What You Need to Use Hulu Cloud DVR
To use Hulu Cloud DVR, you need the following things:
An active Hulu subscription to Hulu + Live TV. A device that supports Hulu + Live TV and Cloud DVR (Hulu has a full list of supported devices on their website).
How to Use Hulu Cloud DVR
Once you’ve met all the requirements for using Hulu Cloud DVR, here’s how to record shows, manage your recordings, and more. To record a single episode, or all episodes of a series, follow these steps:
Search or browse to find the show you want to record to your Cloud DVR. Click on the show to go to its detail page. If your browsed to find the show, you can skip a few steps. Click the show’s vertical three-dot icon and skip to step 4. Click the + icon to add the show to My Stuff. When you do this, the record button appears next to the My Stuff checkmark. Click the record button. Choose what you want to record: Do not record: Use this option if you’ve already been recording the show and want to stop. New episodes only: Choose this if you only want new episodes that are being aired for the first time to be recored. New & reruns: Love a show so much you want to be able to watch all of its reruns and new episodes? Choose this option.
How to Use Hulu Cloud DVR to Record Live TV
Recording live TV is pretty similar, but with one or two different steps. Here’s what to do:
Do not record: Use this option if you’ve already been recording the show and want to stop. New episodes only: Choose this if you only want new episodes that are being aired for the first time to be recored. New & reruns: Love a show so much you want to be able to watch all of its reruns and new episodes? Choose this option.
Click Live TV to go to the live TV channel guide. Browse the guide until you find a show you want to record to your Cloud DVR. Click the show. In the pop-up window, click the record icon. The record icon changes to red to indicate that the show is being recorded. If you return to the Live TV channel guide, any show you’re recording will be marked with a red record icon.
How to Stop Recording Shows with Hulu Cloud DVR
To stop recording a series you previously chose to record with the Hulu Cloud DVR, follow these steps:
Find the show you want to stop recording. It could be in My Stuff, if you added the show there, or it could be in the Live TV channel guide (if so, skip to step 3). From the My Stuff page, click the show to get its detail page. Click the active recoding icon. Depending on what part of Hulu you’re in, you’ll see a different pop up. My Stuff Detail Page: Select Do not record and then click Save. Live TV Channel Guide: Click the record icon again. A tooltip will let you know you’re choosing to Stop Recording.
How to Delete Recordings in Hulu Cloud DVR
Need to free up space in your Hulu Cloud DVR to record new shows? Here’s how to delete the old ones:
My Stuff Detail Page: Select Do not record and then click Save. Live TV Channel Guide: Click the record icon again. A tooltip will let you know you’re choosing to Stop Recording.
Click My Stuff. Click Manage DVR. In the pop-up window that shows how much space you’ve used and what you have left, find the show you want to delete. Click the - icon for the show you want to delete. Click Remove. Confirm the deletion and remove the show from your Cloud DVR by clicking Delete.
