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get-flash-videos - issue #249

hulu doesn't work

Posted on Mar 12, 2011 by Helpful Cat

What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. try to download a video from hulu 2. watch it fail

What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Expected that it will download. Here's what I see instead:

$ get_flash_videos-1.24 -d http://www.hulu.com/watch/212550/white-collar-countermeasures 1 plugin installed: - Hulu.pm Downloading http://www.hulu.com/watch/212550/white-collar-countermeasures -> GET http://www.hulu.com/watch/212550/white-collar-countermeasures <- 200 text/html; charset=utf-8 (174180): UTF8 on, non-ASCII, 174180 characters 174184 bytes Trying to open plugin ~/.get_flash_videos/plugins/Www.pm Trying to open plugin ~/.get_flash_videos/plugins/Hulu.pm Using method 'hulu' for http://www.hulu.com/watch/212550/white-collar-countermeasures Found Hulu CID: 50119747 Returning cached Hulu data -> GET http://r.hulu.com/videos?content_id=50119747 <- 200 application/xml; charset=utf-8 (6959): UTF8 on, ASCII, 6959 characters 6959 bytes Found Hulu encrypted PID: NO_MORE_RELEASES_PLEASE_50119747 Decrypted Hulu PID: 'NO_MORE_RELEASES_PLEASE_50119747' Auth: 63532eb7aace4c8819a0e8fc7e523490 Hulu SMIL URL: http://s.hulu.com/select.ashx?pid=NO_MORE_RELEASES_PLEASE_50119747&auth=63532eb7aace4c8819a0e8fc7e523490&v=713434170&np=1 -> GET http://s.hulu.com/select.ashx?pid=NO_MORE_RELEASES_PLEASE_50119747&auth=63532eb7aace4c8819a0e8fc7e523490&v=713434170&np=1 <- 400 text/html (210): UTF8 off, ASCII, 210 characters 210 bytes Encrypted XML: '<html> <head> <title>400 Bad Request</title> </head> <body> <h2>400 Bad Request</h2> <p>pid 'NO_MORE_RELEASES_PLEASE_50119747' does not map to asset id</p> <pre id="traceback"></pre> </body> </html>' XML decrypt key: 4878B22E76379B55C962B18DDBC188D82299F8F52E3E698D0FAF29A40ED64B21, IV: WA7hap7AGUkevuth Error: encrypt: datasize not multiple of blocksize (16 bytes) at /loader/0x19a2100/FlashVideo/Site/Hulu.pm line 456.

Couldn't extract Flash movie URL. This site may need specific support adding, or fixing.

Please confirm the site is using Flash video and if you have Flash available check that the URL really works(!).

Check for updates by running: ./combined-get_flash_videos-1.24 --update

If the latest version does not support this please open a bug (or contribute a patch!) at http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/ make sure you include the output with --debug enabled. Couldn't download any videos.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

latest version, linux

Please provide any additional information below.

Is Hulu getting wise on this script and asking that "no more releases" are created??

Found Hulu encrypted PID: NO_MORE_RELEASES_PLEASE_50119747

Comment #1

Posted on Mar 15, 2011 by Swift Dog

Any update regarding this?

I reported it here, as well: http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/issues/detail?id=135#c4

Comment #2

Posted on Mar 16, 2011 by Helpful Dog

I've had the same issue. Has anyone figured out of anyother way to get the "pid"?

It's not the number is it?

Comment #3

Posted on Mar 22, 2011 by Swift Dog

If you've just been following this (like me), you may not know that the Hulu Plugin is officially broken at the moment.

To quote the plugin page: http://gitorious.org/get-flash-videos-plugins/pages/Hulu

Plugin currently broken (March 2011)

The plugin is currently broken due to the various CDNs used by Hulu using a different type of Flash RTMPE handshake, which means rtmpdump can’t download Hulu’s streams. This also breaks other applications and downloads from other sites. We don’t know when this will be fixed. rtmpdump is a volunteer project. It also seems like Hulu has changed various aspects of how their site works, breaking this plugin even more.

