Hulu is another online media streaming service that offers on-demand content like TV Shows, movies, almost every popular TV channels, and more. Although some of the Hulu streamers are literally encountering an error code DRMCDM78 while trying to play content on Windows, Linux, and Mac. Are you one of them and getting the same error code while streaming Hulu content? If yes, then check this troubleshooting guide to fix it.
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According to the affected Hulu streamers, they’re receiving the ‘Error playing video’ message while trying to stream Hulu content. It says something like “We’re having trouble playing this video right now. If this problem persists, try restarting your device.” Then the mentioned Hulu Error Code appears with the unique error ID and the local time of error as well.
How to Fix Hulu Error Code DRMCDM78
Now, talking about the particular error code, it can happen due to some of the possible reasons such as the Hulu server down or maintenance process is ongoing, the browser version isn’t updated, TCP/IP related issues, browser cache or cookies related issues, etc. So, let’s follow all of these steps below to resolve this error.
1. Check Hulu Servers
Checking Hulu servers status is one of the most important things to do first. Sometimes the server downtime or maintenance process can simply affect the streaming and it should be. But that won’t take a long time to fix any server issues by the company and users will be able to stream content again within a couple of hours in most cases.
- First, head over to the official Hulu Support Twitter handle to check all the latest info or reports related to server status and more.
- Next, you will need to search for the ‘Down Detector’ website or ‘Is It Down Right Now’ website to check whether the Hulu servers are down or not.
- If there is downtime is happening with the Hulu servers, then you can find all the real-time details like what causing the issue, live map outage, number of reports by users, timing, and more.
- So, in that case, you may need to wait for a couple of hours before checking for the server status again. Or you can directly head over to the Hulu platform and try streaming videos to check whether everything is working again or not.