Thanks so much for your responses guys.
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I just set this up yesterday and it does seem to have DRM on NBC
On the one hand, I’m sad to report I’m seeing the same issue, with NBC no longer working. So many other channels still working great though so this development reminds me once again to always be grateful for what we have in the present moment, as no future is guaranteed.
On the other hand, I’m also happy to see that a new user has been able to get this docker up and running, as so many have been reporting issues in prior weeks. Have you been a Fubo subscriber for long time? There was a question about plan compatibility so I’m curious to know which Fubo plan you’re on, that’s working for you.
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Which affiliate are you associated with? As I mentioned above, I'm still getting NBC on my instance of this project (knocking on wood), and I would think Fubo would DRM the network, not just specific affiliates, but maybe I'm thinking about that wrong?
And my affiliate is WGAL out of Harrisburg, PA market.
I'm in Charlotte NC and they just added DRM, to the NBC on the FuboTV docker, very disappointed. It's been a great couple of years. We really don't need any more fragmentation. All the over the air stations I can get reliably are also DRM'ed about 3 months after I purchased a HDHR. Apparently the industry really hates DVR.
Of course they hate DVR, they all have streaming services they want you to subscribe too
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NBC is in the NYC area
And it was a brand new sub, combined the current offer an credit card offer to trial picture quality and see how this works
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I did the same thing in my family, used the trial period to play around with it and see if we could use Fubo as our main source for TV.
Result: cancelled before the end of the trial because of picture quality.
As the very technical person in my family, I am very particular about picture quality (compression, artifacts, etc.) The rest of my family, not so much. For them, if it looks halfway decent, they go along with it.
And still, my wife even complained that the picture looked "a little blurry" on a big screen (55”+) when watching a channel not available on TVE (so through this Fubo project). Obviously the same when using the Fubo app directly.
I loved the integration in Channels with TVE and this project, but the picture quality on non-TVE channels was disappointing so it didn't last.
Now that I see DRM is starting to creep in, I don't regret cancelling it.
I don't know a better solution for picture quality outside using Chromecast and encoders.
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It must be an affiliate by affiliate decision or rollout? I manage 3 servers, and all 3 (Harrisburg, Asheville, Jacksonville) all do not have DRM enabled as far as I can tell (still accessible). Just out of curiosity, how does one verify that the Fubo Stream is DRM enabled?
I found one easy way to tell, for some reason my Intel NUC and Viotek monitor aren't recognized as being compatible with ABC and ESPN (assuming the HDMI handshake isn't certified or something like that?) when streaming on the web via Fubo. If I switch to CBS, NBC and other stations, works fine.
here is hwat i've found.
If you sign up for Essentials plan and want to use the project, you have to use the Yankees4life version of the docker. The docker exposes the pro/essentials package playlist by default.
If you upgrade to elite, the additional channels wil appear on the site however they won't be exposed in the docker. The jgomez docker won't pull in the playlists.
II setup a new trial and configured the jgomez docker to connect to the account.
all new accounts are set to use playlists located in a different place.
The best plan for using Fubo at this point is to enjoy the essential subscription with vlc-bridge.
I'm stil testing things here.
Works for me.
I've been searching and haven't found it, but does anyone know if there's a guide source for FuboTV via XML? The docker solutions for EPlusTV and Pluto have their own published XML guide, but I don't see that available with this project nor have I found a source on the web.
Just curious, I've been playing around with different combinations of CDVR/Threadfin/Plex & Emby and the only way I can get the FuboTV channels to match is to use CDVR as the back end or use Emby and pull in my local cable company guide and match channels from that guide manually, but they are missing several of the channels that Fubo carries.
No worries if it doesn't exist, just my tinkering bug acting up. 
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With today's new that Hulu+Live TV and Fubo are merging, I wonder if that spells certain doom for this project? Disney to Merge Hulu + Live TV With Fubo
The Fubo tv Project is already on life support.
The streams on Fubo already have the ability to be encrypted with new streams being deployed with the new technology.
Enjoy the project while it lasts.
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Too early to tell if Hulu + Live & Fubo merger will affect this. As with all mergers, companies have the option to continue using one platform or the other as the standard. I'm not a big fan of either - but if they decide to move Fubo content into Hulu + Live, this project will be effectively dead.
i suspect they will merge into Hulu-- Hulu has a more well known brand name in my opinion
Because it's Fubo's management that's staying in place, I honestly think the Live TV product will go to Fubo and Hulu may drop Live TV eventually and just fully fold into the Disney+ app.
That's my thinking also. This gets the Hulu name to just a tile in D+, and moves the Live TV to another platform,
The largest question with the D+ purchase of Hulu was what was going to happen with the live TV service. This solves that, but with a unified login that allows them to still require D+/Hulu sub for Fubo customers.