In other words, there are two issues preventing this plugin from working at the moment. The first is the changes hulu have made to their backend (as well as this issue): http://code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/issues/detail?id=243

The second is the handshake 9 protocol, which rtmpdump does not yet support. This has affected many sites, not just hulu: http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/rtmpdump/2011-March/001304.html

However, I did come across this forum post, where the user claimed to be able to get sites that did not work with the latest version of rtmpdump (due to the handshake 9 issue) to work with an older version of rtmpdump, version 2.1d. http://stream-recorder.com/forum/showpost.php?s=74eec2adf543f7b4ca65d65df2d32e47&p=26332&postcount=5

Maybe this version of rtmpdump would work with hulu as well.

Comment #4

Posted on Mar 22, 2011 by Happy Bird

Looking at the rtmpdump changelog for v2.1d > v2.2 I see "more FlashPlayer 10 handshake support". So it looks like handshake testing added in later releases of rtmpdump is causing it to shoot itself in the foot.

I see that Howard Chu has submitted a SVN change for handshake work. So I guess the work is underway.

"Author: hyc Date: Sun Mar 20 00:32:53 2011 New Revision: 562

Log: Drop back on the handshake version, avoid rtmpe 9

Modified: trunk/librtmp/handshake.h"

Comment #5

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Helpful Dog

Issue 259 has been merged into this issue.

Comment #6

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Helpful Dog

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Comment #7

Posted on Jul 13, 2011 by Massive Camel

rtmpdump supports rtmpe 9 handshakes now.

Comment #8

Posted on Jul 29, 2011 by Happy Rabbit

Any update on Hulu?

Comment #9

Posted on Jul 30, 2011 by Happy Panda

I've got a VERY rough patch based on the xmbc hulu plugin. It should be cleaned up. This only works with new rtmpdump.

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Comment #10

Posted on Aug 3, 2011 by Helpful Cat

Fixed - updated code is on Gitorious. Running get_flash_videos --update should get you the latest version. The plugin's wiki page has been updated: https://gitorious.org/get-flash-videos-plugins/pages/Hulu

Subtitles have also been fixed.

Many thanks to tmavroi for the patch and to hyc for updating rtmpdump.

Comment #11

Posted on Aug 3, 2011 by Swift Dog

I ran the update, upgraded to the latest version of rtmpdump, but still ran into a problem.

I am running: Ubuntu 11.04

RTMPDump v2.4 (retrieved using 'git clone git://git.ffmpeg.org/rtmpdump' and installed using 'make SYS=posix' followed by 'sudo make install')

get_flash_video 1.24 (Ran get_flash_video --update to get latest hulu plugin as well)

Here is the command I ran:

get_flash_videos --debug http://rss.hulu.com/~r/HuluRecentlyAddedVideos/~3/sOb9ynAsHo4/attack-of-the-show-felicia-day-eureka-interview 2>&1|tee log

I got an error message saying, see the attached log:

Download failed, no valid file downloaded

Couldn't download any videos.

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Comment #12

Posted on Aug 4, 2011 by Massive Horse

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Comment #13

Posted on Aug 4, 2011 by Massive Horse

I get the same results as comment 11.

Ubuntu 11.4 RTMPDump 2.4 get_flash_videos version 1.24 updated to latest Hulu.pm, dated 2011-08-03

command run: get_flash_videos --debug http://www.hulu.com/watch/64189/knight-rider-classic-short-notice 2>&1 | tee hulu_log

hulu_log attached.

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Comment #14

Posted on Aug 4, 2011 by Swift Dog

I just ran 'get_flash_videos --update'. It didn't seem to run any updates, but now the videos from Comment 11 and 13 both worked.

Comment #15

Posted on Aug 5, 2011 by Happy Bird

I have get_flash_videos version 1.24 and have the same problem as comment 11 and 13.

Comment #16

Posted on Aug 5, 2011 by Swift Dog

Did you upgrade to the latest version of RTMPDump as well?

Comment #17

Posted on Aug 5, 2011 by Happy Bird

Yes, I downloaded the latest git

Comment #18

Posted on Aug 6, 2011 by Happy Bird

Debug log with latest hulu plugin and rtmpdump 2.4

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Comment #19

Posted on Aug 6, 2011 by Massive Camel

re: #18 - your log clearly says rtmpdump v2.3 so you obviously did not install rtmpdump 2.4.

Comment #20

Posted on Aug 6, 2011 by Happy Bird

Yes, my mistake. However, I uploaded an old log.

Since this issue has been closed, I opened a new issue #293 with the rtmpdump 2.4 log error.

Status: Verified

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