Fubo TV project

[chDVRuser]

@rpaulmerrell

I've looked over the Fubo website and it would appear they are working gradually on adding DRM to the streams.

What does that mean. How can you tell?

[jator]

@rpaulmerrell

Where are you located? in California,Los Angeles we have my 13, nbc and ABC DRM'd.
I've looked over the Fubo website and it would appear they are working gradually on adding DRM to the streams.
Make sure you are using the latest version o the project.

Yup, using the latest. I even pulled the indivual channel stream from the docker and tried to play in VLC, non-broadcast channels worked and CBS still seems to work, but NBC and FOX are not working.
I get this error on VLC:

I'm in the Harrisburg, PA market. I can fire up my virtual synology server and check some other regions using a VPN when I have some spare time. I also checked the logs in the container manager, not telling me anything however.

Update: Fired up the VPN and tested some other markets. For both Seattle and Miami, I was able to access CBS and FOX, but not NBC. Checked again and no NBC or Fox in my area (Harrisburg, PA).

[rpaulmerrell]

Sounds like they are making progress on the DRM.
I recently added an extention that allows me to detect mpd streams and noticed that FUBO has them in place.
From what i can see the effort is quite extensive. They have to make sure that services continue working after servers are deployed.
Enjoy it while it lasts while you can.

thanks

[chDVRuser]

@GenericChannelsUser

If anyone has DRM channels show up please let me in this thread. I will investigate and add them to the exclude section of the code every once in a while.

How can you tell if a Fubo channel has DRM?
Is it some msg or error in your container log, displays a video saying DRM or protected content, ...?

[rpaulmerrell]

Normally, if a channel stops playing, most likely, you will get a service 503 channel unavailable.
Make sure you have the latest pre-release.

[GenericChannelsUser]

I went through the channels that I receive and, like @jator did, I checked them in VLC. If they did not work I then checked them against a Fubo API call that will show me if DRM is active. You have to pass your log in bearer token to the API call to be able to check the DRM status. If there is DRM, the API returns:

{
    "error":
    {
        "message": "unknown X-DRM-Scheme : "
    }
}

There was some DRM checking in the code when I took it over, but I don't think it was working even in the yankees4life version. Eventually I want to try to get it working again so that it at the minimum it gives a message in the logs. Ideally I want to get it so that if a channel has DRM it will automatically remove the channel from list.

[chDVRuser]

@GenericChannelsUser

I then checked them against a Fubo API call that will show me if DRM is active. You have to pass your log in bearer token to the API call to be able to check the DRM status. If there is DRM, the API returns:

{
    "error":
    {
        "message": "unknown X-DRM-Scheme : "
    }
}

Thanks for the explanation.
So are you putting this check in the container code?

I know with VLC, you would have to enable debug messages to see why it failed.

[GenericChannelsUser]

I am going to try to get that in the code eventually. I am not much of a coder though, so I may or may not be able to get it to work.

[chDVRuser]

So basically, you can't tell if a Fubo channel has DRM until you try to stream it, correct?

Not sure if this post is misinformation or disinformation

@rpaulmerrell

Get comedy the sister station is encrypted. When you try to play it on the Fubo Bridge it will inducate that a newer version of the app is required.

[GenericChannelsUser]

Get Comedy does not show as encrypted when I check the API calls, but it also does not work. I believe that some changes to the headers would be needed to get that working, but am not sure. I also do not know how to get the changes necessary to the header files.

If someone could get me the correct header files for a newer onn streaming box with the current app information and android version the code could be tested. Below are the headers that would need to be updated:

            'x-client-version': '4.75.0',
            'x-device-app': 'android_tv',
            'x-device-group': 'tenfoot',
            'x-device-model': 'onn. 4K Streaming Box',
            'x-device-platform': 'android_tv',
            'x-device-type': 'puck',
            'x-player-version': 'v1.34.0',
            'x-supported-hdrmodes-list': 'hdr10,hlg',
            'x-supported-streaming-protocols': 'hls',
            'x-supported-codecs-list': 'vp9,avc,hevc',
            'user-agent': 'fuboTV/4.75.0 (Linux;Android 12; onn. 4K Streaming Box Build/SGZ1.221127.063.A1.9885170) FuboPlayer/v1.34.0',

[JWIII]

I just opened Channels to watch a DVRd show and noticed there were a couple of NBC series that also recorded that haven’t been in a while (I removed Chrome Capture). Out of curiosity, I scrolled to NBC in the guide and am currently watching SNL live. Not sure what changed recently but the NBC NYC (WNBC) live feed appears to be working again and is no longer DRMd via Fubo VLC Bridge, at least at this moment. FWIW, I haven’t pulled any updates since 5/23 before GCU removed the NYC and LA NBC feeds.

[GenericChannelsUser]

That is unexpected. I just checked and I am getting NBC and MyNetwork do not have DRM right now. I will check again tomorrow and add them back for NYC if they stay available.

[rpaulmerrell]

I just tried My network TV in Los Angeles and it appears to be working now.
Very strange.

[jator]

All of a sudden all the channels weren't working. I uninstalled and reinstalled and everything is back to working. Not sure if the NBC/FOX problem was on my end or something Fubo was doing?

[GenericChannelsUser]

@jator it was probably something that Fubo was doing with their APIs.

I just checked and NBC and My Network TV are both back to having DRM.

[jator]

@GenericChannelsUser

@jator it was probably something that Fubo was doing with their APIs.

I just checked and NBC and My Network TV are both back to having DRM.

And we're back to all channels (or the several that I tested) working except NBC and FOX (CBS still works and several of the regional sports networks).

[GenericChannelsUser]

I have updated the code to now show in the portainer logs that a channel with DRM that is being tuned to has DRM. It will print this message for the offending channel.

Stream 20459 is DRM Protected (WNBC: NBC (WNBCDT – New York, NY))

I also updated the playlist page to align with the current build version and build date.

[jator]

@GenericChannelsUser

I have updated the code to now show in the portainer logs that a channel with DRM that is being tuned to has DRM. It will print this message for the offending channel.

Stream 20459 is DRM Protected (WNBC: NBC (WNBCDT – New York, NY))

I also updated the playlist page to align with the current build version and build date.

Bingo!

[rpaulmerrell]

Looks like Fubo is on the ware parth with DRM. The following channels can no longer be seen on the VLC-bridge.

• mtv live
• mtv classic
• Charge!
• Comet!
• FS1 4k
• The nest
• Nick jr
• Nickmusic
• Nicktoons
• Teennnick
• roar
  Sorry to bring this bad news.

[chDVRuser]

Are they shown as being DRM in the container log?

Fubo TV project

I have updated the code to now show in the portainer logs that a channel with DRM that is being tuned to has DRM. It will print this message for the offending channel. Stream 20459 is DRM Protected (WNBC: NBC (WNBCDT – New York, NY)) I also updated the playlist page to align with the current build version and build date.