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After last weeks flash update Hulu desktop no longer works on my Dell laptop though it still works on my HP Desktop. Here's what CLI tells me on the Dell:

Inspiron-1564:~$ huludesktop
Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I tried: sudo apt-get install libvdpau_nvidia.so but got E: Unable to locate package libvdpau_nvidia.so and E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libvdpau_nvidia.so'

Hulu does work through the browser and through XBMC. XBMC just doesn't seem to match the video quality of the Hulu Desktop.

I don't really know why a nvidia.so is needed for my Intel graphics that comes on Dell Insiron 1564's. anyway. So, do you guys have a solution?

Bruno Pereira
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jwdinkc
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The issue is with the most recent releases of Flash into the repos. The solution that worked for me was to download a previous version of Flash from Adobe's archived versions, in particular 11.1.102.62:

http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/fp_11.1.102.62_archive.zip

Found here:

http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html

Simply extract and drill down until you find your distro (for me 11_1r102_62_64bit/flashplayer11_1r102_62_linux.x86_64) and copy the libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and then point Hulu there in ~.huludesktop.

flash_location = /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so

Good luck and Good watching!

Ken J
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I don't know why it's not working or why it needs nvida files, but that file can be found in (and installed with) the packages nvidia-current and/or nvidia-current-updates.

dadexix86
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Try installing these two packages: vdpau-va-driver,libvdpau1 to install both type 

sudo apt-get install vdpau-va-driver libvdpau1

chances are the file that is missing is included in libvdpau1. You might need to restart the computer in order for the changes to take effect.
Maybe this method is more elegant than the above mentioned because installing nvidia drivers is likely to mess up your existing ones.

For some info on what VDPAU is and does see this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU

Daniel W.
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Have you tried removing hulu and reinstalling? sudo apt-get purge huludesktop and then reinstall? Worth a shot anyways.

Gary
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You can disable hardware acceleration. It's detailed here and here.

RobotHumans
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