how many channels at one time?
If you use Fubo natively, you can have up to 4 channels at one time.
Device has to have the resources.
I did figure out the calls to obtain DVR data. However it does appear to be an effort to script it out. Plus as you guessed, if the recording is DRMed if it was originally aired with DRM
Thanks, the DRM thing tripped me up. I was thinking it would have been a great way to get that missing stuff into channels....but DRM grrrrrrr! Guess just keep scheduling that stuff in the app, and switch over when needed. Once you go ChannelsDVR it's really hard to go back to any other interface. We all hate being forced to use somebody else's idea of what we want. Channels devs could make a bundle selling their interface to the major providers.
Non DRM DVR recordings can be easily downloaded and imported into channels using a browser extension to find the m3u and ffmpeg to downlaod it. Manual process for each recording, but very quick.
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Updated Version: 1.12
Did kind of an overhaul of this project as this got more traction, and I've learned some things along the way.
New Updates:
1 - Volume update for Gracenote/Station Data - I've included the ability to update the station ID as needed. Initially this was hardcoded into my code, but now you can add your own station ID information as needed. The file fubo-gracenote.json is now location app/Config folder and is read every time a call is made to the playlist. The json has the following format:
"69687": {"StationID": "59432", "name": "Nickelodeon - NIKHD"},
"134964": {"StationID": "105893", "name": "Horse & Country - HORACOU", "TimeShift": "-2"},
where:
<fuboID>: {"StationID": <tvc-guide-stationid>", "name": <Name_for_your_own_reference>, "TimeShift": <epg_shif_for_program_data>}
By default, if there is no StationID then tvc-guide-stationid = fuboID
otherwise tvc-guide-stationid = StationID
If the StationID is set to "" then no tvc-guide-stationid will be added.
JSON formatting is required
2 - Updated Sorting - Since I did not like the way data is read in from the Fubo API - I updated the sorting while still having the channels Fubo lists as "OTA" at the top of the playlist, then sorted alphabetically by group type, then name.
3 - Updated streaming - Some various internal updates but now requires stream type of MPEG-TS (more like the PBS VLC Bridge than a simple redirect)
4 - Other various clean up of the code - Such removing starz and showtime as they are also DRM'd (at least last time I checked), updated Fubo API calls, actually returning the playlist as content-type 'audio/x-mpegurl' type, etc.
Updated docker command:
docker run -d -e 'FUBO_USER=<username>' -e 'FUBO_PASS=<password>' -p 7777:7777 -v config_dir:/app/Config --name vlc-bridge-fubo jgomez177/vlc-bridge-fubo
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Nice, I would find it helpful if an always up to date set of install instructions were pinned to the top of the forum. If I read this correctly I need to change the settings for the docker in Channels Server Source from HLS to MPEG-TS. I know my docker updated last night using watchtower.
In the OliveTin-for-Channels project, I'm doing my best to keep an up-to-date yaml (docker compose) for every known Channels extension or related project. Sample environment variables where helpful too.
There's an OliveTin action button with a drop-down to pick a project for copy-and-paste into Portainer-Stacks.
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Thanks, I'll look it up. Things tend to get spread around in the forums.
So true. Bringing all of these "scripts & tricks" together, along with a more manged approach to container-based projects, are among the goals for OliveTin.
Glad to see you're using Watchtower -- that's just just the kind of project many would benefit from, but it seems few use.
A splash of Portainer, a dash of Watchtower, and a pinch of OliveTin -- and chaos can be turned to order. 
Agree, I have noticed after the change from HLS to MPEG-TS that some of my channels are buffering. (FNC) I had not noticed this previously, Maybe just a pure coincidence. I switched back to the FuboTV interface to see if there was a feed problem, but there things seem fine.
If the stream is no longer just a simple redirect, your hardware platform will factor in. What are you running Docker on?
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For those wondering under the hood, code is using streamlink pypl for stream playback.
streamlink · PyPI
The reason for this was primarily because the URL generated by the Fubo API require the stream to be played from the local network and cannot play when attempting to view remotely (such as via Tailscale). Therefore the stream is played within the docker
Can you make a vlc redirect for hulu live tv?
Synology DS920+
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Done.
Created a new docker for simple HLS redirect instead - jgomez177/vlc-bridge-fubo-hls
docker run -d -e 'FUBO_USER=<username>' -e 'FUBO_PASS=<password>' -p 7777:7777 -v config_dir:/app/Config --name vlc-bridge-fubo jgomez177/vlc-bridge-fubo-hls
Aaand just realized this isn't what you asked - lol
Unfortunately the way Hulu is built isn't the same as Fubo, so I can;t
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Thanks, Like I say it may have just been a coincidence, if the issues continue I'll switch back. To HLS. Hard to track things down with so many moving parts.
Thanks for all the hard work.
We will keep going with the new update.
if at some point we need the HLS version, we will go from there.
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Yes, Thanks for the hard work. I continued experiencing spinning wheel of death on the Channels App on AppleTV with the MPEG docker, running channels DVR on Synology DS920+ so I ended up installing the HLS version and will run with it for awhile and see if the issues pop back up. On an additional note, I did not issue the new docker compose with the MPEG version, I just changed the source settings from HLS to MPEG-TS. Is it possible the absence of the folder structure for the json file was causing the hang?