Peacock issue with 2 episodes of Season 3 of Resident Alien

crarbo1

I have StreamFab 6.1.8.3 and trying to download Season 3 of Resident Alien. It downloads Episodes 1-4 fine. For episodes 5 & 6, it downloads the audio fine, be very slowly, then attempts to download the video at the same very slow speed. They eventually fail. Then it goes onto Episode 7 and it downloads fine and so does Episode 8.

As an FYI, I did a clean installation using Cats4U's method. I also use the Ashampoo uninstaller he suggests too.

Is this a known issue for these two episodes? Could their be something wrong with my install?

I have also downloaded a few new and old titles from Peacock with no issues and several from Netflix and Amazon. So, everything else seems to be fine except these 2 episodes for me.

Any thoughts/ideas are appreciated.

Thanks,
Chuck

october262

I have StreamFab 6.1.8.3 and trying to download Season 3 of Resident Alien. It downloads Episodes 1-4 fine. For episodes 5 & 6, it downloads the audio fine, be very slowly, then attempts to download the video at the same very slow speed. They eventually fail. Then it goes onto Episode 7 and it downloads fine and so does Episode 8.

As an FYI, I did a clean installation using Cats4U's method. I also use the Ashampoo uninstaller he suggests too.

Is this a known issue for these two episodes? Could their be something wrong with my install?

I have also downloaded a few new and old titles from Peacock with no issues and several from Netflix and Amazon. So, everything else seems to be fine except these 2 episodes for me.

Any thoughts/ideas are appreciated.

Thanks,
Chuck

crarbo1

can you try downloading episodes 5 & 6 one at a time ??
do they still fail ??

crarbo1

can you try downloading episodes 5 & 6 one at a time ??
do they still fail ??
october262

october262,
Thanks for that suggestion. I just tried that and they still fail in the same way. I'm off to work now so I won't be able to respond or try anything more until later today.

Thanks for your help!

Cats4U

As an FYI, I did a clean installation using Cats4U's method. I also use the Ashampoo uninstaller he suggests too.

Is this a known issue for these two episodes? Could their be something wrong with my install?

crarbo1

Did you delete your Log and Temp folders first? Did you choose No to keeping your configuration? Did you shut down SF after you have the new update set up and then restart it to do a download? All those were in my instructions, not just using a "professional" uninstaller.

hizbf

Peacock/SkyShowtime/Channel 4/DMM/FANZA: Fully fixed the DRM issue from v6.1.8.3.
Note: Download EAC3 2.0 audio from SkyShowtime will be fixed soon.

KidJoe

I have StreamFab 6.1.8.3 and trying to download Season 3 of Resident Alien. It downloads Episodes 1-4 fine. For episodes 5 & 6, it downloads the audio fine, be very slowly, then attempts to download the video at the same very slow speed. They eventually fail. Then it goes onto Episode 7 and it downloads fine and so does Episode 8.
crarbo1

FYI, I queued up S03E04, E05 and E06. E04 came down fine. E05 and E06 did fail.

Seeing lots of these in StreamFab's logs:
[code]2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000065c8 [Info]: manager replayFinished : "Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_424.mp4 - server replied: Not Found"
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000073b4 [Critical]: QtDownloadTask::onError : errorString :Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_431.mp4 - server replied: Not Found, code : 203, _code :203, filename :C:/- C/StreamFab/Temp/outputTemp/Peacock/2024_06_13_09_28_30_19adb315-8210-32db-83f7-4452cf29972b_video/seg_431.mp4.tmp_tmp
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000073b4 [Info]: onError, emit signalReplyFinished ,taskid : 2649
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000073b4 [Info]: task retry num : 0
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000073b4 [Info]: manager replayFinished : "Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_431.mp4 - server replied: Not Found"
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x00007950 [Critical]: QtDownloadTask::onError : errorString :Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_417.mp4 - server replied: Not Found, code : 203, _code :203, filename :C:/- C/StreamFab/Temp/outputTemp/Peacock/2024_06_13_09_28_30_19adb315-8210-32db-83f7-4452cf29972b_video/seg_417.mp4.tmp_tmp
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x00007950 [Info]: onError, emit signalReplyFinished ,taskid : 2636
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x00007950 [Info]: task retry num : 0
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x00007950 [Info]: manager replayFinished : "Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_417.mp4 - server replied: Not Found"
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000069a8 [Critical]: QtDownloadTask::onError : errorString :Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_409.mp4 - server replied: Not Found, code : 203, _code :203, filename :C:/- C/StreamFab/Temp/outputTemp/Peacock/2024_06_13_09_28_30_19adb315-8210-32db-83f7-4452cf29972b_video/seg_409.mp4.tmp_tmp
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000069a8 [Info]: onError, emit signalReplyFinished ,taskid : 2651
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000069a8 [Info]: task retry num : 0
[/code]
And last night (with 6.1.8.3) I did download 3 movies and 2 seasons (44 episodes) of an 80/90's TV Show without issue.

