Not sure if you guys already knew or saw this, but I thought I’d share for whoever is working on the app:
Hulu begins encrypting HTML content to thwart non-browser apps
“It looks like Hulu’s trying yet another ill-fated tactic to keep its content restricted to traditional browsers and off things like Boxee – TunerFreeMCE’s Martin Millmore says Hulu’s HTML is now encrypted at the source and then decrypted using Javascript on the client. That means plugins that parse the Hulu site for links to content won’t work anymore, but man, what a complicated monkey dance for basically no gain – it’s already been broken, and we’re wondering what Hulu’s going to do when Boxee or another company stops playing around and simply builds a full-on WebKit or Gecko browser with a tweaked ID string into their app. Keep driving towards that cliff, guys – millions of users who want Hulu on their TVs and will jump through hoops to get it don’t represent any kind of market opportunity or anything.”
LINK TO DISCOVERY
Isn't that what Plex kind of does? So this encryption tactic shouldn't really affect Plex? To quote Elan in his recent interview with brave little meme:
I think scripts/plugins (like XBMC uses) will struggle once they get everything encrypted.
I could be completely wrong though...
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