The Steady Decline of Already Poor StreamFab Quality Control

NewMelle

I actually think it's worse than that. Not only the developers aren't power users, they are not users at all.

They program stuff but they don't personally use the tool to download stuff they want so they cannot catch the bugs. They cannot understand the usability issues cause they don't use it on a daily basis like we do.
jpp72

This is why I was pushing for open beta testing some time back. However, if SF is to implement open beta testing they will have to do something they have zero experience in, something completely alien to them.

Listen and act on what they're told.

Brozilla

[/LIST]I can confirm that episodes started with SF 6196/7 are no longer analyzed ..
.. but I can still turn them into a movie to determine the bitrate/audio/length

example: The Devil's Hour.s01e01

The Devil's Hour.s02e01

It's just a shame that you have to download each episode individually ..
.. but it's helpful to "just" get the information about a single episode
(multiple selections can then be made without the trick - if resolution/sound is same)
Germania

doesnt work anymore

If you are tired of waiting months for this to be fixed, then just fix it yourself. You have to edit one of the python scripts and change 1 character. 1 single character. Makes total sense that it would take months to fix...

Edit line 134 of the amazon_get_seasons_info.py file. Change the 1 to a 2.

That's it :rolleyes:

So again... Change

[code]
runtime_str = divs[1].string
[/code]

To

[code]
runtime_str = divs[2].string
[/code]
jpp72

It doesn't work. Neither in v6.2.0.1 nor in 6.1.9.6.

Germania

doesnt work anymore
It doesn't work
Brozilla

Bullshit
- To analyze episode as movie:
Where the s02e01 pic from? - dl the episode in H265 and check the bitrate.
You have to start the episode beforehand in the same way as before with 6196/7.

- To see time instead airdate:
checked and confirmed with 6201

> nor in 6.1.9.6

You can forget 6196 because of my 1st sentence in #16

s02e02 checked for 3 minutes - 6201 original:

with change from jpp72:

with my change as movie:

If you can't manage this, the problem lies with you

jpp72

I dunno how you mess up changing 1 character in a python script...

Unless of course you edit the file with Windows Notepad and you save it as amazon_get_seasons_info.py.txt instead of amazon_get_seasons_info.py

Brozilla

Bullshit
- To analyze episode as movie:
Where the s02e01 pic from? - dl the episode in H265 and check the bitrate.
You have to start the episode beforehand in the same way as before with 6196/7.

- To see time instead airdate:
checked and confirmed with 6201

> nor in 6.1.9.6

You can forget 6196 because of my 1st sentence in #16

s02e02 checked for 3 minutes - 6201 original:

with change from jpp72:

with my change as movie:

If you can't manage this, the problem lies with you
Germania

ich habs heute morgen getestet. es geht einfach nicht mehr. da kann ich noch soviel anschauen es bleibt immer auf staffel 1 episode 1
davor ging es mit ein paar versionen davor

I dunno how you mess up changing 1 character in a python script...

Unless of course you edit the file with Windows Notepad and you save it as amazon_get_seasons_info.py.txt instead of amazon_get_seasons_info.py
jpp72

ah u mean this i mean i dont care about this
i like the date

i tought thats a fix for the analyze problem

and:

Germania

da kann ich noch soviel anschauen es bleibt immer auf staffel 1 episode 1
Brozilla

[quote=jpp72;n451611]All versions now Analyze Season1, Episode 1 only.[/quote]

> davor ging es mit ein paar versionen davor

[quote=Germania;n451668]I can confirm that episodes started with SF 6196/7 are no longer analyzed ..
.. but I can still turn them into a movie to determine the bitrate/audio/length[/quote]

Then please read first (!) before you make false claims.
Your “no longer works” does not match the quoted text!

corey75

I'm with ya, jpp!

fanatic

The issue here is that the developers do not have the experience to solve the problems in this specific program. That's where AnyStream excelled. May it rest in peace. Their forum admin and their developer worked together on important issues and only added things when the other programs were working correctly. I am not sure the developers here can fix the issues, or else I am sure they would have.
Chameleon

Aka so we're basically screwed then once the DRM gets updated again. Is that what you're saying?

MrKrawk

Is the issue I am seeing with Hulu h265 directly related to individual analysis? It might be seeing a pre-roll stream or something and therefore analyzing that?

Brozilla

The response I received from support regarding this issue is as follows (I wrote in English):

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Germania

The response I received from support regarding this issue is as follows (I wrote in English):
Brozilla

This is just a standard (auto?) answer (0815)

The relevant sentence:
[quote]We have forwarded all information to our technical department.[/quote]

Brozilla

This is just a standard (auto?) answer (0815)

The relevant sentence:
Germania

Yeah, I think so too. But what bothered me more was that I got a reply in Japanese, even though I wrote in English, and their company is actually based in China

jpp72

I have been complaining about minor changes done in a new version and not listed in the changelog.

Now they add a huge feature and it's also not in the log...sigh...

Germania

Now they add a huge feature and it's also not in the log...sigh...
jpp72

Suddenly and unexpectedly, with 6202 I was logged out of NF for the first time this year
Fine, the Save Password dialog appeared from Chrome
Germania

[quote]StreamFab 6.2.0.2 Changelog
New: Some improvements on the Built-in Browser Engine of StreamFab.[/quote]
6201 used CEF 102.0.10.0 - 6202 use CEF 128.4.8.0

Thats probably why the size is so much bigger:
streamfab_x64_6201 485 MB
streamfab_x64_6202 684 MB

6201 StreamFab64.exe 95 MB
6202 StreamFab64.exe 252 MB

jpp72

Ya i get that but "Some improvements on the Built-in Browser Engine of StreamFab." is not an adequate description of now having a feature requested dozens of times, finally in the tool.

Germania

Ya i get that but "Some improvements on the Built-in Browser Engine of StreamFab."
is not an adequate description of now having a feature requested dozens of times, finally in the tool.
jpp72

I agree ..
.. also not a word about the fact that SF is no longer usable under Win7 - info

Sebastian001

I agree ..
.. also not a word about the fact that SF is no longer usable under Win7 - info
Germania

Existing Windows 7 users should buy new or used hardware and use Windows 11...at some point this will have to stop.

Germania

Existing Windows 7 users should buy new or used hardware and use Windows 11...at some point this will have to stop.
Sebastian001

[quote=Germania;n449216]> Yes, then they are out of luck.

Yep, the handful of old-timer users shouldn't block progress.
Especially if it were necessary for >95% of users.[/quote]
So I agree - but without information for those affected, that's not okay.

And the StreamUpdate should detect Win7 and block 6202 Upgrade.

NewMelle

I agree entirely. Sooner or later one must succumb to the pressure of progress despite the fact idiocy and ineptitude are the driving factors. I still and will continue to maintain Win10 was designed for ID10Ts and Win11 for MacIntrashers.

Inaccurate claims of support for deprecated operating systems could very well mean refunds and angry purchasers. I was originally one stuck with Win7 until I took the initiative to research, test and upgrade all the programs I relied on in Win7 to function properly in Win11. This took much time and much work.

Updating the CEF is going to resolve a number of annoyances I previously ran into with browser version incompatibilities.

An OS version check before install would be the least expected from even marginally adequate coders.

MrKrawk

If I turn this into movie mode by somehow finding a script from version 6167 (NOT likely), how do I queue up an episode of a show, say NCIS S22E01 ?

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