Hulu Plus Problems after 5.1 update

frankdogg said:

What's up guys.

After updating to 5.1, Hulu Plus fails to load the videos. I constantly get "an error occurred loading this content"

I even tried restoring the ATV3

Anyone else experiencing this? I need my Hulu. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I am experiencing this as well. I was just curious if anyone had a workaround other than downgrading the firmware.

Thanks,
Andrew

I'm on 5.1 and I was able to watch 3 shows earlier today with no problems.

same problem here. happens with netflix too... ill have to try using just wifi when i get home today...very annoying.

frankdogg said:

solved the problem. i just downgraded the firmware back to 5.0.2.

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Did you just download the older IPSW, connect to iTunes and did an SHIFT+Restore?

I tried this an received an iTunes error 3194 and I think this is because they just stopped signing of the 5.0.2

frankdogg said:

People are saying Ethernet is the prob and that using wifi fixes the problem

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Switching to wifi did fix the issue for me.

Glad I found this thread; thought I was going insane.

Just tried a bunch of things last night to no avail until I decided to try wi-fi for the heck of it. Lo and behold: it works.

Since everything else on AppleTV appears to work without issue over ethernet, as best I can tell, I'd say this is an AppleTV-Hulu-5.1 update problem.

But whadya bet Apple's no longer signing activations for the previous firmware if I try to downgrade today?

kamui said:

Switching to wifi did fix the issue for me.

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Same here. My ATV 3 has problems with Hulu, Photo Stream, iTunes Match using Ethernet. Netflix and iTunes Store okay. Now using WiFi connection, no issues at all. This all started after the latest iOS update. Definitely a software bug but Apple support was no help.

Re: Downgrading Apple TV3 Firmware

frankdogg said:

solved the problem. i just downgraded the firmware back to 5.0.2.

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OK. I'll bite.

How do you downgrade the firmware on an Apple TV 3?

Thanks,
Randy

No Hulu in the UK, but I've had this problem with iTunes Match via Ethernet since the v5.1 update:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1456391/

Others have found that the problem also affects MLB.tv and more.


Switching to WiFi has fixed it, as above.

I did try contacting Apple support, and had the usual unhelpful responses that I have come to expect, in which the CSR ignores/misunderstands what I have already told them and just gives links to troubleshooting pages...


I did find a thread at Apple.com though where someone from Apple had actually posted and asked people for more info on their problem and network setup:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/19757237#19757237

royb @ apple.com

Thanks!

Thank you!
That totally worked, went wireless and Hulu is back. odd.

bripab007 said:

Glad I found this thread; thought I was going insane.

Just tried a bunch of things last night to no avail until I decided to try wi-fi for the heck of it. Lo and behold: it works.

Since everything else on AppleTV appears to work without issue over ethernet, as best I can tell, I'd say this is an AppleTV-Hulu-5.1 update problem.

But whadya bet Apple's no longer signing activations for the previous firmware if I try to downgrade today?

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frankdogg said:

People are saying Ethernet is the prob and that using wifi fixes the problem

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Thank you for pointing me to this solution. Switching to Wi-Fi allowed me to play Hulu videos on my ATV3.

The sad part of all this is that I called *Apple* and they had no idea how to help me. I had to come here to solve this problem!

Thanks, MacRumors!!
Randy

So my ATV2 has always been on Wifi and this happens to me on both Hulu and Netflix. Hulu more so, but it appears to be navigation specific. When I try and launch a show from my queue persay, it fails. But if I launch it from recently watched its fine

Anyone have a fix or experience this?

Hulu Plus is really screwed up since the update. Sometimes I can watch everything no problem and other times I can't watch anything. I'm on wifi and never had this problem before the update. I have no problems with Hulu Plus on any other devices. They need to fix this soon!

zfoster13 said:

Hulu Plus is really screwed up since the update. Sometimes I can watch everything no problem and other times I can't watch anything. I'm on wifi and never had this problem before the update. I have no problems with Hulu Plus on any other devices. They need to fix this soon!

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I've had the same problem and have found the same solution. Hulu works perfectly over wifi but does not play videos on ethernet.

This really needs to be addressed soon!

Same deal.

Doesn't anyone ever want to know WHY? I run gigabit Ethernet all over to a Aebs, and yet it doesn't work? Why are there never any networking answers?

Rushli0n said:

So my ATV2 has always been on Wifi and this happens to me on both Hulu and Netflix. Hulu more so, but it appears to be navigation specific. When I try and launch a show from my queue persay, it fails. But if I launch it from recently watched its fine

Anyone have a fix or experience this?

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zfoster13 said:

Hulu Plus is really screwed up since the update. Sometimes I can watch everything no problem and other times I can't watch anything. I'm on wifi and never had this problem before the update. I have no problems with Hulu Plus on any other devices. They need to fix this soon!

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I have been on 5.0.2 and on wifi; I've never connected via ethernet with my ATV. I have had issues with Hulu in the past where I get that error (both trying to watch from queue and recently watched) but not as much as I do now. I am in the middle of updating the software because I have had no joy with 5.0.2. I tried ethernet for kicks and same issues occurred. It is truly annoying.