So it does look like a problem unique to these two episodes.

jimc115

Sounds like the files are corrupt on the CDN.....playing, you might see a blip, but missing segments would never copy correctly. Try downloading 720p....if that works, complain to Peacock that they are corrupt playing.

crarbo1

Did you delete your Log and Temp folders first? Did you choose No to keeping your configuration? Did you shut down SF after you have the new update set up and then restart it to do a download? All those were in my instructions, not just using a "professional" uninstaller.

Cats4U

Cats4U,
Yes, I did all of your steps. That is what I was referring to when I said "clean installation using Cats4U's method". I just added that I used the same uninstaller you suggested to confirm which uninstaller I used. I guess I can see how what I said could be confusing.

It looks like KidJoe confirmed that it is a real issue.

Thanks for replying!

crarbo1

FYI, I queued up S03E04, E05 and E06. E04 came down fine. E05 and E06 did fail.

Seeing lots of these in StreamFab's logs:
[code]2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000065c8 [Info]: manager replayFinished : "Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_424.mp4 - server replied: Not Found"
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000073b4 [Critical]: QtDownloadTask::onError : errorString :Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_431.mp4 - server replied: Not Found, code : 203, _code :203, filename :C:/- C/StreamFab/Temp/outputTemp/Peacock/2024_06_13_09_28_30_19adb315-8210-32db-83f7-4452cf29972b_video/seg_431.mp4.tmp_tmp
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000073b4 [Info]: onError, emit signalReplyFinished ,taskid : 2649
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000073b4 [Info]: task retry num : 0
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000073b4 [Info]: manager replayFinished : "Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_431.mp4 - server replied: Not Found"
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x00007950 [Critical]: QtDownloadTask::onError : errorString :Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_417.mp4 - server replied: Not Found, code : 203, _code :203, filename :C:/- C/StreamFab/Temp/outputTemp/Peacock/2024_06_13_09_28_30_19adb315-8210-32db-83f7-4452cf29972b_video/seg_417.mp4.tmp_tmp
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x00007950 [Info]: onError, emit signalReplyFinished ,taskid : 2636
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x00007950 [Info]: task retry num : 0
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x00007950 [Info]: manager replayFinished : "Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_417.mp4 - server replied: Not Found"
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000069a8 [Critical]: QtDownloadTask::onError : errorString :Error transferring https://g003-vod-us-cmaf-prd-ak-a325.cdn.peacocktv.com/pub/global/8Vo/s8o/GMO_00000000444111_01/PCK_1717526931611_04b9_01/mpeg_cenc/$RepresentationID$/seg_409.mp4 - server replied: Not Found, code : 203, _code :203, filename :C:/- C/StreamFab/Temp/outputTemp/Peacock/2024_06_13_09_28_30_19adb315-8210-32db-83f7-4452cf29972b_video/seg_409.mp4.tmp_tmp
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000069a8 [Info]: onError, emit signalReplyFinished ,taskid : 2651
2024:06:13-09:29:07 0x000069a8 [Info]: task retry num : 0
[/code]
And last night (with 6.1.8.3) I did download 3 movies and 2 seasons (44 episodes) of an 80/90's TV Show without issue.

So it does look like a problem unique to these two episodes.
KidJoe

KidJoe,
Thank your for taking the time to see if the issue could be recreated. Sounds like you have the same issue I have, so it wasn't a corrupt installation of StreamFab causing the issue. Must be an issue with the Peacock files then.
Going to try to download the 720p version to see if that works based on jimc115's recommendation
Thanks,
Chuck

crarbo1

Sounds like the files are corrupt on the CDN.....playing, you might see a blip, but missing segments would never copy correctly. Try downloading 720p....if that works, complain to Peacock that they are corrupt playing.
jimc115

jimc115,
Thanks for suggesting that. I just did this and the same 2 episodes fails the same way even if I select the 720p version instead of the 1080p version. So, not sure what the issue is but I guess I will just let it ride for now and see if it ever gets fixed or when/if season 3 comes to Netflix, I will just get it there.

Thanks,
Chuck

october262

jimc115,
Thanks for suggesting that. I just did this and the same 2 episodes fails the same way even if I select the 720p version instead of the 1080p version. So, not sure what the issue is but I guess I will just let it ride for now and see if it ever gets fixed or when/if season 3 comes to Netflix, I will just get it there.

