New M5 Macbook Pro can't play hulu.com

rthurlow61 · 12-24-2025, 07:30 PM

I have Hulu Plus Live TV, and have been using my ancient 2015 Macbook Pro as a client for a year, with both Firefox and Chrome (I have never used Safari). It's older than dirt, but it has always Just Worked. I have been using a Wavlink dock to get access to two external monitors.

I *just* migrated overnight to a shiny new M5 Macbook Pro, which looks to have updated both Firefox and Chrome, and installed DisplayLink 15.0 to use the dock. I tried to spin up hulu.com on various browsers, and all looks normal until I try to watch a recording. Firefox shows me an image that refreshes every minute or two, and I hear normal sound. Chrome, Safari and the "Friendly Streaming Browser" (I saw someone suggest it somewhere) show me a black screen with normal sound. Live TV is about the same - Firefox shows me new images every so often, while other browsers show a blank inset or screen.

A reddit user asked about screen recording. DisplayLink Manager 15.0 is enabled for Screen & System Audio Recording. If I disable it, I lose my external monitors connected to my Wavlink dock. But it does get video back to normal.

What can I do here? Do I have to dump DisplayLink?

12-24-2025, 07:30 PM	#1
rthurlow61 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2025 Posts: 1	New M5 Macbook Pro can't play hulu.com I have Hulu Plus Live TV, and have been using my ancient 2015 Macbook Pro as a client for a year, with both Firefox and Chrome (I have never used Safari). It's older than dirt, but it has always Just Worked. I have been using a Wavlink dock to get access to two external monitors. I just migrated overnight to a shiny new M5 Macbook Pro, which looks to have updated both Firefox and Chrome, and installed DisplayLink 15.0 to use the dock. I tried to spin up hulu.com on various browsers, and all looks normal until I try to watch a recording. Firefox shows me an image that refreshes every minute or two, and I hear normal sound. Chrome, Safari and the "Friendly Streaming Browser" (I saw someone suggest it somewhere) show me a black screen with normal sound. Live TV is about the same - Firefox shows me new images every so often, while other browsers show a blank inset or screen. A reddit user asked about screen recording. DisplayLink Manager 15.0 is enabled for Screen & System Audio Recording. If I disable it, I lose my external monitors connected to my Wavlink dock. But it does get video back to normal. What can I do here? Do I have to dump DisplayLink?