HBO GO doesn't work

Question

Does anybody know how to get hbo go to work on ubuntu?

I have installed hal. Tried it with and without pepperflash.

Deleted the flash player folder. None of that works.

any luck with this. Can't find a solution that has worked for me either. — Jake Smith, Jun 3 '14 at 4:12
I still haven't found a DRM solution, since support was pulled for Flash. I don't think Linux Chrome-bundled flash has HAL support though — Thomas Ward♦, Dec 1 '15 at 22:53
does piplight now have flash in it - I think that might be the only way now is to use the windows version somehow — Mateo, Dec 1 '15 at 23:00
@Mateo not sure, though I doubt it will work without a lot of work. I also know that HBONOW and Hulu both require HAL + Flash 17 or newer so... :/ — Thomas Ward♦, Dec 1 '15 at 23:12
Following Christopher's answer: I still couldn't watch on chromium. But it will play on Firefox (I'm not sure whether it would have previously because I hadn't tried). — Brian Carlozzi, May 14 '16 at 23:05

Christopher · Answer 1 · 2014-06-06 22:06:47Z

up vote 2 down vote

The flash player needs hal to handle the drm.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mjblenner/ppa-hal
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install hal

This worked for me on Linux Mint 16 (Ubuntu 13.10) and Linux mint 17 (Ubuntu 14.04).

answered Jun 6 '14 at 22:06

Christopher

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Mint is NOT Ubuntu – Thomas Ward♦ Dec 1 '15 at 22:53

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