Peacock Broken

[Cats4U]

3 weeks since the first post. 110 messages. 6.1.9.3 didn't fix. No attempt to fix in 6.1.9.4. Some improvements for the display of Fab365 Info window are much more important to work on than Peacock.
As the title says, Peacock Broken... Still.

[Justin]

I have dns4me now and set at the router level with dns proxy works fine now

[Cats4U]

Can anyone else get peaock working with norad vpn video plays fine but peaock won't download it

Do you mean Nord VPN? I thought you were the one that was always pushing proxies.

Using a dns proxy is the bets way to go

No, when I first went looking for a VPN, my first rule was to avoid any company that was advertising constantly on TV. The streamers are on to them and the IP addresses they use. Nord was out at that point.
If Nord offers Wireguard protocol, try using that. Try different entry locations. For reasons unknown, I have 100% luck with Boston. YMMV.

[Justin]

Can anyone else get peaock working with norad vpn video plays fine but peaock won't download it

[flylow+]

The point is neither a VPN should be needed nor a DNS proxy as for years SF worked fine, and I have always been located in the same place in the USA same Internet provider, etc.
I only have to now use a VPN to get SF to download (certain programs, NOT all) without giving me errors. Which again goes against what most say don't use VPN because of errors.
When this issue first came up, it was verified by Wilson.Wang, and that was the reason for 6163.
Reference posts (here) and (here)

There is content from Peacock that can be downloaded with NO issue and no use of VPN or any tricks.
So nothing makes sense, and it is sad when many doubt not only me but others who have the same exact issue.
And the errors come with NO VPN but go away when the VPN is used and for that specific content, other content again works fine with no tricks needed.

+1

For what it's worth, support replied to my ticket and said they'd pass the feedback to the developer.

Appears that currently some shows may require the use of a proxy or a VPN to successfully download, on the first try, for some/many users. While others, perhaps depending on their location, do not have the issue. I honestly doubt, YMMV, if that is how it's supposed to be.

When I tried the trial version I had no issue. No issue until, IIRC, until 6.1.9.0.


Hopefully they will do their best to find a resolution in the near future.

My frustration is mostly due to trying to find out if it is a known issue that they are or are going to attempt to resolve.

IMO, there should be better communication from the folks at DVDfab. I still would like to see a stickied known issues thread so I'd know for sure if I should try another clean/fresh install or just wait.

[Stan001]

The point is neither a VPN should be needed nor a DNS proxy as for years SF worked fine, and I have always been located in the same place in the USA same Internet provider, etc.
I only have to now use a VPN to get SF to download (certain programs, NOT all) without giving me errors. Which again goes against what most say don't use VPN because of errors.
When this issue first came up, it was verified by Wilson.Wang, and that was the reason for 6163.
Reference posts (here) and (here)

There is content from Peacock that can be downloaded with NO issue and no use of VPN or any tricks.
So nothing makes sense, and it is sad when many doubt not only me but others who have the same exact issue.
And the errors come with NO VPN but go away when the VPN is used and for that specific content, other content again works fine with no tricks needed.

[Justin]

Using a dns proxy is the bets way to go

[Filmbuf]

I have never used a VPN. Some VPN IPs are blocked. There is nothing Fab can do about that.

[Stan001]

It's very strange, but Peacock has never been so perfect for me as it is now. I downloaded 50 different things over 3 days. I just woke up and got this one, and the speed is great, the picture is great, and everything works fine. 6.1.9.3 is the first one where all my providers work perfectly. The speed is totally great and so fast I cant believe it, the movies play fine.

Peacock, MAX, Paramount+, Hulu, Amazon, Disney, and Netflix are all perfect.

That's great. But there are those like me, and at least flylow+ & Cats4U who have issues, along with others.
If people want to look back, I usually don't have many issues other than small things, I figure them out on my own.
I have NO issues with Amazon and never had any issues of subs not remixing or downloading.
Netflix also works well, along with THECW, Tubi, Roku Channel, and even Pluto.
I sadly think even the developers are kind of stuck because Peacock works for some and not others.
The fact that doing a dns flush can work for one download and then the next download fails doesn't fully make sense, as well as using a VPN and trying different locations throughout the USA.
Like I said I can get Boston to work on one VPN but not another so go figure that. Yet another VPN, Washington DC works very well.
What did not work for any VPN was New York, New Jersey, and Miami, just to list a few of what did not work.
And again why that works is confusing, at best.

