Re:Hulu Has A Desktop Client For Linux
by liuliu on Friday October 09, 2009 @05:42PM
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I disappointed to see that the Linux version requires Flash. The Flash plugin performance are terrible on Linux. Hulu should do better than wrapping Flash to a exec. The VLC codebase is good to start with.
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Do you not need Flash to view the Hulu website? Am I missing something?
Yes, Linux flash performance sucks (when it works at all), so it would be great to have a native Linux client that didn't bring with it all the inefficiencies of flash for something as simple as playing videos.
I think using Flash is fine.
What I have a bigger problem with is that Hulu content cannot be viewed outside the US - so when you travel you can't watch a quick movie or TV show (unless you proxy it).
US cable TV has never been viewable outside of North America+, and that you pay for. Why is it all of a sudden a problem that you can't watch your shows when you're traveling?
(+unless a provider in another country happens to carry the same shows.)
SBS in Sydney carries The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and independent radio station carries Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and a few NPR shows .. not to mention the best, most authentic roots reggae show you ever heard!
That's just it. The content owners don't want to lose that revenue stream from regional networks by giving it away for free (ad supported) For now the regional networks/providers are willing to pay more than ad revenue can generate. This is one of the areas Hulu could succeed with a paid subscription model.