Can download several movies on Netflix only in 540p

MSco

I have Netflix Premium and could successfully download some movies in 1080p.

Unfortunately, I have the problem, that I can download several movies only in 540p, although the Netflix Webpage says, that they are available in HD:

- Shrek
- Inglourious Basterds
- Jurassic Park
- Once upon a Time in Hollywood
- Django Unchained
- Der Fall Collini
- Kung Fu Panda
- Die Entdeckung der Unendlichkeit
- Illuminati
- Jumanji
- Van Helsing
- Warcraft The Beginning
- Robin Hood (2018)
- Everest
- Ghostbusters
- Madame Web
- Pets
- Greenland
- White House Down
- Die Schlümpfe
- Wolkig mit Aussicht auf Fleischbällchen
- Sing
- Ghost Rider
- Roter Drache
- Karate Kid

(These are the German titles of the movies).

I am using StreamFab All-in-One Downloader 6.2.2.3

Is this a known issue?

Germania

> Is this a known issue?

Yep, please notice:

Since mid Oct 2023 NF only offers 540p for Sony and Universal Movies, if Widevine
Software Decryption is used. Better quality is only with Hardware Decryption.
Germania

.. the Netflix Webpage says, that they are available in HD
MSco

Some titles are not offered >540p in Chrome/Firefox ...
... so SF can not dl more than offered
(HD is only with Edge or with App)

MSco

@Germania
Ok, so what possibility do I have to download those movies in 1080p with streamfab? Is there a workaround for that?

Stan001

There is NO way to get streamfab to download the 540p movies in any higher resolution. You could upscale with software like ffmpeg (you could use the software HandBrake as well) or use Unifab if you have paid for it and that will go through a long upscale process, depending on your computer's GPU and CPU.

CulaCoppola

Yes there is a workaround:
Make your own downloader and get l1 or sl3k
Easy going

ms-dfav

Just to confirm, go to

https://www.sonypictures.com/movies

and search for the movie. If it is there, it will only be available in the current version of StreamFab as:
- 540p H264 (in High Profile - with very low bitrate)
- 480p H264 (in Main Profile - usually with higher bitrate).

Everything else should be there in at least 1080p but there are exceptions... I've encountered some weird resolutions here and there (like 720p or 320p), usually for older stuff though.

Germania

> it will only be available in the current version of StreamFab

=> it will only be available in all versions of StreamFab

Everything else should be there in at least 1080p but there are exceptions...
ms-dfav

As I already wrote most (or all) Universal Pictures films are affected in the same way

Examples: Sing + Violent Night

Olivierduc

As Germania explained, it is the SONY decision to restrict access to low resolution with Netflix on any web browser (except maybe Edge). If you stream these movies ont Netflix with your Chrome, Firefox, etc. browser, you will get it in 480p/540p, not in HD (1080p). Thus, StreamFab cannot do more than that.

MSco

When it's available in higher resolution in edge browser, couldn't StreamFab somehow use the edge browser to get those higher resolution streams?

Sebastian001

Maybe you can find some titles on Amazon

Sebastian001

When it's available in higher resolution in edge browser, couldn't StreamFab somehow use the edge browser to get those higher resolution streams?
MSco

edge has the same base as the chrome

Cats4U

edge has the same base as the chrome
Sebastian001

That's true, but Edge can also use Microsoft PlayReady DRM rather than the usual default Chrome DRM, WideVine. That's where the difference lies.

TheGreatOne

I have faith the team will achieve it one day. They got us Disney in 1080 which some (RedFox1) said was impossible.