue exists in other distros. It's possible, however unlikely, that it is specific to Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives. Apparently, Hulu must have hired the same hack web developers that Amazon used for their Amazon Prime video service. Some time over the last 24-36 hrs., Hulu playback in Chrome (at least in Ubuntu) has been botched. Attempts to use a previously working Chrome browser now generate an "error 3336" relating to restricted content (a/k/a; DRM, Digital Restrictions Management).The version of Chrome was the latest two versions direct from Google, not the version in the repositories. It did not matter if Chrome had been updated or not. Nor did it matter if Chrome was used to login and sync with a Google account or not. The issue is pretty clearly the same as the Amazon Prime Flash playback one (Flash requires Hal for "security" for some reason).The only known solution, at this time, is to use Firefox (ugh), and the "dummy" Hal PPA by Michael Blennerhassett, in the same way as to work-around the Amazon Prime issue. The following article is a nice explanation of the problem and the solution:It would be nice if Linux users, other than Ubuntu users, would report back whether this issue exists in other distros. It's possible, however unlikely, that it is specific to Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives.