MrGrackle, on a separate note I have to tell you Hulu has been a standout for me, never failed a download or given me a problem once. Out of curiosity what operating system are you using?
Liefy
Liefy001
Windows 10 22H2.
Keep in mind I am doing something nonstandard to force it to analyze the individual episode of a show without using a browser to copy the url. It requires timing and practice.
When it analyzes a show it does it in 3 steps.
1) First data analyze
2) Tabulates all the episodes of every season
3) Post data analyze
You need to click cancel when it is on step 2. Then you can click the name of the series (not the play button on the show itself).
I find it easier to put the show in My Stuff. From My Stuff, click the text name of the show, not the image/play button, then the program does the 3 steps, but you click cancel on step 2. Then you repeat, click the text, the show expands, you can then select the season and then click the playback image on the episode you want and the program will still do all 3 steps, but will select the one you clicked on and properly analyze it.
You can take a show with a lot of seasons to practice, say ER as it has 15 seasons, as does CSI Crime Scene Investigation with 16 seasons. When you get good enough, you can get successful with a show that has one season. But if it has only one season, you can also just let the program do all 3 steps, then cancel from the download dialog, then go back in to the show and it will let you click on the episode.
Just like other providers, if you are looking for the best quality, you have to force analyze. A long while ago I was looking at a different show. When I discovered how to easily force analyze I noticed the files I already downloaded were on average 250Mb smaller that what max quality should be of force analyzing. By doing the force method you will likely see more consistent sizes on most shows. Some shows vary by episode, but not all of them.
Sometimes when I first go in it to the program it malfunctions from the get go, requiring close out of the program as I described. Maybe I am going into Hulu too quickly after system start up, I dunno.