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.

Solution

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

More info here: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/10/fixing-amazon-prime-streaming-drm-protected-flash-13-10?utm_source=feedly

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

Comments

[Jake Smith]

any luck with this. Can't find a solution that has worked for me either.

[Thomas Ward]

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

[Mateo]

does piplight now have flash in it - I think that might be the only way now is to use the windows version somehow

[Thomas Ward]

@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... :/

[Brian Carlozzi]

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).

[Thomas Ward]

Mint is NOT Ubuntu