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when i try to play a video on hulu.com i get an error message saying that my browser cannot play videos, i am using mozilla firefox

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#1

2 questions:

1) What is the full Terminal output of this Terminal command?

uname -a ; cat /etc/lsb-release ; apt-cache policy firefox ; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'

2) Have you tried using Google Chrome instead?

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adom he (doobapooba1) said : 		#2

Linux a-Latitude-D505 3.2.0-90-generic #128-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 14 21:44:10 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS"
firefox:
  Installed: 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  Candidate: 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 0
        500 http://76.73.4.58/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages
        500 http://76.73.4.58/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main i386 Packages
        500 http://mirror.hmc.edu/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     11.0+build1-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://76.73.4.58/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
        500 http://mirror.hmc.edu/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
ii adobe-flash-properties-kde 1:20150811.1-0precise1 KDE control panel Adobe Flash Player plugin
ii adobe-flashplugin 1:20150811.1-0precise1 Adobe Flash Player plugin
rc flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.508ubuntu0.12.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer

yes i tried using google chromium, but with chromium i get a message saying that my web browser is not supported I should try using mozilla firefox

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Please read this to understand the differences between Google Chrome and Chromium:

http://www.howtogeek.com/202825/what%E2%80%99s-the-difference-between-chromium-and-chrome/

Just to be clear: I wrote "Google CHROME", not ChromIUM.

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adom he (doobapooba1) said : 		#4

i see...... ok i downloaded chrome and tried watching hulu, but i get an error message saying that my browser does not support protected content

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#5

OK, it looks like Hulu has chosen to make life difficult by using DRM in their Flash video's.

Please try the suggestions here:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/note-hulu-playback-in-chrome-no-longer-working-4175550849/

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adom he (doobapooba1) said : 		#6

Thank you very much for all your help i followed the suggestions at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/note-hulu-playback-in-chrome-no-longer-working-4175550849/ and its working great for now.

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adom he (doobapooba1) said : 		#7

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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adom he (doobapooba1) said : 		#8

this works with firefox but not with chromium

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#9

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adom he (doobapooba1) said : 		#10

i am trying to watch hulu in firefox but i am getting a message saying i need to update my adobe flashplayer, can you help me out? i updated but still cannot watch hulu,

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#11

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