Thanks,
Chuck
crarbo1

try syfy channel - https://www.syfy.com/resident-alien

Cats4U

Cats4U,
Yes, I did all of your steps. That is what I was referring to when I said "clean installation using Cats4U's method". I just added that I used the same uninstaller you suggested to confirm which uninstaller I used. I guess I can see how what I said could be confusing.

It looks like KidJoe confirmed that it is a real issue.

Thanks for replying!
crarbo1

No problem here. 5 & 6 came down normally. See -

I have to admit that I do something beyond just a normal clean update and have done it for well over a year. I am deeply annoyed that StreamFab uses ancient forms of various support programs such as ffmpeg, mkvmerge, mediainfo, their version of yt-dlp called youtubetomp3process, and other things. I update these programs to their latest updates. As an example, the MKVmerge (your remux program) version used by SF is version 68 from May 2022. The latest one out with security and bug fixes is version 85. Besides the changes I was used to when I ran SF 6.1.6.7, they made a few other changes it appears in 6.1.8.3 such as going back to the deprecated Python 3.7 from 3.8 (which is soon to be deprecated itself) The latest Python is 3.12.4. They also stopped using the Bin section of ffmpeg in the YouTubeDL folder. With the YouTubeDL folder, it might never have needed the Bin files there in the first place. I still need to do more testing on that.
I'll get to producing a detailed procedure for updating everything and posted here in the next few days, but there'll be a lot of disclaimers involved.

crarbo1

No problem here. 5 & 6 came down normally. See -

I have to admit that I do something beyond just a normal clean update and have done it for well over a year. I am deeply annoyed that StreamFab uses ancient forms of various support programs such as ffmpeg, mkvmerge, mediainfo, their version of yt-dlp called youtubetomp3process, and other things. I update these programs to their latest updates. As an example, the MKVmerge (your remux program) version used by SF is version 68 from May 2022. The latest one out with security and bug fixes is version 85. Besides the changes I was used to when I ran SF 6.1.6.7, they made a few other changes it appears in 6.1.8.3 such as going back to the deprecated Python 3.7 from 3.8 (which is soon to be deprecated itself) The latest Python is 3.12.4. They also stopped using the Bin section of ffmpeg in the YouTubeDL folder. With the YouTubeDL folder, it might never have needed the Bin files there in the first place. I still need to do more testing on that.
I'll get to producing a detailed procedure for updating everything and posted here in the next few days, but there'll be a lot of disclaimers involved.
Cats4U

Cats4U,
Thanks for checking to see if it could download those episodes. This issue very well may be resolved by updating those extra programs they fail to use the latest versions of since myself and KidJoe can't download those 2 episodes.
I will certainly try to use your upcoming procedure to see if that truly was the issue.

Thanks,
Chuck

Sebastian001

No problem here. 5 & 6 came down normally. See -

I have to admit that I do something beyond just a normal clean update and have done it for well over a year. I am deeply annoyed that StreamFab uses ancient forms of various support programs such as ffmpeg, mkvmerge, mediainfo, their version of yt-dlp called youtubetomp3process, and other things. I update these programs to their latest updates. As an example, the MKVmerge (your remux program) version used by SF is version 68 from May 2022. The latest one out with security and bug fixes is version 85. Besides the changes I was used to when I ran SF 6.1.6.7, they made a few other changes it appears in 6.1.8.3 such as going back to the deprecated Python 3.7 from 3.8 (which is soon to be deprecated itself) The latest Python is 3.12.4. They also stopped using the Bin section of ffmpeg in the YouTubeDL folder. With the YouTubeDL folder, it might never have needed the Bin files there in the first place. I still need to do more testing on that.
I'll get to producing a detailed procedure for updating everything and posted here in the next few days, but there'll be a lot of disclaimers involved.
Cats4U

Very good @Cats4U . You are our man for under the hood analysis!

Cats4U

Very good @Cats4U . You are our man for under the hood analysis!
Sebastian001

It's partially done. When I do it every update, it goes really fast. Now that I have to think about what I'm actually doing and writing it out, it takes a long time. I give a lot of credit to those people that do technical writing for a living. I'll have it done before the end of the weekend if my wife doesn't find more jobs for me to do.

jimc115

It's partially done. When I do it every update, it goes really fast. Now that I have to think about what I'm actually doing and writing it out, it takes a long time. I give a lot of credit to those people that do technical writing for a living. I'll have it done before the end of the weekend if my wife doesn't find more jobs for me to do.
Cats4U

I wish your point could be taken more seriously by the developers.

