12.14.07
Greasemonkey script for OpenHulu.com
OpenHulu.com provides a way for the common man to access Hulu.com video content. That’s awesome. However the page sucks. It’s not just the ads either. It’s the layout and the contract between stark white and black. Blegh.
So I decided to pretty it up a little using Greasemonkey (more info at Dive Into Greasemonkey). I’ll let the graphics tell the story:
Before:
And after Greasemonkey:
If this looks better to you install the script from here:
http://www.ghostonthird.com/downloads/openhulu.user.js
This is my first Greasemonkey script. If there is anything obviously stupid - let me know.
For the next version I want to leave the page as-is and instead add a button that will, when pressed, walk the page looking for the active video, make the video nearly almost full screen (leaving the button to toggle the page visible).
This should be more resilient to changes in the page structure.
Scott said,
January 13, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Can you tell me if there is a way to download the videos for offline use - like a zamzar.com and keepvid and those do not work with Hulu. Know how to get hulu videos downloaded? (this script is great by the way, thanks)
BostonEric said,
March 18, 2008 at 3:50 am
Can you update this now that its no longer openhulu.com and now is just hulu.com? thanks I’m anxious to use this!!