Cannot reach page via proxy

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Find a movie page and confirm it works in web browser with SOCKS5 proxy.
2. Tell get-flash-videos to download the movie via the same proxy.
3. Notice it fails with "500 Can't connect to your.download.site:80 (connect: 
Invalid argument)".

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

Version 1.24, Ubuntu 10.04

Full output:

$ get_flash_videos --debug --subtitles --proxy 198.36.222.8:80 
http://www.hulu.com/watch/140317/puss-in-boots
1 plugin installed:
- Hulu.pm
Downloading http://www.hulu.com/watch/140317/puss-in-boots
-> GET http://www.hulu.com/watch/140317/puss-in-boots
<- 500 text/plain (65): UTF8 off, ASCII, 65 characters 65 bytes
Couldn't download 'http://www.hulu.com/watch/140317/puss-in-boots': 500 Can't 
connect to www.hulu.com:80 (connect: Invalid argument)
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/140317/puss-in-boots
Error: Couldn't get Hulu CID or EID at 
/loader/0x24800d8/FlashVideo/Site/Hulu.pm line 62.

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: /usr/bin/get_flash_videos --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.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by muranyia on 18 Aug 2011 at 5:56

I am experiencing the similar:

I AM ENTERING IN KOMODO:
SCRIPT:  C:\Users\erkan\Documents\CODES\PERL\cetinturk\get_flash_videos-1.24
SCRIPT ARGUMENTS:  --proxy 174.37.201.242:80 
http://www.hulu.com/watch/298266/the-office-pams-replacement

THIS IS THE OUTPUT:

Downloading http://www.hulu.com/watch/298266/the-office-pams-replacement
Couldn't download 
'http://www.hulu.com/watch/298266/the-office-pams-replacement': 500 write 
failed: Bad file descriptor
Using method 'hulu' for 
http://www.hulu.com/watch/298266/the-office-pams-replacement
Error: Couldn't get Hulu CID or EID at 
/loader/0x5087be8/FlashVideo/Site/Hulu.pm line 62.

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: 
C:\Users\erkan\Documents\CODES\PERL\cetinturk\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.

Original comment by erkankar...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2011 at 7:21

dhumketuxbox / ror5

Cannot reach page via proxy #303