2014-04-04, 04:51
(2014-04-04, 04:17)AJCxZ0 Wrote: This will sound hopelessly naive, but since Hulu makes its money from ads and subscriptions and therefore should want as many customers as possible, why can't "we" (whoever "we" may be) get a plugin from Hulu? Could it hurt to ask? Do we know who to ask?
If the answer is one of hiding secrets in binaries, then they have probably already done all the work for the other embedded Linux, BSD and other platforms, leaving just the glue parts (which must be easy since I don't know how).
Addons are written in python and have to be developed specifically for XBMC. Distributing python code without the source is kind of difficult, that is why all (at least every one ive seen) addons are distributed as source. If Hulu distributed an addon they made as source then users could easily remove the ads. They cant really distribute it closed source and have it work like other addons. Therefore i doubt they would have any interest in giving us an addon or API to use for their services. The only place to "ask" is a forum they have set up where people can request hulu apps for certain "platforms" like kindle or PS4. Last time i checked, no one had asked for XBMC support.