May 24

How to get Hulu running on Android 2.2, for now

Posted in: Android, froyo, hack, hulu, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili
Android 2.2 and Flash 10.1. A perfect combination for combination for a little Hulu on the go, right? Not quite, as Hulu has decided to block videos (for legal reasons) when it detects a mobile device, but it turns out there is a surprisingly simple workaround. As Absolutely Android explains, all you have to do is make Hulu think you’re using a desktop browser, which can be done simply by entering “about:debug” in the address bar and switching the UAString setting from Android to desktop. The only downside to the trick is that you’ll now also get the full desktop version of the Hulu site (and any other site, until you switch it back), and there’s a better than decent chance that Hulu will close this loophole before you can finish your first episode of Kojak.

How to get Hulu running on Android 2.2, for now originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 May 2010 12:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 19

Clicker.tv brings streaming internet video to your TV’s browser; it has a web browser right?

Posted in: streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili, TV

When Clicker launched last fall it seemed like just another me-too streaming video aggregator, but we’ll have to give it another look after it’s followed up its Boxee integration by showing off the HTML5-built Clicker.tv site at Google I/O today. Designed as a “ten-foot” experience for TV screens it can be perused via mouse and keyboard or just a remote, bringing Clicker’s index of video including network TV, webisodes and web-only content, plus premium sources like Amazon VOD and iTunes. It’s currently in beta, but if leaning back and browsing from the couch is your thing — or on the off chance someone launches a Google TV with Intel processor, support for all those streaming codecs we love and a QWERTY remote from Logitech tomorrow — it could be worth bookmarking.

Clicker.tv brings streaming internet video to your TV’s browser; it has a web browser right? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 22:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 19

Cerevo Cam live! packs on-board USTREAM support

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Japan’s Cerevo already has a fairly unique product on its hands with the 3G-enabled Cerevo Cam, but it looks like it’s now managed to pull one more trick out of its hat: built-in support for USTREAM live streaming. That comes in the form of the Cerevo Cam live!, which is otherwise identical to the company’s previous Cerevo Cam (it’ll get USTREAM support in a firmware update), and is available with an optional USTREAM kit that includes a wide-angle conversion lens, a mini tripod, and a 4GB microSD card. As for the camera itself, while livestreaming is limited to 352 x 288, you’ll of course still be able to capture video up to 720p resolution and snap 9-megapixel still images, and you’ll be able to upload video directly from the camera over WiFi in addition to 3G. Still no indication of a release over here, but it looks like this one’s already available in Japan for a downright reasonable ¥19,999 (or about $216).

Cerevo Cam live! packs on-board USTREAM support originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 13:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 14

Hauppage WinTV gets WiFi streaming for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch

Posted in: Apple, ipad, ipod, ipod touch, IpodTouch, streaming, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Television, Today's Chili, TV
If we’ve learned anything from the long gestation of the SlingPlayer iPhone app, it’s that folks want to stream video to their iPhone, iPad, and / or iPod touch. At least the folks at Hauppauge think so — and the new version (v7.2) of WinTV for the WinTV -HVR tuner board for the PC now includes that functionality. Indeed, the software will even stream 16 and Pregnant (or whatever it is you’re into these days) to your Mac computer. Sadly, all of this streaming is going down via WiFi, but who knows? Maybe you really want to record TV on one machine and then watch it five feet away. It will be available directly from Hauppauge for $9.95, although the company is making a free upgrade available to current owners of WinTV-HVRs. PR after the break.

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Hauppage WinTV gets WiFi streaming for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 15:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 13

Hulu says HTML5 ‘doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs’

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As you may be aware, Hulu rolled out an updated version of its video player today, but what you may not have noticed is that the company also took advantage of the occasion to briefly talk about HTML5. In a post on the Hulu blog (which has curiously since been pulled, though it remains in the RSS feed), Hulu’s VP of Product Eugene Wei took a moment for an “aside on HTML5,” in which he said that while Hulu continues to monitor developments on HTML5, “as of now it doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs.” Wei further goes on to note that Hulu’s player doesn’t just stream video, that it also must do things like secure the content, handle reporting for advertisers, and do “dozens of other things that aren’t necessarily visible to the end user” — all of which are critically important for Hulu and often part of contractual requirements. Of course, Wei also notes that it’s possible that HTML5 will one day meet those needs, but it doesn’t look like a switch is coming anytime soon.

Hulu says HTML5 ‘doesn’t yet meet all of our customers’ needs’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 13:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 03

iPad 3G’s non-WiFi video playback restrictions detailed

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iPad 3G's non-WiFi video playback restrictions detailed

We could hear the echoing howls of discontent over the weekend as thousands finally received their very own iPad 3G and learned they couldn’t watch Dancing With the Stars whilst on the go. Now we have the details on why, exactly, and the repercussions. As it turns out, it’s simply a carry-over of an iPhone OS HTTP Live Streaming rule that states quite clearly:

You must include a low quality stream of no more than 64 Kbps for your app to resort to when network conditions demand it, along with the higher quality streams you want to deliver to your customers when the network can support it.