Cats4U

I thought I'd give you a preview. I'm up to getting all the updated program versions we will use, and so if you want to gather them together ahead of time, go ahead. The next section of these instructions will show where to put these new updates and a few other tricks I do. [HR][/HR]
How to update old versions of programs within StreamFab

Disclaimer: If you attempt to update any old versions of programs within StreamFab you are on your own. I make no claims that this will fix or improve anything, make your love life better, or cure cancer. I just like to use the latest versions of the programs I use, and that also goes for those within StreamFab. I have never had any problem updating these programs, but that doesn't mean that you won't screw something up. Always make a backup before you attempt to do this. 'Nuff said.

The programs that we will be updating are:

FFmpeg
YT-DLP
MediaInfo
MKVMerge
Aria2C
AtomicParsley
MP4Box

There are a few other programs that I haven't explored yet, or ones like Python that are locked into a certain version and can't be changed.

Let's start off with where I get the new updates for the various programs -

FFmpeg: I use two types of nightly FFmpeg files, just like StreamFab does. I use a shared type and a non-shared (static) type. If you don't know what the difference is, don't worry about. Both types have been compiled by BtbN. As I said, I use the nightly GPL version, which means that they are updated every day with the latest changes and fixes. You can get both types from . You want to take the Master type files, which will give you the most mature and stable version. The files you want are ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl.zip and ffmpeg-master-latest-win64-gpl-shared.zip.

Aria2C: You'll want to go to and go down to the bottom of the page to the downloads. Download either aria2-1.37.0-win-32bit-build1.zip or aria2-1.37.0-win-64bit-build1.zip, depending on your system. Future versions will be higher than 1.37.0, so grab the latest. If you don't know whether your Windows is 32 or 64bit, maybe you shouldn't be doing this at all.

AtomicParsley: Go to and select the appropriate download. Choose either AtomicParsleyWindows.zip or AtomicParsleyWindowsX86.zip. X86 is for 32bit and plain Windows is 64bit. If you don't know which you are, you need to do a lot more reading.

MediaInfo: You can get the universal installer (both 32 & 64 bit) for Windows at . Future update versions can be gotten at .

MP4Box: There are two links that always give you the latest nightly versions. They are gpac_latest_head_win64.exe and gpac_latest_head_win32.exe and are found at . Do I really have to say it again about 32 & 64 bits?

MKVMerge: MKVMerge is part of MKVToolNix. You can get the latest at . I'm not a big fan of Portable installs, but that's up to you. Yes, 32/64bit again.

YT-DLP: You don't need to download this from anywhere. StreamFab has a version of YT-DLP, but it is called YouTubeToMP3Process. We can do a command line update rather than downloading anything new. Bring up your Windows Command Prompt (preferably Run as Administrator). The most common way is to type "Command" in the Search box. Then enter this...

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Note: My YoutubeToMP3Process.exe has already been updated. Your "Latest version" will probably show an earlier date when you run it. Also note, the command for the update is "YoutubeToMP3Process.exe -U" (YoutubeToMP3Process.exe, space, single dash, Uppercase U, Enter). No quotes, obviously.

AGuyWithAComputer

I updated just FFmpeg and FFprobe and was able to download those two failed episodes.

Sebastian001

Great cat :-)

Perhaps you would like to write a sentence for each program about what it is responsible for.

FFmpeg (I suspect)
Bundles sound and image together

YT-DLP

MediaInfo

MKVMerge (I suspect)
Is responsible for turning the download into an MKV file.

Aria2C

AtomicParsley

MP4Box (I suspect)
Is responsible for turning the download into an MP4 file.

jpp72

Great cat :-)

Perhaps you would like to write a sentence for each program about what it is responsible for.

FFmpeg (I suspect)
Bundles sound and image together

YT-DLP

MediaInfo

MKVMerge (I suspect)
Is responsible for turning the download into an MKV file.

Aria2C

AtomicParsley

MP4Box (I suspect)
Is responsible for turning the download into an MP4 file.
Sebastian001

FFmpeg: Remuxes Audio and Video into MP4 or MKV, converts subtitles, re-encodes
MKVMerge: Remuxes Audio and Video into MKV
MediaInfo: Gets details on Video or Audio files
Aria2c: Multi-threaded downloader (speeds up downloading by downloading multiple parts at the same time)
AtomicParsley: Writes metadata to MP4 files
MP4Box: Manipulates MP4 files. Most likely mp4decrypt is the main thing used but maybe remuxing audio and video to MP4 too