And I went above and beyond to show proof from streamfab.log that there is an issue (here)
And I know also as well it's not my computer or network or very little else as other things can be downloaded from Peacock, it mostly seems to be later episodes for example several from season 3 of the street patrol series, as well as to check with others I also tried things from the msnbc part of Peacock and many shows there have issues. And one other thing, Sometimes if you keep trying the things finally do download, but it can be 6 or more attempts.
This started and there was an attempt to fix it with the new 6193 but seems there is more needed to get it working 100%.

For now, if I need stuff that doesn't work I can, thanks to having access to several VPNs, just load one up and try the known working locations for me.
If I did not have the availability of several VPNs, I would be stuck standing still, with specific content on Peacock.

[Filmbuf]

It's very strange, but Peacock has never been so perfect for me as it is now. I downloaded 50 different things over 3 days. I just woke up and got this one, and the speed is great, the picture is great, and everything works fine. 6.1.9.3 is the first one where all my providers work perfectly. The speed is totally great and so fast I cant believe it, the movies play fine.

Peacock, MAX, Paramount+, Hulu, Amazon, Disney, and Netflix are all perfect.

[isrdude]

Oh well, it was a good run with 6188 for Peacock. Now I get error code 310, even though my firewall is set to let it through. Updated to try 6193, no go, as I'm sure y'all expected.

[flylow+]

Why would I do the above when everything works perfectly?

I wouldn't experiment with reinstalling to see what happens if it was working as it should for me. IMO just too many bugs with Peacock that the developer hasn't been able to address yet.

If 6.1.9.3 was working for me I'd put off updating to future versions until others reported their experiences. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the developer gets it figured out soon. Hopefully in the meantime someone from DVDfab will be kind enough to post to let us know if they are actually going to work on the issue.

[Filmbuf]

Posted by flylow+
If you are brave you might try uninstalling 6.1.9.3 and reinstalling again to see what happens.

Why would I do the above when everything works perfectly?

[flylow+]

Worked fine the first time, with no issues.

Let it complete all the way and then if you can constantly repeat your success (in one try) on multiple episodes it will seem you are one of the lucky ones. If you are brave you might try uninstalling 6.1.9.3 and reinstalling again just to see what happens.

Since there are some who have no issues, right after I last posted, I once again deleted the temp and log folders as well as AppData\Roaming\DVDFab and uninstalled 6.1.9.3 using Revo Uninstaller and then I ran the registry cleaner to get rid of a couple entries that Revo missed when it was deleting the leftover files, leftover entries and so on..

I then installed a fresh copy of 6.1.9.3 and it took about 6 tries before it successfully downloaded Morning Joe_S2024E159_August 8, 2024.

Today's reply to my support ticket again said to delete the temp and log files.

IMO it would be nice if someone from DVDfab would be thoughtful enough to chime in and let us know if this is an issue that they are planning on addressing. IMO an official "Known Issue" thread might save some of us from the time and trouble of doing clean installs trying to get Peacock to work as it was prior to 6.1.9.0.

Others are experiencing the issue just like I have on 2 different computers.

Well, that ruined my morning.

You are right, there's a problem with Morning Joe and probably the rest of MSNBC (I haven't checked yet). But unlike you, I'm seeing the 0% and 0 segments problem from before 6.1.9.3. I tried all the usual tricks and finally went to my VPN to Boston. Boston finally made it work.

Wilson.Wang, please have the developer try to fix Peacock again. It appears that there is a problem with shows that originate on MSNBC. Go to the bottom of https://www.msnbc.com/ for a list of shows.

Thanks for the tip, but that doesn't take away from the fact that Peacock is still broken. I just tried to get On Patrol: Live S03E09 -- no good. I got the 0% and 0 segment again. I finally got it doing my VPN to Boston trick. I don't know which has me more baffled, why it is not downloading regularly or why it works when I VPN to Boston.

[Filmbuf]

Worked fine the first time, with no issues.