It seems the ABC Player devs chose to skip that option, so when you lose WiFi you also lose Tom Bergeron’s charm and wit. Other apps, like Netflix and YouTube, do provide a lower bitrate fallback, but that of course results in nasty compression artifacts when on the go. In other words: there’s a very good chance that 3G streaming will come in a future ABC Player release, but when it does it ain’t gonna be pretty.

iPad 3G’s non-WiFi video playback restrictions detailed originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 May 2010 09:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 28

Hulu app for Android revealed by Google search

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Dell’s Android-loving Thunder already boomed about its future “integrated web video Hulu app,” but now we’re also getting confirmation, albeit an unintentional one, from Hulu itself that an Android app for the streaming service is in the works. A reader spotted the incriminating info above when searching for more info about just such a program — as you can see, “Hulu App for Android devices” is specifically named in the blurb below the link to Hulu Labs. The actual Labs page has no new info, and our suspicion is it will stay that way until Android 2.2 brings integrated Flash support to the platform. We’re also seeing a reference to an iPhone OS application, but since that bit of text trails off, it’s a more equivocal implication — though not an illogical one at all. Either way, this is the most concrete indication we’ve had yet that Hulu is going mobile, in what seems to be a pretty big way.

[Thanks, Zach S.]

Hulu app for Android revealed by Google search originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 14

ABC reveals iPad app statistics, says it’s ‘pleased’ with results

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There’s no question that ABC’s free iPad app was one of the highest-profile apps to launch with the device, and ABC has now finally revealed some hard numbers to give an indication of just how successful it has been. According to The Wall Street Journal, ABC says the app has been downloaded 205,000 times in the ten days following the iPad’s debut, and that is has been used to watch at least part of 605,000 TV shows. Perhaps the best news for ABC, however, is that the app has served up “several million” ad impressions, although the exact number is apparently still being calculated, with ABC only adding that it is “pleased with the results.” Also, the most popular single show watched with the app? Why the episode of Modern Family where Phil Dumnphy gets an iPad, of course.

ABC reveals iPad app statistics, says it’s ‘pleased’ with results originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 03

iPad Netflix and ABC Player hands-on over MiFi 3G and WiFi (with video)

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Having ABC’s entire catalog of programming stowed away in your iPad is a great trick that gets you within earshot of Hulu-level awesomeness. Granted, that’s not quite what the free ABC Player provides — we’re only finding a handful of episodes for most shows — but it’s a start, especially considering how great the content looks. Flipping the iPad on its side automatically takes you to a full-screen view that streams almost instantaneously over a fast WiFi connection, though we’ve found one annoying bug — triggering the orientation lock immediately pops it back to portrait, effectively rendering the lock useless within the app. Connected to a Verizon MiFi with good EV-DO Rev. A signal strength, we were pretty blown away by how good the video still looked; it took only a few seconds longer to start streaming, but otherwise, it’s a fantastic option (of course, your 5GB monthly cap might be bruised and battered to a pulp within a few days if you’re a heavy user).

Netflix looked great, too, though the interface isn’t as slick as ABC’s — it’s clear that these guys threw the app together in a hurry. The first thing you see when you open it, for instance, is the company’s standard web-based login — it’s literally just the Netflix website. Don’t get us wrong, it works just fine, but there were definitely plenty of opportunities for iPad-specific customization here. The trend continues after you log in, where you see the same view you’re already familiar with when you peep your queue and Watch Instantly selections from a browser on a PC. Streaming worked quite well in both orientations; it appears to just use the iPad’s in-built video player, and that’s fine with us. We noticed some stuttering over 3G after we stopped filming our demo, but the good news is that it only happened once, and the footage looked just as good over the MiFi as it did connected to our cable modem. Follow the break for video of both ABC and Netflix in action.

Gallery: iPad ABC Player hands-on over 3G

Gallery: iPad Netflix streaming hands-on

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iPad Netflix and ABC Player hands-on over MiFi 3G and WiFi (with video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 25

Netflix finally ships out Watch Instantly discs for Nintendo’s Wii

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Wii owners have been waiting for this day to come since early January (or before, arguably), and at long last it looks as if the rental superstar has come through. Customers around the US are receiving email notifications today stating that their Watch Instantly disc (required for Netflix playback on the Wii) has shipped, and it should be waiting in their mailbox before this weekend begins. We’ll be interested to see how the streaming service performs on the weakest of the three major consoles, but given that no 1080p content is available, we doubt they’ll be any major snags. Let us know when your disc arrives and how the experience is down in comments, won’tcha?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Netflix finally ships out Watch Instantly discs for Nintendo’s Wii originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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