Comments on: Infinite Jest

By: S

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 04:17:39 +0000

I do not like that videos are removed from the queue after viewing. I want to be able to watch the episodes as many times as I like without having to constantly re-add them.

By: Jeff coats

Jeff coats — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:31:35 +0000

I love continuous play but on some machines it doesn’t work. It asks me to choose a commercial and if I don’t it just freezes. I use hulu to stream my favorites all day and night. And really want this to work. What am I not getting? Also I don’t see a shuffle function in my que. Which would be great. Hulu is my private television channel upon which someting I want to eat h is always on. Thanks!

By: Rebecca Harper

Rebecca Harper — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:51:57 +0000

Sam, the queue has always been set to play continuously. I’ll let our team know you’d like an option to change that setting.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:41:33 +0000

Every time I enter my queue, continuous play is turned on even if it is from the same computer and from the same browser. How can I have continuous play turned off by default? Or is there a way to disable the feature entirely?

By: Mike Opal

Mike Opal — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:45:19 +0000

I freaking love Infinite Jest, and did Infinite summer too. I like the reference (and the new feature).

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:25:17 +0000

Love the continuous play feature! Great job to all those that worked on the feature. Also the ability to see what is next and single button to go to the next show once the credits start going. I’ve seen the credits a million times for my favorite shows.

By: Vincent Tang

Vincent Tang — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:56:37 +0000

AWESOME. I love it. Works with no bugs whatsoever in Chrome. Thanks Hulu.

By: Rebecca Harper

Rebecca Harper — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:26:44 +0000

We’re investigating a possible bug with Firefox. Thanks all!

By: Libbazet

Libbazet — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:52:43 +0000

I love continuous play, I just wish it would work consistently. This morning I was watching in my queue and when it finished the first video it stopped. Didn’t give me the option of the next one which is a different series. Since up until Monday the queue had always worked this way (I personally think it is a big selling point since I binge view but not always from one series and requiring less intervention from me is good) I am upset.

FF 3.5.3 WindowsXP

By: Michael Cartwright

Michael Cartwright — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:35:24 +0000

Im having the same problem as Jen. Im using the Firefox browser on a Mac with the current OS & the videos just stop and don’t continue. Love the idea of this feature, just need to get it working for me.

By: Rebecca Harper

Rebecca Harper — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:08:23 +0000

Thanks all for your feedback. Keep it coming, and feel free to write us at feedback@hulu.com.

Jen, I contacted you offline to see if I can get some additional info about your browser and OS.

By: Jen Bones

Jen Bones — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:52:41 +0000

Continuous play does not work for me. I have it turned on, but nothing happens when a video ends, it just sits there like it always does. I think it’s a good feature, especially for watching lots of short videos. I’m not sure why it doesn’t work unless it’s an issue with my browser (Firefox).

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:35:17 +0000

I like the continuous play, although there’s one thing that I think could be changed: when you use “pop-out” the only continuous play option seems to be that series that you’re watching. Before the change, if I popped the screen out, I automatically got the next video in my queue. Now, I’m getting the series, and the only way that I can go through my queue is to leave the screen embedded in the window. If that one little aspect is changed for us “pop-out” people, I think it would be perfect.

By: Hulu User

Hulu User — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:22:24 +0000

Neat little feature. I’m not expecting to use it much but will if I find it useful. Please don’t take the following comments as discouragement of sorts. I am consistently pleased with Hulu’s continual roll-out of new features, even if I’m not pleased with the results.

Down to business. I find I have a similar opinion to Matthew’s above. I disagree with him that there should be an option to remove it completely, but I think the Continuous Play’s fullscreen interface is out of place and bulky. I frequently find myself using the seek, pause, and restore buttons and it’s much harder to click on them when you have to worry about vertical mouse position. (And to be frank, the previous position of the seek bar happily kept itself below widescreen video content. Now fullscreen ratio video is even more obscured.)

I will say, however, that I quite appreciate that Continuous Play is off by default unless a queue or collection is being watched. Not because I dislike the feature, but because it just makes sense and could have been a disaster if implemented across the whole site.

Additionally, I like the new Enter Queue button alternating with the existing Exit Queue button. This is something I’d previously thought would be nice to have, but the reduction to five seconds to exit may be too few for me personally, oftentimes, to realize the video has ended and find the mouse and find the button. But others may think it’s still too long to wait.

Finally, seemingly related to the update is a queue removal bug by which videos are not removed from the queue after viewing. Several Discussion threads have already been started concerning the issue, but as recent site policy dictates my full name will be disclosed if I were to make a new comment on the site proper, I find that I can’t bring myself to add to the conversation in the conventional manner, which is primarily your loss. I thought I should use this forum instead to convey my displeasure with the current situation. It’s a shame that the best feature of the site is always so bug-ridden.

By: Lego

Lego — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:49:44 +0000

I’ve never liked how when you are done with one video it automatically starts playing the next. One of the few faults with Hulu.

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:22:45 +0000

Love it! I’m catching up on LOST now (As in I stopped watching during season 1…I know) and this will help when trying to watch a whole season in one night! :-) Thank you Hulu!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:41:51 +0000

This makes everything look cluttered and removes all infinite height to the bottom controls. Where’s the option to disable everything related to this feature? NOT to turn off continous play, but to remove it completely from all videos and use the old player.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:29:34 +0000

Yes, I am a “binge viewer.” (Love that!) And “Lost” was my first binge. “Twin Peaks” is my current binge (though I have to watch that one at CBS.com).

Oh, Hulu… you enabler, you.

(Thank you!)