Brave-browser: Hulu doesn't work in brave-core

[TylerLeonhardt]

Test Plan

See https://github.com/brave/brave-core/pull/498

Description

I can't seem to load any videos on Hulu in Brave Core but I can do it in Chrome.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Login to Hulu
2. Load a video

Actual result:

Expected result:

The video loads.

Reproduces how often:

Easily reproduced

Brave version (chrome://version info)

Brave | 0.55.6 Chromium: 70.0.3538.16 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
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Revision | 16ed95b41bb05e565b11fb66ac33c660b721f778-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#306}
OS | Mac OS X

Reproducible on current release:

Not sure

Website problems only:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
  No
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?
  No

Additional Information

[bsclifton]

Widevine is manually installable via a work-around (we're still working on a better integration) and @mkarolin verified that hulu.com does work once Widevine is installed

The problem is: hulu.com should be showing a notification that Widevine is required. It should look something like this:

This should be easily fixable by adding hulu.com to the list of exceptions here:
https://github.com/brave/brave-core/blob/fcefe04006057f53e986bcd028846398077db8ac/common/shield_exceptions.cc#L125-L139

[kjozwiak]

@bsclifton I confirmed that b-c doesn't display the above notification via the URL when visiting hulu.com. I tried with @mihaiplesa's custom build that I used to check Netflix and used the latest 0.55.6 Chromium: 70.0.3538.22.

Unfortunately I can't check if the workaround works due to hulu.com being an American service which requires an CC from the US :( I tried signing up for a trial account but they require a US CC. However, looks like you'll need the above fix before we can check the workaround via chrome://components/.

[LaurenWags]

Verified passed with

Brave | 0.55.10 Chromium: 70.0.3538.22 (Official Build) beta(64-bit)
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Revision | ac9418ba9c3bd7f6baaffa0b055dfe147e0f8364-refs/branch-heads/3538@{#468}
OS | Mac OS X

Using test plan steps 1-6, I was able to play a video without the manual install described in steps 7-10.

[TylerLeonhardt]

confirmed 🎉

[kjozwiak]

@tylerl0706 awesome, appreciate the check/confirmation!