Support for Hulu.com and other TV streaming sources?

[SWKerr]

I've watched a few things now on Hulu and I am not really sure that the technology is consistent. The Bones episode from Fox was simple enough and looked like it was coming from Hulu but the Lost episodes seem to just redirect me to ABC.com where I had to install a custom player. (The ABC HD stuff looked good but I spent a good amount of time to get it working. The adds also require you to hit the play button again after the break. The Fox experience was much less annoying and still looked pretty good)

I installed the PlayOn client to stream to the Xbox360 but it does not appear to stream everything from Hulu either, just select stuff. I expect that unless all the studios and networks get together and agree on one standard this will always be a mess to interface with SageTV.

[drewg]

Is there any way to use SageTV and the HD100 to get Hulu onto my TV?

Thanks,
Drew

* merged *

[emveepee]

The problem with the MediaMall/PlayOn software is for compatibility I think they are actually stripping off DRM. at least that is how they interface to Netflix from the Popcorn Hour. Although it is totally useless here in Canada anyway, I think people should be cautious.

Martin

[Mitch G]

Originally Posted by drewg

Is there any way to use SageTV and the HD100 to get Hulu onto my TV?

Thanks,
Drew

* merged *

Kind of - if you have the right bits and pieces.
You can use the S-video "hack" to take an S-Video output from your video card and pipe that into a tuner card that has an S-Video input. (Look for the "Netflix on HD100 thread for more about this hack.)

Once you do this, you essentially have a channel that you can tune in SageTV that displays your server desktop.
From there, you can log into your sever and bring up hulu.com in a browser and watch a video. You can use this technique for any browser-based video service as well (e.g. abc.com). I use VNC to remotely access my server (in the basement), and use a laptop in the family room to launch hulu.com and watch it in the family room.
It's somewhat cumbersome, but if there's something that you need to watch, it works.

Hope this helps,


Mitch

[Brent]

Well in very short time, Boxee now has added Hulu and other online video content to their HTPC program. If they can do it surely it's possible in SageTV... I think getting it through the extenders might be the real difficulty

[oddjob]

http://gizmodo.com/5066376/boxee-med...bs-to-apple-tv

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[Zippster]

Playon seems like it is really getting its act together with the streaming, would be a great addition to Sage.

[wado1971]

Ok ... Can someone knowledgeable about this stuff inform us if Hulu etc will ever come to the client/server SageTV software.

As far as I can understand, the new HD200 is a UPnP Hardware Client. I'm assuming that it's not the SageTV Linux Playshifter software that acts as a UPnP-client software - is this correct?

In addition, Playon is a UPnP MediaServer Sofware similar to TVersity (free) and many others so this is how the communication is made on the HD200. BUT Playon has somehow added Hulu support!! Did they make a deal or can any UPnP MediaServer software add this support??

So even if the above ? is possible, SageTV software would need to already have a built-in UPnP-Client&Server similar to XBMC (as this link states). Does this already exist in SageTV?

[coryking]

Just chiming in to add my vote. Personally I think that integration with online, on-demand video content from netflix, amazon, whatever is the future of TV. And now that HD is going mainstream, I think integrating flash and silverlight is key (if possible). Once you get flash/silverlight on SageTV (and via the extender ;-), the world opens up. For example, real-time traffic or heck, even though it isn't flash/silverlight (and a win32 binary) this would be really cool: http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx

So add my vote to whatever trouble ticket this is on :-) He who gets the online video first wins. It is the future! Could you imagine what the Olympics would have been like if we could stream all that junk NBC cranked out online through our SageTV?

[setherd]

if netflix can work why not hulu?

yes this is an old thread i'm bumping up......

[wayner]

Originally Posted by setherd

yes this is an old thread i'm bumping up......

Necroposter!

[gearhead1904]

just because I dind't see anybody else say it...
I am running the playon server and streaming Hulu content to my HD Theater.

I think yet another question is about the DivX connected server claims to have Hulu content and more other content than playon and claims to be supported by sage but I cannot get it to recognize my HD200.

[LehighBri]

Without seeing Sage's 2009/2010 roadmap, I would have to imagine some level of TV/movie streaming be included. This is no doubt the future, and there's a TON of potential revenue in this (whether it be folks buying licenses switching from VMC or folks buying extenders to stream that TV to replace devices like Roku, or both!).

Engadget just posted how Roku will soon be supporting Amazon HD VOD. Really hope something like this and/or Netflix streaming is on Sage's roadmap!

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/21/a...-on/#continued

[garberfc]

Originally Posted by Destro

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Being able to watch current-run TV shows through Sage on my TV would be fantastic... and legal! Most of these even provide high-def content.

I understand the HD content will be available only to pay subscribers.

[Brent]

So I had pretty much given up on seeing Hulu in the online videos of SageTV after the Boxee fiasco and Jeff's no-comment, but came across this review of the HD200 at Wired.com

In it the reviewer says

Hulu was curiously missing, but SageTV has assured us that support is on the way.

I wonder if that means it's still coming or if the reviewer is going based on old news.

I hope we see Hulu on SageTV. But I'm still not holding my breath yet.

[pjpjpjpj]

Originally Posted by Brent

I hope we see Hulu on SageTV. But I'm still not holding my breath yet.

If you had been holding your breath since your report about hulu from CES, you'd be... uh... we would miss your contributions terribly.

[Brent]

Originally Posted by pjpjpjpj

If you had been holding your breath since your report about hulu from CES, you'd be... uh... we would miss your contributions terribly.

too funny! I'm still hoping for Hulu, but its hard to get too excited unless SageTV tells us there is still a reason to get excited which they haven't since the boxee debacle.

[scat]

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-...30-726930.html

[bnh]

i had Fringe (HD) set for recording the other night this week. Went to watch it via Sage the next day, but it was a choppy, unwatchable playback on one of my clients. I went to Hulu on that same client and watched it in its entirety, fairly nice.

Should i expect my Sage client to playback the same content in the same way as Hulu does?

I'm just wondering how Hulu managed to avoid whatever playback obstacles that my Sage client is dealing with.

[gplasky]

It would be nice if you said what client. If it is your Dell 8300 then your machine is not powerful enough both in CPU and the video card to handle HD as you can see. The videos coming from Hulu are not the same resolution and are converted to flash format I believe. It designed for low bandwidth, over the Internet playing.

Gerry