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Recommended VPS Provider to watch Hulu
EmperorRXF
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I've already read this discussion, but my question is a bit different. I'm planning to setup a proxy service to people who've been censored out of US streaming sites like Hulu & Netflix. So I'm currently in the process of evaluating a good low end VPS for testing purposes. I recently bought a VPS from "berry.pw" but after setting up a SOCKS proxy on the VPS, and visiting Hulu.com the videos wouldn't play. It would instead give the message "This video is unavailable at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. If this error is occurring repeatedly, we may be experiencing technical difficulties. Please visit Hulu Support for more help." I've triple checked all my settings but hulu is detecting something from my US based IP and is blocking the video. I'm certain it's a problem with the VPS IP becuase i've an identical setup at Amazon EC2 and it works like a charm. Also abc.com doesn't work on "Berry.pw" either.
Since I can't be buying VPSes only to realize it's giving IPs that are blacklisted by Hulu.com I was wondering if there'd be anybody who's done this before and can give me some good VPS providers.
My requirement is not to be going for a VPN solution as mentioned in the discussion link I've referenced at the beginning, but to go for a SOCKS proxy. Also the VPS is going to need good throughput to where my customers will be based on (mainly Asian countries)
Thanks in advance!!
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Send me the documentation to setup and I can try with the providers I have service with during next week.
BuyVM.net worked for me.
I do believe i have a fair few netflix/hulu customers using my servers if you want to give it a shot
I can lend you one of my nanovz plans?
Thanks a lot for the offer. My setup is rather simple. I'll be using syntax for debian.
Install dante-server on OS (debian, ubuntu, centos or any-nix box)
apt-get install dante-serverNow modify the dante SOCKS config file at /etc/danted.conf
nano /etc/danted.confDelete the default content on the conf file and paste the below after modifying the internal & external interface adapter IDs
BEGIN - Conf
logoutput: /var/log/danted
internal: eth0 port = 1080 # Use your adapter id here. Use ifconfig to findout the correct id. ex: vnet0, eth0
external: eth0 # Use the adapter id for outgoing traffic, mostly the same as above id
method: username none
user.privileged: root
user.notprivileged: nobody
user.libwrap: nobody
compatibility: sameport
extension: bind
client pass {
from: 0.0.0.0/0 port 1-65535 to: 0.0.0.0/0
}
pass {
from: 0.0.0.0/0 to: 0.0.0.0/0
protocol: tcp udp
}
END - Conf
please note that we're giving full access to the SOCKS server from outside here. So make sure to take down the server after testing
After saving the config file, start the dante daemon using
/etc/init.d/danted startYou can also stop the server using
\etc\init.d\danted stopThat's all to do on the box. Now open a browser and change the PROXY settings by giving the external IP address of the box as the
SOCKS5Proxy Address and the PORT you used above (1080)If you now visit http://www.hulu.com/watch/249837 and if the video starts playing rather than display an unavailable message, then the VPS IP is good!
Currently I'm using Hudsonvaleyhost in LA, their IP still safe for watching Hulu
Traveling today and will be home very late tonight so I'll try to test it out using some of the providers that I have idleing servers with.
many thanks @MikHo
I have paid for a few streaming sites that locked me out once I crossed borders. I tried VPNs and proxy servers, but it was just too much of a hassle, also because the connection to the sites was not so great from some places in the world.
It's the same with DVDs and region codes. Google Play also has regions, based on your SIM card.
Facebook, hotmail and many others force you to verify the phone number of a SIM card you left at home when you are on vacation.
So now I just don't use any sites that do that.
No luck for me using a ton of different CC IP's, quadranet, or goodhosting.
HostUS in Atlanta works though, as well as Crissic and BoltVM (they use crissic ip's).
Yep, just tasted quadranet (tragicservers). Doesn't work.
I'm just putting together a script that checks if Hulu is available or not. Would you like me to link you to this once it's complete?
How odd that they think they can achieve anything by blocking IPs.
Now I watch Hulu using my delimiter Atom
Yeah, come to think about it, just check if the video loads or not from a vps should be enough.
Thanks.
Yes please @liamwithers
I get what you mean
I plan on keeping my socks proxies used only for bypassing the geochecks and then to use regular IP of the client to load the videos from CDNs. so hopefully the speed will be unharmed and proxy IPs will not be continuously connected to the streaming sites.
sorry to hear that
and thanks for the heads up!
I'd be interested in having it as well. thanks!
Thats how you get around Netflix Geo check. Not sure on Hulu.
@MikHo @EmperorRXF @TinyTunnel_Tom
Got a super busy afternoon, so it's only for apt-based systems at the moment. Feel free to commit changes to get it working for CentOS etc. if you wish, if not then I'll get it updated at some point anyway.
GitHub Link
It checks if the Hulu homepage displays the pop-up message stating that Hulu is unavailable in your region. Uses phantomjs (headless webkit), as the pop-up message requires JavaScript to display, and hence won't work with something like curl. If the start of the message is there, it'll state "Hulu unavailable". If the message isn't there, it'll show "Hulu available" - note that it doesn't do any error checking to see if phantomjs is installed etc., so if the install fails it'll still show "Hulu available".
Not sure if Hulu automatically adjusts language according to location etc., so this might not work in languages other than English, however it works from a Netherlands VPS with DigitalOcean - so give it some testing and let me know
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Cheers,
Liam
@liamwithers
http://s.hulu.com/gc?regions=US,JP&callback=Hulu.Controls.Intl.onGeoCheckResult
That's what it checks via thus phantomjs would just be an overkill for that.
Sweet. I'll rewrite based upon this, just threw something together that would work for @MikHo
A US VPS with BIND installed is what you want.
I've almost got my bypass up, just need to work on the front end..
I d> @Cakey said:
I just checked the link from @Cakey using a socks proxy that I know doesn't work with Hulu.
The link says US = true (which it is).
But using that same vps when trying to start a movie doesn't work.
Guess that there are more checks that are done.
What I still can't figure out is how hulu blocks IPs even if the IP is from US and is passes the above test. In my case, berry.pw passes the above but still does not load any free videos on site (I've not checked hulu+). If there's any script that can be used to test if US ip is really blocked from viewing videos and not just the geolocation check, it'd be great!!
That's great ATHK! I assume you're using bind to host your own DNS server which intercepts hulu related DNS requests and forward them from the VPS and ignore all others and just forward to your ISP's DNS.
I'm looking for a proxy (SOCKS) based solution since I'd prefer not to ask my clients to change their DNS settings. Still even the DNS based solution will fail if hulu has blacklisted the VPS ip that's running the DNS server. Which is what I'm looking for now. VPS providers that's so far evaded hulu blacklist.
NanoVZ
North Carolina location works.
http://nanovz.com
Also Kansas City works
and Los Angeles
Wable also work for me.