Hulu videos reporting "not currently available," even though they work on hulu.com

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Launch FrontRow
2. Launch Understudy
3. Access any Hulu feed
4. Drill down to show and episode, all of which appear properly. 
5. Attempt to play an episode. 

What is the expected output or result?
Video plays.

What do you see instead?
The hulu playback bar at the bottom, but no video. A message is displayed,
"We're sorry, this video is no longer available. We apologize for the
inconvenience." 

Please provide any additional information below, including any relevant URLs.

The very same video plays perfectly on hulu.com.

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by esoneill on 19 Feb 2009 at 2:45

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Would this have something to do with Boxee being cut off from showing Hulu 
videos?

Original comment by jacques....@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2009 at 2:52

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You spoke my fear, jacques.paquin. I surely hope that is not the case! 

Original comment by esoneill on 19 Feb 2009 at 2:53

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I can't speak to whether this is related to problems with Boxee, but I can 
confirm
that the message is displayed as a result of Understudy enlarging the video (it 
works
fine if the video's page is displayed without modification). Basically, this 
means
that Understudy has to use the flash player's fullscreen mode now rather than 
later.

Original comment by kirk.kel...@rochester.edu on 19 Feb 2009 at 4:29

• Changed state: Accepted
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• Removed labels: Priority-Medium

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So, does that  mean I have to change a setting, or we are waiting on the 
developer? I
just want to be clear. I think Understudy is a fantastic product, by the way!

Original comment by esoneill on 19 Feb 2009 at 6:31

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Yep, I'm experiencing this as well; they worked yesterday, and they don't work 
at all
today.  No Hulu shows at ALL are available.  I fear the same as 
jacques.paquin... and
if that's the case, then it's gonna suck.

Original comment by jlev...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2009 at 9:13

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I think that release 0.5.1 fixes this issue.

It's not a complete solution, but it works (for me). The hulu page is loaded, 
and the
video can be fullscreened by pressing the right menu button.

Original comment by kirk.kel...@rochester.edu on 20 Feb 2009 at 12:20

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Your change works for me. Thanks!

Question: In the SVN repository I see code for YouTube too but it does not seem 
to be operable yet. Do you have 
any goals for when that might be available?

Awesome plug-in! Thanks! (And thank you for saving us our satellite TV bill. We 
pulled the plug on it when we 
found that the few programs we were watching were available on Hulu and 
trivially easy to view with 
Understudy.)

Original comment by s.tod.fi...@gmail.com on 20 Feb 2009 at 1:35

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Looks like this issue has popped back up. Is anyone aware of a workaround? 
Thanks
The way the error is stated has changed from no longer available to currently 
unavailable. 

Original comment by ashevill...@gmail.com on 22 Feb 2009 at 9:09