I already believe this update did not fix this problem. If there is anything different, I will edit this post.
7.0.3.5 / Labeled H-20251103-0
Here is some additional information about this bug in which I have discovered recently and how you can temporarily get the scheduled task to work.
I originally reported on this post about what I previously subscribed becoming dummy data. That part is true. What I am now figuring out is that, while the scheduled list does clear upon the next boot, it actually does not clear the ytbsubscribe file located in the subscribedata folder. Instead, the data is appearing hidden. When you try re-adding the YouTube channel in which you first added in the scheduled list, you will notice that it’s already in said current list. In addition, on that next boot, said scheduled list does update properly (in which I actually did explain this posts before)… albeit, on this version, it takes quite a while for everything to work compared to version 7.0.2.1.
After updating to a new version, the invisible scheduled task clears itself and you have to end up re-adding all of the YouTube channels again. Before updating (and, yes, I disagree on clean re-installing to update), wait for your scheduled task to go through everything and keep a list of channels you normally download videos off of on a Notepad or something so you can quickly re-add everything after updating.
TLDR:
- Add channels
- Restart StreamFab
- Add another channel for it to force refresh, delete / remove it after, restart StreamFab
- Once that channel appears as dummy data, remove it, restart StreamFab
- After restarting, wait a couple minutes for the invisible task list to update
Current list of problems on StreamFab:
The subscriber list does not properly update - on every boot the list will “attempt to update” but will never update until you add a new YouTube channel (since version 6.2) / adding a new channel sometimes does not force-refresh it (since version 7.0) / this causes StreamFab to crash non-stop (before version 7.0)
The subscriber list also “adds empty playlists” when it actually updates (since version 6.2) and, when you attempt to clear the (whole) task this way, StreamFab crashes (before version 7.0) / clearing it as a standalone does nothing (since version 6.2)
When adding a new YouTube channel to the subscriber list, sometimes it downloads [many] videos from the past instead of what is recent (before version 7.0)
During various updates, a “dummy data” would appear. This is leftover data of channels you recently subscribed to. Removing this clears hides your whole subscription list on next boot (since version 7.0.1.7)
The whole YouTube section has a single refresh icon. Clicking on that does nothing and, unlike the dummy data, you cannot remove singular channels you subscribed to without the above workaround (since version 7.0)
Pasting a YouTube channel doesn’t allow you to subscribe the first time. You have to re-paste it again for it to work (since version 7.0.3) / Sometimes, rarely, clicking on subscribe doesn’t close said window and, as a result, it falsely adds the channel to the list (since version 7.0.2)
This is also occurring for other services like Paramount+ and Peacock. Check this thread for more information (since version 7.0.2)
Live videos extracted from the scheduled task analyzes endlessly (since version 7.0.4.2)
To add in this, StreamFab always seems to crash whenever the scheduled list is adding new YouTube videos while you are already downloading something off there. This happens often towards shorts. It also sometimes crashes when closing StreamFab while having empty playlists in your “to download” list.
And, to be clear, this most likely occurs on all platforms. Clean reinstalling does not work. Restarting the PC does not work. Clearing the temp folder does not work. I tried it all. Though seeing responses on other threads - I can finally say I do not have good opinions about certain users here. I’ll keep it at that though.
I already provided this workaround to the people I know. If anyone else experiences this, whether it comes from here, Reddit, or outside the community, just know that everything here I provided in this entire thread will help you temporarily use this feature until there’s a fix or a proper workaround.
