How To Fix Hulu Error Code P-DEV322

Hulu’s streaming services are accessible over smartphones, PCs, smart TVs, and other hand-held devices. However many users have reported Hulu Error Code P-DEV322 error during playback. You can encounter this error on any streaming device.

In this post, we will look into its root cause and how to fix the P-DEV322 error.

What Is Hulu Error Code P-DEV322?

You can encounter the PDEV322 error on your smart TV, Android/ iOS devices, Mac or Windows machine, and while accessing Hulu content over a web browser. The root cause of Hulu Error Code P-DEV322 might be due to the following reasons.

Server Issues

Whenever you request any Hulu streaming content it sends a request to its server and then the content is streamed directly to your machine/ TV. If you encounter this error code there might be an issue on their main server.

The error can be due to ongoing server maintenance or any patch deployment.

TCP/IP Inconsistency

Hulu servers track users based on their TCP/IP and MAC address. If there are any network issues on your ISP, the Hulu server won’t be able to direct your request properly.

Such errors can also stem from custom settings or due to data cached by your router or modem.

Account Sync Issues

When you migrate to a different device that already has a Hulu account, it might create conflicting account details. The Hulu server can’t decide which profile they should direct their request to.

Such a situation might trigger the Hulu Error Code P-DEV322.

Corrupt Cookie or Cache Data

While trying to stream Hulu on a web browser from a PC, the error might be due to corrupt cookie or cache data stored on your machine. Your PC might contain stale cached data which is conflicting with Hulu’s request/ response.

How To Fix Hulu Error Code P-DEV322?

If the Hulu Error Code P-DEV322 is due to any of the above-mentioned reasons, the following methods can fix it. We have listed the easiest and the most obvious fixes first followed by the more complicated ones.

1. Restarting Hulu Application

This fix is for Hulu app users. Whenever you quit the Hulu app, some processes and services are still active in the background. It’s better that you do a Force Stop and restart the application.

Restart Hulu on Android

Click on Settings
Navigate to the Apps section.
Tap on Hulu and click Force Stop
Launch the Hulu app

Restart Hulu on iOS

Swipe up to the middle of your screen. This will show you all the apps that are currently running.
Swipe left and right to get to Hulu, and open the app preview.
Swipe up or click on the Close button to exit Hulu and then restart the app.

2. Get the Recent Hulu App

On Windows 10

Go to the Windows App store and search for Hulu
Click Download and Update to get the updated version of Hulu on Windows

Give it some time and the package will get installed on your machine.
Launch Hulu

On Android

Open Android Play Store and navigate to Hulu
If Hulu is already installed and it is not updated, you will find an Update button. If the app is already up-to-date you will see the Open button
Click Update and wait for the packages to install on your Android device
Launch Hulu

On iOS

Open the iOS App store and search for Hulu
If Hulu isn’t updated, you will see the Update button on the page
Click it and let the updates get installed on your device
Launch Hulu

3. Restarting your Web Browser

If you are getting the Hulu Error Code P-DEV322 on your web browser, simply closing the browser won’t solve the issue. You have to make sure that all your browser background processes are killed and restarted properly.

This is how you can do it

Kill Browser Processes From Task Manager

Open Task Manager and switch to Processes Tab
Sort by App name so that you can see all the Processes of your browser

Select the process and click End Task
All instances of your browser will be closed
Again launch your browser and navigate to Hulu. The error should be gone by now

Kill Browser Processes From CMD

Press Windows + R and type CMD.
Type tasklist and press Enter
You will see all the running tasks. Find out the name of your browser from the task list.
Type taskkill /f /im <browser_task_name.exe> /t where <browser_task_name.exe> is the name of your browser task and press Enter. For example, if you are using Chrome, type, taskkill /f /im chrome.exe /t
This will end all instances of your browser. Now relaunch your browser and launch Hulu

4. Clear App Cache

Hulu app stores a ton of account data on your device for faster processing and to reduce turnaround time. The P-DEV322 error might be due to obsolete cached data. To clear it follow the following steps.

On Android

Open Settings, navigate to Storage and select Hulu from the App section.
Click Clear cache

On iOS

Open Settings, jump to the General section and click Internal Storage
Select Hulu and click Offload App

5. Clear Browser Cookies and Cache

This is how you can clear your browser cookies and cache on Chrome.

Click on the three dots on the top right edge of the browser and open the settings window.

Click on Privacy and Security and click Clear Browsing Data to delete browsing History, cookies, and cache.
Close Chrome and log in to Hulu.

6. Update PC Drivers

On Windows

Right Click on the Start button and select Device Manager
Check for drivers with Yellow exclamation marks. Those are the drivers which require updates.