How to watch Comedy Central /MTV/ABC content outside US
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ohz2z/colbert_super_pac_goes_negative_on_romney_in/c3hfkil?context=1
http://www.webtlk.com/2011/09/13/how-to-watch-hulu-if-you-are-not-in-the-usa-modify-headers/
Video Instructions here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elg61eliT1Y
Firefox Addon "Modify Headers" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/modify-headers/
Install the Modify Headers addon
In Firefox, Go to "Tools"/"Add-ons" -> "Modify headers"
From the drop-down box on the left select "Add"
Then enter: "X-Forwarded-For" in the first input box (without quotes)
Enter: "12.13.14.15" in the second input box (without quotes)
Leave the last input box empty, save the filter, and enable it
Click the "Configuration" tab on the right then proceed to check the "Always on" button.
Close the Modify Headers box and it should work.
For Hulu, it might still work but you also have to:
Block TCP and UDP port 1935.
(http://lifehacker.com/5583515/access-hulu-from-outside-the-us-without-a-proxy-server)
I might use another US IP address because Comedy Central might stop accepting the IP address 12.13.14.15
This does NOT work with BBC iPlayer and a UK IP.
Check to see if it is working here by looking at the Headers your browser trasmits:
http://checker.samair.ru/
http://www.webtlk.com/2011/09/13/how-to-watch-hulu-if-you-are-not-in-the-usa-modify-headers/
Video Instructions here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elg61eliT1Y
Firefox Addon "Modify Headers" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/modify-headers/
Install the Modify Headers addon
In Firefox, Go to "Tools"/"Add-ons" -> "Modify headers"
From the drop-down box on the left select "Add"
Then enter: "X-Forwarded-For" in the first input box (without quotes)
Enter: "12.13.14.15" in the second input box (without quotes)
Leave the last input box empty, save the filter, and enable it
Click the "Configuration" tab on the right then proceed to check the "Always on" button.
Close the Modify Headers box and it should work.
For Hulu, it might still work but you also have to:
Block TCP and UDP port 1935.
(http://lifehacker.com/5583515/access-hulu-from-outside-the-us-without-a-proxy-server)
I might use another US IP address because Comedy Central might stop accepting the IP address 12.13.14.15
This does NOT work with BBC iPlayer and a UK IP.
Check to see if it is working here by looking at the Headers your browser trasmits:
http://checker.samair.ru/
7 Comments
notarobotGreat post, @joedirt!
Related: How to set up modify headers.
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
I was just going to come here and post this. Works great from Australia! Doesn't work with sites like Hulu or Netflix though. *quality
siftbotAwarding joedirt with one star point for this contribution to VideoSift - declared quality by dag.
Sarzy*dupeof=http://1sttube.videosift.com/talk/Access-Hulu-from-Outside-the-U-S-Without-a-Proxy-Server
Seriously though, this works quite nicely. I was never able to get it to work with Hulu, but other than that, good stuff.
articianDoes this also work to bypass ads/commercials?
kymbosAgh! I can't get this to work. I can't find 'modify headers' anywhere, goddamit.
radxSince Grooveshark went dark for users from Germany today and Modify Headers hasn't worked properly for me in months, I thought I might as well add Tor-based anonymoX to the discussion. Never bothered with Hulu, but everything else works fine so far -- and it's easily configured to only trigger on a few select pages, like Grooveshark in my case.
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