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Hulu on Apple TV 2
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TV2.Yes.
I recommend going the jailbreak route since it will allow you to stream either regular Hulu OR Hulu Plus WITHOUT COMMERCIALS.
To do that, you need to:
1. Jailbreak using FireCore's Seasonpass Utility and a micro USB cable.
2. Install Nito TV (sort of like an Apple TV App Store)
3. Install XBMC (using Nito TV)
4. In XBMC, install bluecop repository, which has a video add-on for Hulu.
All this can be done within an hour or so in a single evening, and you can be streaming Hulu with great quality on your big screen TV, without commercials, to your heart's content.
I've had this functionality for the past couple of months, and it's what I use to watch the Daily Show.
Only down side to jailbreaking is that you have to wait longer than everybody else when Apple puts out an ATV update, since you have to wait for the jailbreak community to put out a new version of the jailbreak utility before you can apply Apple's update. That's about it. If you don't like the jailbreak, you can always restore your Apple TV to factory settings and go back to the non-jailbroken world, so the risk is very low.
I recommend going the jailbreak route since it will allow you to stream either regular Hulu OR Hulu Plus WITHOUT COMMERCIALS.
To do that, you need to:
1. Jailbreak using FireCore's Seasonpass Utility and a micro USB cable.
2. Install Nito TV (sort of like an Apple TV App Store)
3. Install XBMC (using Nito TV)
4. In XBMC, install bluecop repository, which has a video add-on for Hulu.
All this can be done within an hour or so in a single evening, and you can be streaming Hulu with great quality on your big screen TV, without commercials, to your heart's content.
I've had this functionality for the past couple of months, and it's what I use to watch the Daily Show.
Only down side to jailbreaking is that you have to wait longer than everybody else when Apple puts out an ATV update, since you have to wait for the jailbreak community to put out a new version of the jailbreak utility before you can apply Apple's update. That's about it. If you don't like the jailbreak, you can always restore your Apple TV to factory settings and go back to the non-jailbroken world, so the risk is very low.
You actually have to download bluecop repository to your computer, then sftp it to your ATV2.
Instructions here:
http://www.appletvhacks.net/2011/03/02/how-to-watch-hulu-on-apple-tv-2/
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Don't know about Hulu Plus, but with Hulu you get shows the day after they air. At least that's how it's been with the Daily Show (I'm always one day behind.)
If you look in the comments, I think he got it working again. I installed that Repo some time in early September, and it's been working fine for me since then. Never had any problems with it myself. (I forgot if I downloaded the actual version on that web page I posted, or if I googled around and found a more recent version of bluecop's repo.)
By the way, my ATV2 is on software version 4.3. According to Firecore, the jailbreak for version 4.4 is available as a TETHERED jailbreak, and apparently only the nightly builds of XBMC are working on the ATV2 4.4 with the Tethered jailbreak right now. So I haven't updated my ATV2 software to 4.4 yet. Waiting to make sure that XBMC works, and of course waiting for an untethered version of the jailbreak. But if you can get your ATV2 on software version 4.3, I can attest that the Bluecop repo will provid Hulu via XBMC. Just watched a daily show episode this way last night.
I don't think they will.
Especially with Hulu+, when I want to watch a show but don't care about commercials, I will watch the show on Hulu+. When I want to watch a show uninterrupted, or if it is Top Gear, which is only on iTunes, I will buy the show.
Especially with Hulu+, when I want to watch a show but don't care about commercials, I will watch the show on Hulu+. When I want to watch a show uninterrupted, or if it is Top Gear, which is only on iTunes, I will buy the show.